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WorksheetsNO Taxation without Representation
Total questions: 35
Worksheet time: 23mins
What was a purpose of The Proclamation of 1763?
Kept peace with the Native Americans for a while.
Declared War on the Native Americans
Issued a trade agreement with France
Set the fishing boundaries between Canada and America
Which act said that only Parliament could make decisions for the colonies in all cases whatsoever?
The Declaratory Act
The Stamp Act
The Sugar Act
The Townshend Acts
What does "repeal" mean?
Retention
To take back
To move forward
Regulation
Which of these men were instrumental in starting the Sons of Liberty was?
Patrick Henry
John Adams
Sam Adams
Benjamin Franklin
The Townshend Acts taxed these items?
Wheels, Windows and Wagons
Paper, glass and tea
Stamps, Mugs and pencils
Sportswear and gym machinery
Who is considered to be the first casualty of the American Revolution
Crispus Attucks
Paul Revere
Samuel Adams
George Grenville
A silversmith who made an engraving of the Boston Massacre to use as propaganda to make the colonists angry at the British.
Paul Revere
George Grenville
Crispus Attucks
Samuel Adams
Colonists dressed as Native Americans sneaked onto 3 ships in Boston Harbor and threw tea into the water
Boston Massacre
Boston Tea Party
Stamp Act Congress
Writs of Assistance
The Coercive Acts did these two things:
Taxed all printed materials including playing cards
Forced colonists to allow soldiers to live in their houses
Closed Boston Harbor until the colonists paid for the ruined tea
Allowed customs officers to search any home at any time
During protests by the colonists, British soldiers fired their guns and killed 5 people.
Boston tea party
Boston massacre
Burning of effiges
Boycott of British tea
The committees of correspondence
wrote letters to other colonies encouraging them to protest
threw hundreds of pounds of tea into the Boston Harbor
protested British taxed by throwing stones at British soldiers
passed a resolution that only the colonial governments could pass taxes on the colonies
What group was created to protest the Stamp Act?
The Sons of Korhal
The Sons of Anarchy
The Sons of Patriotism
The Sons of Liberty
The Sons of America
Who won the French and Indian war?
French
Indians
British and colonists
Dutch
Who used the phrase "No Taxation without Representation"
The American colonists
The British Soldiers
The French cavalry
The Spanish colonists
What document restricted the colonists from expanding west?
the Peace Treaty of 1763
the Treaty of Paris
the Proclamation of 1763
the Liberty and Expansion Act
To stop colonial smuggling, Parliament created a new legal system in America. What were the new courts called?
Vice-Admirality courts
Legal Suspension courts
Parliamentary courts
No Contention courts
Writs of Assistance...
Allowed customs officers to enter any location to search for smuggled goods
Allowed colonists to assist British officials to capture smugglers
Allowed British officers to become colonial helpers
Allowed customs officers to enter specific locations to search for stolen property
What does resolution mean?
It's a formal expression of opinion
It's a goal that is made on New Year's Eve
It's the British name for a law
Merchants
A person or company who sells goods/products (merchandise)
In: goods coming into a country
Exit: goods going out of a country (selling)
The specific laws passed by England to control the trade
Navigation Acts
A person or company who sells goods/products (merchandise)
In: goods coming into a country
Exit: goods going out of a country (selling)
The specific laws passed by England to control the trade
Imports
A person or company who sells goods/products (merchandise)
In: goods coming into a country
Exit: goods going out of a country (selling)
The specific laws passed by England to control the trade
Exports
A person or company who sells goods/products (merchandise)
In: goods coming into a country
Exit: goods going out of a country (selling)
The specific laws passed by England to control the trade
Triangular Trade
Used prior to slaves; had to work for 5-7 years before being free.
Slaves
The most famous leg
Important trading route
What was brought in in through the Middle Passage?
Used prior to slaves; had to work for 5-7 years before being free.
Slaves
The most famous leg
Important trading route
Indentured Servants were_______________________________?
Used prior to slaves; had to work for 5-7 years before being free.
Slaves
The most famous leg
Important trading route
Colonist didn't like the Tea Act because....
It created a British enforced monopoly that limited their choices
It created a tax and tea that made it completely unaffordable
It helped Great Britain control the colonies even more by allowing more troops into Boston
It created a court system set up just to try cases of tea smuggling
Where did The Boston Tea Party occur?
England
New York Harbor
Boston Harbor
Gulf of Mexico
The French and Indian War was very _______________ for the British.
cheap
expensive
long
The British king felt as if who should pay for the French and Indian War?
British
colonists
Spain
