AMERICAN REVOLUTION QUIZ 1

The British government created the Stamp Act and the Intolerable Acts. What does the word Act mean?

• money

• law

• adventure

• boycott

Why did the British government create taxes for the colonists?

• to control the colonies

• to help the colonies

• to teach the colonists to save money

• to give money to the French

What is another reason British government created taxes for the colonists?

• to buy more colonies

• to create a new country

• to pay for the French and Indian War

• to start a war with the French and Spanish

What goods were taxed in the STAMP ACT?

• wood

• metal

• tea

• marriage licenses

How did the colonists feel about these taxes?

• excited

• sad

• angry

• pleased

Why did the colonists disagree with the taxes?

• they were happy with paying the tax

• they did not believe in buying goods from Great Britain

• they thought only France should have to pay

• they had no say in the government's decisions

What are TWO ways the colonists showed how they felt about the taxes?

• forming Sons of Liberty and protesting

• moving to another country

• boycotting certain goods

• signing a treaty with France and Spain

• creating their own tax for Great Britain

The Sons of Liberty did not agree with the taxes. What is one thing they did?

• They kicked the Native Americans out of North America.

• they refused to buy British goods

• they wrote the king a letter

• they traveled to Great Britain to to speak to the king

What is another way the Sons of Liberty showed how they felt about the taxes?

• they became French citizens

• they bought extra British goods

• they told the king he was not in charge

• they threatened the stamp tax collectors

After the Acts forced the colonists to pay money, the colonists were very angry. What did this lead to colonists doing?

• making friends with British soldiers

• throwing things and hitting British soldiers

• learning more about their mother country

• deciding that they wanted to move back to Great Britain