Mod. 4.1: Conflict in the Colonies (Quizizz)

A patriot who wrote plays portraying the British leaders as greedy.

• Crispus Attucks

• Patrick Henry

• Mercy Otis Warren

• George Grenville

• Samuel Adams

A colonial leader in Boston who formed the Committees of Correspondence and the Sons of Liberty.

• Samuel Adams

• Mercy Otis Warren

• Patrick Henry

• George Grenville

• Crispus Attucks

The Townshend Acts was a series of laws passed by the Parliament to force colonists to pay taxes on __________________.

• only tea

• legal documents, licenses, newspapers, pamphlets, and playing cards

• sugar and molasses

• smuggled goods

• glass, lead, paint, paper, tea

This law is the first attempt by the British to tax the colonists directly, taxing legal documents, licenses, newspapers, pamphlets, and even playing cards.

• Quartering Act

• Townshend Acts

• Coercive Acts

• Intolerable Acts

• Stamp Act 1765

This patriot was the first person killed in the Boston Massacre.

• Samuel Adams

• Patrick Henry

• Mercy Otis Warren

• James Otis

• Crispus Attucks

A part of the Coercive (Intolerable) Acts, this law forced colonists to open their homes to British soldiers.

• Stamp Act

• Quartering Act

• Sugar Act

• Townshend Acts

• Committees of Correspondence

Why did Great Britain pass the Sugar Act, Stamp Act, and Townshend Acts?

• To punish colonists for supporting the French during the French and Indian War.

• To help pay for the war debt and the army protecting the colonies from Natives.

• To punish colonists who participated in the Boston Tea Party.

• To pay for the new roads and canals across North America.

Which of the following is an accurate description of the Boston Massacre?

• A violent seizure of colonists to serve in the British army and navy.

• An incident where colonists clashed with British soldiers ending with the death of 5 colonists.

• The execution of British soldiers for their part in the deaths of five colonists.

• An attack on colonists by British soldiers to punish them for boycotting British goods.

What was the Tea Act?

• It forced colonists to buy British tea instead of less-expensive colonial tea.

• It placed a tax on tea so colonists had to pay higher prices for tea bought from colonial merchants.

• Limited how much tea each colonist could purchase from the British East India Company.

• Allowed the British East India Company to sell tea at a lower cost than the smugglers and merchants could.

How did the Committees of Correspondence work?

• A group of colonists that sent letters asking members of Parliament to repeal taxes

• Shared information between towns and colonies about new laws and ways to challenge them

• Changed the colonies’ legal system by giving greater powers to the vice-admiralty courts

• Smuggled most of the imported tea and paying no duty on it