USH Mr. Raymond British Policies

What major conflict caused Great Britain to accumulate significant debt, leading them to seek financial contributions from the American Colonies?

• The Boston Tea Party

• The French and Indian War

• The Boston Massacre

• The American Revolution

What type of goods did the Stamp Act of 1765 primarily tax?

• Imported tea

• Sugar and molasses

• All paper goods, including newspapers and playing cards

• Glass, lead, paints, and paper

Why were the colonists particularly upset about the taxes imposed by Great Britain, like the Stamp Act?

• The taxes were too expensive for them to afford.

• They believed the taxes were only meant for people living in England.

• They were used to governing themselves and felt the taxes were unfair because they had no say in them.

• The taxes only applied to essential goods, making life difficult.

How did the American colonists respond to the Stamp Act?

• They immediately declared their independence.

• They formed a new government to collect their own taxes.

• They protested, sent petitions, and boycotted British goods.

• They accepted the tax as a necessary part of being British subjects.

What was the main idea of the Quartering Act of 1765?

• British soldiers had to pay for their own housing.

• Colonists had to provide housing for British soldiers.

• British soldiers were sent back to England.

• Colonists were allowed to join the British army.

What did the Townshend Acts place a new tax on?

• Sugar and molasses

• Tea, lead, paint, paper, and glass

• Stamps and legal documents

• Land and property

What happened during the Boston Massacre in 1770?

• Colonists dumped tea into Boston Harbor.

• British soldiers fired on an unarmed crowd of protestors.

• Colonists protested against the Stamp Act.

• British soldiers were forced to leave Boston.

What was one way the British government tried to control the colonies after the Boston Tea Party?

• They allowed colonists to elect their own governors.

• They made colonists house British soldiers in their homes.

• They stopped taxing goods like tea and sugar.

• They let colonial assemblies meet more often.

What was the main goal of the First Continental Congress when they sent a petition to King George III?

• To declare war against Great Britain.

• To ask the King to fix their problems and complaints.

• To choose George Washington as their military leader.

• To create a new country separate from England.

What important event happened in April 1775, even though the colonies had not yet declared independence?

• The Declaration of Independence was signed.

• Thomas Paine published 'Common Sense.'

• The first battles of the Revolutionary War took place.

• George Washington was appointed president.