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The Acts!

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 3600secs

Name
Class
Date
1.

What did the Sugar Act lower taxes on, so that colonist would buy more of it?

a)

Molasses

b)

Tabacco

c)

Grain

2.

Why were the British in such deep debt?

a)

The British spent too much money on ships.

b)

Pirates were stealing goods.

c)

Paying for the French and Indian War.

3.

Which two Colonies has the biggest issue with the Quartering Act?

a)

North and South Carolina

b)

Massachusetts and New York

c)

Pennsylvania and Rhode Island

4.

The Quartering Act stated what?

a)

That Colonist would have to give British soldiers housing if there was not enough room in the barracks.

b)

British soldiers got a quarter every day.

c)

The Colonist only got a quarter of the revenue from trading their goods.

5.

What was taxed in the Colonies after the passing of the Stamp Act (1775)?

a)

Tea

b)

Tabacco

c)

Glass and paint

d)

Paper Goods

6.

Which goods were taxed as they were imported to the colonies according to the Townshend Acts (1767).

a)

China (Tea sets)

b)

Paper and paint

c)

Lead and glass

d)

All of the above.

7.

What did the Townshend Acts (1767) lead directly to in 1770?

a)

The Boston Tea Party

b)

The Boston Massacre

c)

The French and Indian War

8.

The Tea Act of 1773 gave which company control of the tea market in the Colonies?

a)

The Colonial Tea Association

b)

The British East India Company

c)

The French Tea Company

d)

The Boson Tea Company

9.

Who organized the Boston Tea Party?

a)

French Pirates

b)

Native Americans

c)

The Sons of Liberty

d)

George Washington and Ben Franklin

10.

What did the Sons of Liberty dress up as during the Boston Tea Party?

a)

Native Americans

b)

British Soldiers

c)

Sailors

d)

Women in dresses

11.

The Intolerable Acts included which of the following :

a)

Free elections in Massachusetts were ended.

b)

Catholics were given more freedom of worship.

c)

Martial law was enforced in Boston and colonist had to let soldiers stay with them (quartering).

d)

The Boston Harbor was closed until the tea was paid for.

e)

All of the above.

12.

What did the Intolerable Acts lead the colonist to do?

a)

Move back to England.

b)

Call the First Continental Congress.

c)

Elect their own king.

d)

Pay back all of the money from the Boston Tea Party.