Colonial America: Key Events and Acts

Which did not feed the anger that led to the Boston Massacre?

• The Quartering Act

• The Stamp Act

• The Townshend Acts

• The Boston Tea Party

The Townshend Acts taxed several goods that the colonies

• tried to sell in other countries.

• manufactured for use at home.

• raised on farms and plantations

• brought into the colonies for sale.

Many colonists decided to __________ or refuse to buy, tea because of the tax.

• proclamation

• protest

• delegate

• boycott

Great Britain made a ______________________ or public announcement, that Na#ve Americans could have the land west of the Appalachian Mountains.

• boycott

• delgate

• protest

• proclamation

Which of these laws made colonists provide British soldiers with food, transportation, and housing?

• A. the Stamp Act

• the Quartering Act

• the Coercive Acts

• the Proclamation of 1763

Nine colonies sent ________ or people to represent them, to a special gathering in New York.

• towns people

• delegates

• repeal

• boys

What did the colonists call the laws that were passed to punish them after the Boston Tea Party?

• the Boston Massacre

• the Intolerable Acts

• the Quartering Act

• the Stamp Act

There is a cartoon snake drawn by Benjamin Franklin that became popular after Parliament passed the Stamp Act. What do the eight parts of the snake represent?

• Parts of the snake's body

• All of the countries

• All of the colonies

• All of the continents

A+er many colonists grew angry about the Stamp Act, Parliament chose to _______ or undo, the law.

• repeal

• delegates

• boycott

• protest

What was the purpose of the Proclamation of 1763?

• to protect the colonists

• to punish the colonists

• to make money for the war

• to reward Native Americans