Quiz on Taxes and Acts

Which term is associated with owing someone, particularly money?

• Boycott

• Debt

• Intolerable Act

• Taxes

What is the purpose of taxes collected by the government?

• To pay off debts

• To fund public goods

• To enforce boycotts

• To support the Navigation Act

Which war was the reason England and Parliament was in debt?

• British Indian War

• French Indian War

• Boston Tea Party War

• World War 1

What does the Navigation Act relate to?

• To trade goods only with England

• To trade goods with anyone colonists want

• To trade goods with America

• to trade goods with the French

Which term is related to refusing to engage in buying goods or other economic activities?

• Debt

• Taxes

• Boycott

• Intolerable Act

In the beginning, the Colonists needed England but later on they ...

• Needed England more for goods and trade

• felt more independent and didn't need England

• Needed England more to protect them from the French

• Went through a rough breakup with the King but got back together

Who was responsible for raising the taxes in the colonies?

• Colonists

• Parliament

• Tax Collectors

• The Queen

When was the Navigation Act passed?

• 1663

• 1651

• 1652

• 1654

How did the colonists react to higher taxes on British goods?

• They accepted them

• They ignored them

• They boycotted them

• They celebrated them

Who was put in charge of the American army at the beginning of the war?

• Thomas Jefferson

• Benjamin Franklin

• George Washington

• John Adams