Week 14: Actions of the Colonies

Taxes and Tyranny:

What does it mean to boycott?

• to buy and destroy goods in protes

• to buy the good without paying tax

• to refuse to buy goods as a protest

• to refuse to use the goods already purchased

Taxes and Tyranny:

Which company had a monopoly in tea sales?

• Lipton Tea Company

• Parker Brothers Tea Company

• England Tea Company

• East India Tea Company

The Tea Parties:

Which group was responsible for destroying tea in Boston?

• Parliament

• the Sons of Liberty

• the Daughters of Liberty

• Loyalists

The Powder Alarms and the Minutemen:

What did the Powder Alarm System create?

• the militia

• the armed reserve

• the minutemen

• the prompt people

Samuel Adams and the Sons of Liberty:

Who created the Sons of Liberty?

• Benjamin Franklin

• Samuel Adams

• John Hancock

• Thomas Hutchinson

John Hancock:

John Hancock was the ________ man in New England and owned a shipping company.

• luckiest

• handsomest

• braves

• richest

The Intolerable Acts:

Which act of Parliament made colonists house soldiers?

• Boston Port Act

• Housing for Soldiers Act

• Massachusetts Act

• Quartering Act

Powder Houses and the Minutemen:

What was stored in the powder house?

• grain and flour for the community

• gunpowder, muskets, cannons

• tents, blankets, and army supplies

• emergency rations for the community

Ben Franklin Goes to England:

Benjamin Franklin's son William was the _____.

• royal governor of New Jersey

• royal governor of Massachusetts

• royal governor of New York

• royal governor of Pennsylvania

Thomas Hutchinson:

When Royal Governor Thomas Hutchinson sailed for England, he was replaced by ______.

• General George Washington

• General Anthony Wayne

• General Thomas Gage

• General Robert E. Lee