Social Studies Weeks 3 & 4

The British Parliament decided that the French were responsible for paying the war debt from the French and Indian War.

• True

• False

As communication between Britain and the colonies decreased, __________ increased.

• calm

• conflict

• kindness

• peace

In response to the acts, the colonists ___________ many of the taxed items.

• bought

• created

• boycotted

• enjoyed

The __________ were dedicated to fighting against Great Britain's control of the colonies.

• Sons of Freedom

• Sons of Liberty

• Daughters of Britain

• Daughters of Liberty

On Dec. 16, 1773, the Sons of Liberty dumped 340 chests of tea into the __________ Harbor in protest. 

• Charleston

• Boston

• New York

• Washington

Parliament created the __________, laws that were designed by King George III to punish Massachusetts for the Boston Tea Party and the continued resistance. 

• Intolerable Acts

• King George III Acts

• Colonial Acts

• Britain Acts

True or False: The purpose of the First Continental Congress was to be a liaison and to balance the interests of the colonies.

• True

• False

The men who answered the alarm in case the British moved again to take stores of gunpowder would be known as __________.

• service men

• fighters

• soldiers

• Minutemen

To reverse means to __________.

• repeal

• ratify

• boycott

To refuse to buy good or services means __________.

• repeal

• boycott

• ratify