Ch 5 Test

There was tension (trouble) between the colonists and Britain because of the ______________, the Stamp Act, and lack of representation in Parliment.

• Magna Carta

• American Indians

• lack of representation in the House of Burgesses

• Proclamation of 1763

How did the colonists react to the Stamp Act, which put a tax on official things printed on paper?

• They did not react.

• They felt it would help America. (good)

• The felt it would ruin America. (bad)

• They celebrated.

______ needed to tax the colonist because they need to pay their war debt.

• Germany

• France

• American Indians

• Britain

What slogan, or saying, did colonists use to show their anger over taxes?

• All men are created equal

• Go Big Red

• The shot heard around the world

• No taxation without representation

True or False - The colonists liked the new taxes.

• True

• False

The Sons of Liberty encouraged _____________.

• boycotting British goods

• boycotting American goods

• boycotting American Indian goods

• British soldiers

What big event started when a colonist hit a British soldier with a stick?

• The Civil War

• The Boston Massacre

• The French and Indian wars

• The boycott of sticks

Look at the timeline. What event happened 4 years after the Boston Massacre?

• The Stamp Act was passed.

• The First Continental Congress meets.

• The first shots of the American Revolution were fired.

• Nothing happened

The Committee of ________ was created to quickly give colonists information about what the British king was doing.

• the King

• the Congress

• Correspondence

• email

Benjamin Franklin ________________.

• was a soldier in the American Revolution

• was a British Loyalists

• helped write the Declaration of Independence

• was the first president of the United States