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Ch. 5--Lesson 1 No Taxation Without Representation

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What allowed British custom officers to search homes for smuggled goods?
a)
The Tea Act
b)
The Proclamation of 1763
c)
The Writs of Assistance
d)
The Declaratory Act
2.
Goods being imported to the colonies were taxed by which act? 
a)
Sugar Act
b)
Townshend Acts
c)
Stamp Act
d)
Declaratory Act
3.
True or False
Officers could seize goods from accused smugglers without going to a court for permission as a result of the Sugar Act.
a)
True
b)
False
4.

The Sons of Liberty organized protests, boycotted British goods, and burned ___________ of tax collectors.

a)

Statues

b)

Paintings

c)

Scarecows

d)

Effigies

5.
Which act stated that Parliament did have the right to tax colonists?
a)
Declaratory Act
b)
Stamp Act
c)
Townshend Acts
d)
Sugar Act
6.
Great Britain developed a huge debt from fighting what war?
a)
World War II
b)
Civil War
c)
French and Indian
d)
Revolutionary War
7.
Which Act lowered the taxes on molasses?
a)
Stamp Act
b)
Sugar Act
c)
Navigation Acts
d)
Molasses Act
8.

This act taxed the colonists directly with out their consent.

a)

Townshend Acts

b)

Sugar Act

c)

Tea Act

d)

Stamp Act

9.
One of the ways women protested the Townshend Acts was by _____________ British Goods.
a)
Prohibiting
b)
Boycotting
c)
Violating
d)
Repealing
10.
Colonists were angered by the Stamp Act because they believed they should only be taxed by their own ______________.
a)
assemblies
b)
governors
c)
King
d)
Mayor
11.

Great Britain developed a huge debt from fighting the ________________ in the 1760's.

a)

American Revolution

b)

French and Indian War

c)

Civil War

d)

World War II

12.

To cancel an act or a law

a)

Resolution

b)

Effigy

c)

Repeal

d)

Violate

13.

To refuse to buy items as a way of protesting

a)

effigy

b)

boycott

c)

repeal

d)

smuggle

14.

Incoming money from taxes or other sources

a)

Repeal

b)

Resolution

c)

Prohibit

d)

Revenue

15.

A mocking figure representing an unpopular individual

a)

Boycott

b)

Violate

c)

Effigy

d)

Protest

16.

Illegal trading

a)

Prohibit

b)

Violate

c)

Boycott

d)

Smuggling

17.

What group was formed by Samuel Adams as a result of the Stamp Act?

a)

Daughters of Liberty

b)

Sons of the Revolution

c)

Sons of Liberty

d)

Sons of Protest

18.

What was the slogan Colonists cried out in reaction to the unfair taxes Parliament imposed on them?

a)

No Taxation without Representation

b)

Don't Tread on Me

c)

War with Britain

d)

Stop the Madness

19.

What was formed so colonies could work together against the Stamp Act?

a)

Stamp Act Congress

b)

Second Continental Congress

c)

Sugar Act Council

d)

Constitutional Congress