WorksheetsThe Stamp Act
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 22mins
What does the British parliament do?
Enforce laws for England
Make laws for England
Decide if an English law is constitutional
Rule the King in England
The Sugar Act was a tax on sugar and _______
molasses
tea
clothes
Which of the following would NOT be taxed under the Stamp Act?
paper
magazines
pens
birth certificate
Why did Parliament create the Stamp Act?
The British Parliament wanted the colonists to pay for the costs of the French and Indian War
The British Parliament wanted to build new cities and thought the colonists would like to help pay.
The British Parliament was mad at the colonists for drinking too much tea.
What is a tax?
Money that the government gives to people.
Money that people give for government services
Money that people earn from working
What happen to French land claims in North America as a result of the French and Indian War
They lost them all
They lost the vast majority of them
They were forced to give them to the Native Americans
Some examples of items they had to pay taxes on in the stamp act were...
Newspapers, contracts, pamphlets, court documents, and play cards
Tea and bread
Lead, paper, paint, tea, and glass
How did the colonists react to the Stamp Act?
They were very happy. They organized parties to celebrate
They were very angry. They organized parades to protest and attacked British tax collectors
They were angry about it, but did nothing.
What does "No Taxation without Representation" mean?
Colonists thought that everyone should be taxed except themselves
Colonists though they shouldn't be taxed because they weren't represented in Parliament
Colonists thought they were being picked on.
What happened to the Stamp Act?
Parliament made it a new law.
It was repealed.
It was repealed but they brought it back.
Who was the head of the British?
King Henry
King John
King George III
The French and Indian War was very _______________ for the British.
cheap
expensive
long
Who did the King feel should pay for the war?
British
colonists
Spain
Why did Parliament create the Stamp Act?
The British government wanted the colonists to pay for the costs of the French and Indian War
The British Parliament wanted to build new cities and thought the colonists would like to help pay.
The British Parliament was mad at the colonists for drinking too much tea.
What did the merchants do in response to the taxes?
held a boycott of british goods
protested in the streets
Wrote the king a letter
had colonist sign a petition
Colonist that supported the Stamp Act and other acts of the KIng
Minutemen
Loyalist
Patriots
Washatonians
This act passed by Parliament at the direction of the King prohibited colonist from settling lands west of the a Appalachian mountains.
The Proclamation of 1763
The Sugar Act
The Stamp Act
The Declaratory Act
The French and Indian War started when the colonist and the French disputed claims to the land where?
The Mississippi i Valley
The Tigris River Valley
The Ohio River Valley
The Mesopotamian River Valley
Another name for the French and Indian War
The Hundred Acre War
The Hundred Years War
The 7 years war
The Revolutionary War
Who won the French and Indian War select two
French
Indians
Colonist
British
Laws passed by England to create Mercantilism
French Act
Declaratory Act
Navigation Acts
Stamp Act
The First English Colony in America
Roanoke
Jamestown
Alexander
Knoxville
Which was not one of the three Countries that fought for control of the world prior to the discovery of America by Christopher Columbus?
France
Spain
Crimea
England
The First permanent English colony in America
Paris
Alexander
Roanoke
Jamestown
Land in the middle east thought to be sacred to Christians
San Francisco
Heaven
Gods Land
The Holy land
What was the significance of the Crusades
Natives of the Holy land migrated to America
Christian fighters came in contact with Asian goods and brought those goods to Europe, creating a demand for them
Many Muslims died and made Spain give up it's hope for discovering america
Christian Columbus was killed in the Crusades
Person sent by London Company to organize Jamestown
John Smith
John Rolfe
John Adams
John Walton
He was employed by Ferdindand and Isabella of Spain to find an all water passage to Asia, instead he discovered America.
Marco Polo
Columbus
James Adams
Magellian
Person that brought tobacco to Jamestown and saved the colony.
John Rolfe
John Smith
John Adams
John Quincy Adams
When a mother country controls the trade of its colony to make mother for the Mother country
Freemason
Navigation
Mercantilism
Expessionalism
Land that was disputed between the French and British that resulted in the French and Indian War
The Cumberland Gap
Arkansas River Valley
Mississippi River Valley
Ohio River Valley
A group of Colonial protesters that united to defend the colonist against the Stamp Act and intimidated British tax collectors
Daughters of the Revolution
Sons of Liberty
New Freedom Fighters
Over the Mountain boys
People that supported the colonial cause
Patriots
Loyalist
Freemen
Catholics
Colonist that supported the king and he Stamp Act
Patriots
Loyalist
Catholics
Protestants
A republic is
Monarchy
A loyalist
A means of war
A representative Democracy
Act that required the colonist to keep soldiers in their homes
Sugar Act
Stamp Act
Quartering Act
Declaratory Act
Slogan that summed up the colonist feeling about the Stamp Act
"Freedom Now"
"No taxation without representation"
"Dump England"
"Don't thread on me"
Which was not in the Navigation Acts?
Guaranteed Freedom of the Seas to the Colonist
Colonial goods had to be shipped on English ships
The Colonist could sell some things only to England
The Colonist had to buy some things only from England
What was not part of the Treaty of Paris 1763
France lost all its land in Mainland North America
Spain lost its Right to the Eastern Coast of North America
England got the Ohio River Valley and Quebec
Spain got The Louisiana Territory and New Orleans
Word that means to refuse to buy something from someone you are protesting
Boycott
Strike
Pickett
Embargo
