Pages 81-84 Intermediate Textbook Quiz

What was the Quartering Act? (81)

• A law raising the price of tea by 25 cents
• A law requiring the colonists to house and feed British Soldiers
• A law lowering the cost of tea
• None of these

Why were colonists so upset with the Quartering act? (81)

• Colonists thought it was unfair because they had no say in the law
• Colonists were forced to host the soldiers
• Colonists had not been asked about the law
• All of these are correct

What was the “Sons of Liberty”? (81)

• A group of colonists that wanted the king to rule them
• A group of colonists that made public speeches against taxes and the British Government under "Liberty Trees"
• A group of colonists that advertised for the king
• All of these are correct

After repealing the Stamp Act, what did the British government do? (81)

• Placed taxes on lead
• Placed taxes on tea
• Placed taxes on many other necessary items for the colonists
• All of these are correct

What was the ONE tax that the British did NOT repeal? (82)

• The tax on tea
• The tax on paper goods
• The tax on lead
• The tax on paint

Describe the Boston Massacre (82)

• It occurred on March 5, 1770
• It involved an angry crowd of colonists
• The Colonists were throwing snowballs at the British Soldiers
• The British soldiers fired into the crowd of unarmed colonists
• All of these things describe the Boston Massacre

Who was Crispus Attucks? (82)

• He had once been enslaved
• Considered to be the first person to die in the American Revolution
• He died at the Boston Massacre
• All of these things describe Crispus Attucks

How did the Boston Massacre cause a change in the colonists thinking about independence? (83)

• Colonists were unsure about becoming independent from Great Britain
• Colonists began thinking that it was probably time to separate from Great Britain
• Colonists began buying weapons from the Dutch
• All of these are correct

What did Samuel Adams help to organize during the Stamp Act? (83)

• The Sons of Liberty
• The Tea Act
• The Stamp Act
• The Townshend Acts

What were Committees of Correspondence? (84)

• Groups that would send letters out to the colonists to keep them informed of British Actions
• Groups that would search out and destroy enemies of the British
• Groups that would trade with the French and Dutch
• None of these