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NO Taxation without Representation

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was a purpose of The Proclamation of 1763?

a)

Kept peace with the Native Americans for a while.

b)

Declared War on the Native Americans

c)

Issued a trade agreement with France

d)

Set the fishing boundaries between Canada and America

2.
The colonists did this to protest early taxes.
a)
Boycotted all British Goods.
b)
Bought British goods
c)
Bought goods from Spain
d)
Burned all British goods
3.
This act taxed all paper goods such as newspaper, playing cards.
a)
Sugar Act
b)
Stamp Act
c)
Declaratory Act
d)
Intolerable Acts
4.
Documents that allowed soldiers to enter a place to look for smuggled goods?
a)
Search Warrant
b)
Habeas Corpus
c)
Municipal Bond
d)
Writs of Assistance
5.

Which act said that only Parliament could make decisions for the colonies in all cases whatsoever?

a)

The Declaratory Act

b)

The Stamp Act

c)

The Sugar Act

d)

The Townshend Acts

6.

What does "repeal" mean?

a)

Retention

b)

To take back

c)

To move forward

d)

Regulation

7.

Which of these men were instrumental in starting the Sons of Liberty was?

a)

Patrick Henry

b)

John Adams

c)

Sam Adams

d)

Benjamin Franklin

8.

The Townshend Acts taxed these items?

a)

Wheels, Windows and Wagons

b)

Paper, glass and tea

c)

Stamps, Mugs and pencils

d)

Sportswear and gym machinery

9.
What act taxed the tea that was brought into the colonies?
a)
The Quartering Act
b)
The Tea Act
c)
The Sugar Act
d)
The Stamp Act
10.
England got rid of the Stamp Act in 1766.
a)
True
b)
False
11.

Who is considered to be the first casualty of the American Revolution

a)

Crispus Attucks

b)

Paul Revere

c)

Samuel Adams

d)

George Grenville

12.

A silversmith who made an engraving of the Boston Massacre to use as propaganda to make the colonists angry at the British.

a)

Paul Revere

b)

George Grenville

c)

Crispus Attucks

d)

Samuel Adams

13.

Colonists dressed as Native Americans sneaked onto 3 ships in Boston Harbor and threw tea into the water

a)

Boston Massacre

b)

Boston Tea Party

c)

Stamp Act Congress

d)

Writs of Assistance

14.

The Coercive Acts did these two things:

a)

Taxed all printed materials including playing cards

b)

Forced colonists to allow soldiers to live in their houses

c)

Closed Boston Harbor until the colonists paid for the ruined tea

d)

Allowed customs officers to search any home at any time

15.

During protests by the colonists, British soldiers fired their guns and killed 5 people.

a)

Boston tea party

b)

Boston massacre

c)

Burning of effiges

d)

Boycott of British tea

16.

The committees of correspondence

a)

wrote letters to other colonies encouraging them to protest

b)

threw hundreds of pounds of tea into the Boston Harbor

c)

protested British taxed by throwing stones at British soldiers

d)

passed a resolution that only the colonial governments could pass taxes on the colonies

17.

What group was created to protest the Stamp Act?

a)

The Sons of Korhal

b)

The Sons of Anarchy

c)

The Sons of Patriotism

d)

The Sons of Liberty

e)

The Sons of America

18.

Who won the French and Indian war?

a)

French

b)

Indians

c)

British and colonists

d)

Dutch

19.

Who used the phrase "No Taxation without Representation"

a)

The American colonists

b)

The British Soldiers

c)

The French cavalry

d)

The Spanish colonists

20.

What document restricted the colonists from expanding west?

a)

the Peace Treaty of 1763

b)

the Treaty of Paris

c)

the Proclamation of 1763

d)

the Liberty and Expansion Act

21.

To stop colonial smuggling, Parliament created a new legal system in America. What were the new courts called?

a)

Vice-Admirality courts

b)

Legal Suspension courts

c)

Parliamentary courts

d)

No Contention courts

22.

Writs of Assistance...

a)

Allowed customs officers to enter any location to search for smuggled goods

b)

Allowed colonists to assist British officials to capture smugglers

c)

Allowed British officers to become colonial helpers

d)

Allowed customs officers to enter specific locations to search for stolen property

23.

What does resolution mean?

a)

It's a formal expression of opinion

b)

It's a goal that is made on New Year's Eve

c)

It's the British name for a law

24.
The Coercive Acts are also known as what?
a)
The Townshend Acts
b)
The Tolerable Acts
c)
The Intolerable Acts
d)
The Tea Acts
25.

Merchants

a)

A person or company who sells goods/products (merchandise)

b)

In: goods coming into a country

c)

Exit: goods going out of a country (selling)

d)

The specific laws passed by England to control the trade

26.

Navigation Acts

a)

A person or company who sells goods/products (merchandise)

b)

In: goods coming into a country

c)

Exit: goods going out of a country (selling)

d)

The specific laws passed by England to control the trade

27.

Imports

a)

A person or company who sells goods/products (merchandise)

b)

In: goods coming into a country

c)

Exit: goods going out of a country (selling)

d)

The specific laws passed by England to control the trade

28.

Exports

a)

A person or company who sells goods/products (merchandise)

b)

In: goods coming into a country

c)

Exit: goods going out of a country (selling)

d)

The specific laws passed by England to control the trade

29.

Triangular Trade

a)

Used prior to slaves; had to work for 5-7 years before being free.

b)

Slaves

c)

The most famous leg

d)

Important trading route

30.

What was brought in in through the Middle Passage?

a)

Used prior to slaves; had to work for 5-7 years before being free.

b)

Slaves

c)

The most famous leg

d)

Important trading route

31.

Indentured Servants were_______________________________?

a)

Used prior to slaves; had to work for 5-7 years before being free.

b)

Slaves

c)

The most famous leg

d)

Important trading route

32.

Colonist didn't like the Tea Act because....

a)

It created a British enforced monopoly that limited their choices

b)

It created a tax and tea that made it completely unaffordable

c)

It helped Great Britain control the colonies even more by allowing more troops into Boston

d)

It created a court system set up just to try cases of tea smuggling

33.

Where did The Boston Tea Party occur?

a)

England

b)

New York Harbor

c)

Boston Harbor

d)

Gulf of Mexico

34.

The French and Indian War was very _______________ for the British.

a)

cheap

b)

expensive

c)

long

35.

The British king felt as if who should pay for the French and Indian War?

a)

British

b)

colonists

c)

Spain