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Committees of Correspondence and Townshend Acts

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Which founding father started the Committees of Correspondence?
a)
George Washington
b)
Abraham Lincoln
c)
Samuel Adams
d)
Barack Obama
2.

Why was it so important that the colonies establish lines of communication with one another?

a)

to hide from British troops

b)

travel

c)

to share information and news

d)

to start a war

3.

What was the purpose for establishing the Committees of Correspondence?

a)

To maintain communication with one another

b)

To start a war

c)

To communicate with King George III

d)

To invent the telephone

4.

Why did the Committee say that items should be withheld from British troops?

a)

British troops were helping them

b)

to have favor with the king

c)

Colonist needed their help

d)

British troops were acting like enemies to the colonist.

5.

What types of news did the Committees of Correspondence share?

a)

how King George III was a great ruler

b)

info and news about what their colonies were doing to resist the British and their unfair policies

c)

directions on how to create a printing press

d)

laws and documents of how the colonies became the United States

6.

What did the Boston Committee of Correspondence suggest withholding from the British troops?

a)

tea, paper, glass

b)

money, paper, stamps

c)

sugar, stamps, clothes

d)

labour, straw, timber

7.

What happened to the Townshend Acts?

a)

they burned it

b)

repealed in 1769

c)

they forgot about it

d)

nothing, it's still going

8.

What did the Townshend Acts do?

a)

put a restriction on storage

b)

give everyone a curfew

c)

tax all imports

d)

color the town

9.

(2) Trade slowed down because colonists _________________ British goods.

a)

boycotted

b)

repealed

c)

responsible

d)

taxation

10.

(4) The Sons of _________________ took charge of Boston.

a)

Liberty

b)

finance

c)

troops

d)

jobs