Conflict in the Colonies

During The French & Indian War, the British and French became __________________, competing for the same resources.

• friends

• rivals

• contestants

• partners

Striving to gain or win something, such as land, by defeating or establishing superiority over others is known as..........

• rivals

• effort

• competition

• winning

Items, such as money, materials, or land that can be obtained by a person(s) or a country that provide some sort of benefit would be known as ........

• resources

• trade goods

• taxes

• valuable items

In 1764, Parliament passed the ___________________, which set taxes on molasses and sugar imported by colonists.

• Stamp Act

• Sugar Act

• Molasses Act

• Intolerable Acts

Colonists formed a secret society known as the __________________ that used violence to frighten tax collectors.

• Sons of Liberty

• The No Tax Group

• Congress

• Royal Parliament

The _________________ required colonists to pay for an official stamp, or seal, whenever they bought paper items.

• Sugar Act

• Townshend Acts

• Stamp Act

• Tea Act

The _____________________ closed Boston Harbor, cancelled Massachusetts's charter, and forced colonists to house and supply British troops.

• Townshend Act

• Intolerable Acts

• Quartering Act

• Stamp Act

The _________________ placed taxes on glass, lead, paints, and tea and allowed tax collectors to search for smuggles goods.

• Townshend Act

• Intolerable Acts

• Glass Act

• Quartering Act

The ____________________ allowed the British East India Company to sell tea directly to the colonists, while the tea made from colonists faced a tax.

• Boston Tea party

• Townshend Acts

• Tea Act

• Boston Harbor Act

Due to the Boston Tea party, part of the Coercive Acts was the _______________, that said the colonists had to house British soldiers in their homes until order was restored in Boston.

• Townshend Act

• Quartering Act

• Intolerable Acts

• Stamp Act