Social Studies: Chapter 5: Lessons 1 - 5: Quiz

Which of the following caused tensions between the colonies and Great Britain after the French and Indian War?

• Britain ordered the colonies to make the Albany Plan.
• Britain would not allow colonists to have British citizenship
• Britain taxed them without colonial representation in Parliament.
• Britain told the colonies that it could no longer offer protection for them.

In 1765, Britain believed it had the right to pass the __________ because it needed money to pay for war debts.

• Stamp Act
• Declaratory Act
• Quartering Act
• Townshend Acts

Why did many colonists boycott British goods?

• They did not like British goods and preferred to buy goods made in the colonies.
• They were protesting to show Britain that colonists were angry about the taxes.
• They were protesting the poor quality of British goods that they had been forced to buy.
• They did not have enough money to buy British goods because they were more expensive.

Which of the following was an organized group in the colonies that encouraged boycotts and protected colonists’ rights?

• Sons of Liberty
• Albany Congress
• Stamp Act Congress
• Parliament

Which of the following were effects of colonists’ protests?

• repeal of the taxes on tea and paper
• passage of the Stamp Act and Declaratory Act
• colonial representation in the colonies and Parliament
• passage of the Townshend Acts and repeal of the Stamp Act

The Boston Massacre can be characterized as a __________.

• war
• slaughter
• reenactment
• misunderstanding

Which of the following describes how many of the colonies responded after the Boston Massacre?

• They started paying taxes.
• They declared war on Britain.
• They started to organize and unite.
• They asked France for military support.

Who helped organize a Committee of Correspondence and was a leader in the Sons of Liberty?

• John Adams
• Thomas Gage
• Samuel Adams
• George Washington

Which of the following most likely influenced Britain’s passage of the Coercive Acts?

• Boston Tea Party and Tea Act
• Townshend Acts and the Stamp Act
• Boston Tea Party and Boston Massacre
• First Continental Congress and Declaration of Rights

Why is the First Continental Congress significant?

• It showed that the colonies had a plan in place to wage war and defeat Britain.
• It was the first time that the colonies organized before the Revolution broke out.
• It showed Britain that the colonies would likely go to war if their demands were not met.
• It reinforced to the colonies that they needed equal representation in Congress from Patriots and Loyalists.