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COLONISTS SPEAK OUT

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

To have someone speak or act for you

a)

REPRESENTATION

b)

TREASON

c)

BUDGET

d)

PARLIAMENT

2.

Treason

a)

a formal meeting of government representatives

b)

to cancel, or undo a law

c)

The act of working against one’s own government

d)

laws and orders issued by the British Government

3.

Congress

a)

a formal meeting of government representatives

b)

to work against, or object to, a certain policy

c)

The act of working against one’s own government

d)

to refuse to buy or use goods or services

4.

To refuse to buy or use goods or services

a)

Treason

b)

Boycott

c)

Budget

d)

Imperial Policy

5.

Repeal

a)

laws and orders issued by the British Government

b)

a formal meeting of government representatives

c)

to work against, or object to, a certain policy

d)

to cancel, or undo a law

6.

Imperial Policy

a)

to work against, or object to, a certain policy

b)

laws and orders issued by the British Government

c)

to refuse to buy or use goods or services

d)

The act of working against one’s own government

7.

To work against, or object to, a certain policy

a)

Imperial Policy

b)

Proclamation

c)

Protest

d)

Congress

8.

A tax imposed on paper items

a)

STAMP ACT

b)

BOSTON MASSACRE

c)

CONTINENTAL CONGRESS

d)

COMMITTEE OF CORRESPONDENCE

9.

Why did many colonists believed they should’t be taxed?

a)

BECAUSE THEY BELIEVED IT WAS NOT FAIR TO PAY FOR THE WAR

b)

BECAUSE THEY SAID THAT BRITAIN COULD NOT TAX THEM, BECAUSE THEY HAD NO REPRESENTATION IN THE PARLIAMENT

c)

BECAUSE A FEW PEOPLE WERE REPRESENTING THEM IN THE CONGRESS

d)

BECAUSE THEY HAD REPRESENTATION IN THE PARLIAMENT

10.

Who started writing plays about the events?

a)

SAMUEL ADAMS

b)

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN

c)

PATRICK HENRY

d)

MERCY OTIS WARREN

11.

On which date did representatives met?

a)

OCTOBER 1765

b)

OCTOBER 1665

c)

OCTOBER 1756

d)

OCTOBER 1700

12.

Why was a boycott a good form of protest?

a)

it was a peaceful way to protest

b)

Because it will be a way to deprive the British Government of tax money, and the British businesses lost customers

c)

they wanted to fight

d)

People were anxious to give their money to the British

13.

Who organized the first Committee of Correspondence? And where?

a)

Samuel Adams in Virginia

b)

Samuel Adams in New Jersey

c)

Samuel Adams in Boston

d)

Samuel Adams in New York

14.

What did the Members of the Virginia committee wrote to their colonists?

a)

Much disturbed by various rumors and reports of proceedings tending to give them their rights

b)

Much attention by various rumors and reports of proceedings tending to deprive them of their rights

c)

Much disturbed by various rumors and reports of proceedings tending to deprive them of their rights.