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1.5 Road to Independence

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The ___________________________ Act was a tax on finished goods like glass, lead, and paint.

a)

Townshend Act

b)

Tea Act

c)

Stamp Act

d)

Glass Act

2.
What was the Quartering Act?
a)
Restriced the colonist from making goods
b)
Forced the colonist to stop printing money
c)
Colonist were forced to house and feed British soldiers
3.

Which act placed a tax on almost all printed materials such as mail?

a)

The Sugar Act

b)

The Stamp Act

c)

The Townshend Acts

d)

The Delcaratory Acts

4.

The Intolerable/Coercive Acts were a series of laws that did what?

a)

Closed Boston Harbor leaving the colonists for dead.

b)

Forced the colonies to let British soldiers live in their houses

c)

When the Colonists drank all the tea.

d)

a pamphlet that convinced Americans to leave England.

5.

What was the name of the conflict that caused the British to be in debt and to start taxing the Colonies..

a)

The Taxation War

b)

The Civil War

c)

The Colonial War

d)

The French and Indian War

e)

The French and English War

6.

This Act was a Tax on all paper goods such as mail, and stamps.

a)

Townshend Act

b)

The Mail Act

c)

the Quartering Act

d)

The Stamp Act

7.

This Act forced the colonists to provide housing for British soldiers.

a)

Townshend Act

b)

Stamp Act

c)

Tea Act

d)

Soldier Act

e)

Quartering Act

8.

The Townshend Acts put even more taxes on what items?

a)

Coffee,food, clothes

b)

Tea, shoes, hats

c)

Sugar, coffee, glass

d)

Paint, lead, glass

9.

A famous saying from the colonists was " No _____________ without ______________ in Parliament"

a)

Laws, Discussion

b)

Jail, Trials

c)

Taxation, Representation

d)

Quartering, Meetings

10.

This extremely popular pamphlet titled _____________________ pushed the colonists to declare independence from Great Britain.

a)

Common Sense

b)

Declaration of Independence

c)

Magna Carta

d)

Mayflower Compact

11.

What event was a direct result of the colonist frustration with the Tea Act?

a)

Boston Massacre

b)

Gaspee Affair

c)

The Olive Branch Petition

d)

The Boston Tea Party

12.

How many colonists died in the Boston Massacre?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

5

d)

10

13.
Which phrase became popular after passage of the Stamp Act?
a)
“The rights of Englishmen”
b)
“Give me liberty or give me death”
c)
“Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness”
d)
“No taxation without representation“
14.

This was the phrase on The flag flown by those who supported declaring independence.

a)

No Taxation Without Representation

b)

"Don't Tread on Me"

c)

BLM

d)

Join or Die

15.

What did the Quartering Act say?

a)

British Soldiers could search your house without a cause to

b)

Colonists had to pay a tax on thier houses

c)

Colonists had to allow British Soldiers to stay in their homes

d)

British Soldiers could seize any house they wanted

16.
this law stated colonists were required to house British soldiers and provide them with supplies
a)
quartering act
b)
sugar act
c)
stamp act
d)
townshend acts
17.

this act placed a tax on lead, paint, and glass

a)

sugar act

b)

Townshend acts

c)

stamp act

d)

tea act

18.
colonists slogan to show they were upset that they had no voice in Parliament
a)
No taxation without representation
b)
No voice
c)
No taxes
d)
No voice, no tax
19.

a law requiring colonists to pay a tax on all legal documents, paper, and mail.

a)
Stamp act
b)
Sugar act
c)
Quartering act
d)
Townshend acts
20.

protest when 150 Colonists boarded 3 British ships in Boston to dump 342 chests of tea overboard.

a)
Boston Massacre
b)
Boston Tea Party
c)
Tar and feather
d)
boycott
21.

Why were the colonists upset they about the new acts and taxes?

a)
They had no representation in Parliament
b)

They wanted to pay money to the British as a surpise.