Roberts Quiz

Why did Americans hate the stamp act?

• Because it increased the price of stamps
• Because it was an act of direct taxation by the British Parliament
• Because it banned the use of stamps
• Because it limited the types of stamps available

Who were the Sons of Liberty?

• A group of British loyalists
• A secret society formed to oppose British policies
• A group of Native American warriors
• A band of pirates in the Caribbean

What was the Tea Act?

• A law that allowed the British East India Company to sell tea directly to the colonists
• A law that banned the consumption of tea in the colonies
• A law that increased the tax on coffee to promote tea consumption
• A law that required colonists to only drink tea from China

What is Thomas Paine mostly known for?

• Inventing the telephone
• Discovering gravity
• Writing 'Common Sense'
• Creating the light bulb

Who wrote the book common sense?

• Thomas Paine
• George Orwell
• William Shakespeare
• Charles Dickens

What did the Committees of Correspondence do?

• They were responsible for taxation
• They were responsible for military strategy
• They were responsible for communication among the American colonies
• They were responsible for trade regulations

Four laws passed by the British Parliament to punish the colony of Massachusetts Bay for the Boston Tea Party.

• Intolerable Acts
• Sugar Acts
• Stamp Acts
• Townshend Acts

Quartering Act

• An act that divided the land into four parts
• An act that required American colonists to provide British soldiers with housing and food
• An act that divided the year into four quarters
• An act that required American colonists to pay taxes on every quarter of their income

What prohibited Anglo-American colonists from settling on lands acquired from the French following the French and Indian War?

• The Proclamation of 1763
• The Treaty of Paris
• The Stamp Act
• The Sugar Act

What is the Dodge Demons 0-60?

• 2.3 seconds
• 3.1 seconds
• 2.1 seconds
• 2.5 seconds