AMSCO MC 3.3-3.5

Which of the following was a primary goal of the Sugar Act of 1764?

• To reduce the overall tax burden on the colonies
• To generate revenue for Britain by taxing molasses and sugar imports
• To encourage the colonies to trade directly with France and Spain
• To limit colonial manufacturing of sugar products

Which of the following was a key provision of the Stamp Act of 1765?

• It placed a tax on all imported goods to the colonies
• It required a tax on all printed materials, such as newspapers and legal documents
• It imposed a tax on tea and other beverages
• It mandated colonial merchants to house British soldiers

What was the primary purpose of the Sons of Liberty?

• To promote reconciliation between the colonies and Britain
• To organize colonial resistance against British laws
• To intimidate tax agents.
• To support the British military presence in the colonies

Which of the following was the most effective form of protest to the Stamp Acts? This led to the repeal of the Stamp Acts.

• Meetings at the Liberty Tree
• Tar and Feathering of Tax officials
• The economic boycott of British Goods
• Stamp Congress

What was the main purpose of the Massachusetts Circular Letter of 1768?

• To demand independence from Britain
• To call for a colonial petition in response to the Townshend Acts
• To propose a new colonial government structure
• To encourage military action against British forces in Massachusetts

England passed the Intolerable/Coercive Acts in response to

• the colonial boycott of the Stamp Act.
• the Boston Tea Party.
• the Declaratory Act.
• the Boston Massacre.
• the Tea Act.

During the Boston Tea Party, the Sons of Liberty disguised themselves as...

• British soldiers
• Colonial merchants
• French traders
• American Indians

The Quebec Act of 1774 extended the boundaries of Quebec into which of the following regions?

• The Mississippi River Valley
• The Ohio River Valley
• The Appalachian Mountains
• The Great Plains

One major cause of the Boston Massacre was the increased presence of British soldiers in Boston, which was primarily a result of...

• The enforcement of the Stamp Act
• The enforcement of the Townshend Acts
• The passage of the Tea Act
• The Intolerable Acts

Arrange these events in chronological order: (A) Stamp Act, (B) Intolerable Acts, (C) Tea Party, and (D) Townshend Acts.

• A,C,D,B
• D,B,C,A
• C,B,D,A
• B,A,C,D
• A,D,C,B