Taxation Without Representation Q

What were the Townshend Acts?

• Taxes on paper, glass, and tea to pay for salaries of British officials in colonies

• Laws that limited migration to the colonies

• Acts that established Catholicism as the official religion in the colonies

• Taxes on imported goods to fund the British military occupation

Which event led to the passing of the Coercive/Intolerable Acts?

• The Boston Tea Party

• The Stamp Act Congress

• The Boston Massacre

• The Sons and Daughters of Liberty

Who wrote the 'Letter from a Farmer in Pennsylvania' arguing against taxation without representation?

• Sam Addams

• James Otis

• John Dickinson

• Crispus Attucks

What was the purpose of the Tea Act of 1773?

• To lower the price of tea for colonists

• To punish the colonists for the Boston Tea Party

• To establish Catholicism as the official religion in the colonies

• To assert British authority over the colonies

Who was the first casualty of the Independence Movement?

• Sam Addams

• James Otis

• John Dickinson

• Crispus Attucks

What was the main argument against British taxation on the colonies?

• Colonists paid lower taxes than people in England

• Taxes were used to pay for salaries of British officials in the colonies

• Taxes violated the rights of British subjects

• Taxes were necessary to fund the British military occupation

What did the Quebec Act of 1774 establish?

• The official religion of the colonies

• The boundary of Quebec to the Ohio River Valley

• The rights of British subjects in the colonies

• The authority of the British Parliament over the colonies

What did the Sons and Daughters of Liberty do to resist British policies?

• Boycotted British goods

• Occupied Boston

• Escalated anger into the Boston Massacre

• Tarring and feathering British officials

What was the impact of the Stamp Act Congress?

• It led to the occupation of Boston

• It called for the repeal of the Townshend Acts

• It organized boycotts of British goods

• It established the rights of British subjects in the colonies

How did women contribute to the Patriot movement?

• They manufactured goods at home due to boycotts

• They organized the Sons and Daughters of Liberty

• They led the resistance against the Stamp Act

• They petitioned for the repeal of the Townshend Acts