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The Stamp Act

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 22mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does the British parliament do?

a)

Enforce laws for England

b)

Make laws for England

c)

Decide if an English law is constitutional

d)

Rule the King in England

2.

The Sugar Act was a tax on sugar and _______

a)

molasses

b)

tea

c)

clothes

3.

Which of the following would NOT be taxed under the Stamp Act?

a)

paper

b)

magazines

c)

pens

d)

birth certificate

4.

Why did Parliament create the Stamp Act?

a)

The British Parliament wanted the colonists to pay for the costs of the French and Indian War

b)

The British Parliament wanted to build new cities and thought the colonists would like to help pay.

c)

The British Parliament was mad at the colonists for drinking too much tea.

5.

What is a tax?

a)

Money that the government gives to people.

b)

Money that people give for government services

c)

Money that people earn from working

6.

What happen to French land claims in North America as a result of the French and Indian War

a)

They lost them all

b)

They lost the vast majority of them

c)

They were forced to give them to the Native Americans

7.

Some examples of items they had to pay taxes on in the stamp act were...

a)

Newspapers, contracts, pamphlets, court documents, and play cards

b)

Tea and bread

c)

Lead, paper, paint, tea, and glass

8.

How did the colonists react to the Stamp Act?

a)

They were very happy. They organized parties to celebrate

b)

They were very angry. They organized parades to protest and attacked British tax collectors

c)

They were angry about it, but did nothing.

9.

What does "No Taxation without Representation" mean?

a)

Colonists thought that everyone should be taxed except themselves

b)

Colonists though they shouldn't be taxed because they weren't represented in Parliament

c)

Colonists thought they were being picked on.

10.

What happened to the Stamp Act?

a)

Parliament made it a new law.

b)

It was repealed.

c)

It was repealed but they brought it back.

11.

Who was the head of the British?

a)

King Henry

b)

King John

c)

King George III

12.

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

a)

cheap

b)

expensive

c)

long

13.

Who did the King feel should pay for the war?

a)

British

b)

colonists

c)

Spain

14.

Why did Parliament create the Stamp Act?

a)

The British government wanted the colonists to pay for the costs of the French and Indian War

b)

The British Parliament wanted to build new cities and thought the colonists would like to help pay.

c)

The British Parliament was mad at the colonists for drinking too much tea.

15.

What did the merchants do in response to the taxes?

a)

held a boycott of british goods

b)

protested in the streets

c)

Wrote the king a letter

d)

had colonist sign a petition

16.

Colonist that supported the Stamp Act and other acts of the KIng

a)

Minutemen

b)

Loyalist

c)

Patriots

d)

Washatonians

17.

This act passed by Parliament at the direction of the King prohibited colonist from settling lands west of the a Appalachian mountains.

a)

The Proclamation of 1763

b)

The Sugar Act

c)

The Stamp Act

d)

The Declaratory Act

18.

The French and Indian War started when the colonist and the French disputed claims to the land where?

a)

The Mississippi i Valley

b)

The Tigris River Valley

c)

The Ohio River Valley

d)

The Mesopotamian River Valley

19.

Another name for the French and Indian War

a)

The Hundred Acre War

b)

The Hundred Years War

c)

The 7 years war

d)

The Revolutionary War

20.

Who won the French and Indian War select two

a)

French

b)

Indians

c)

Colonist

d)

British

21.

Laws passed by England to create Mercantilism

a)

French Act

b)

Declaratory Act

c)

Navigation Acts

d)

Stamp Act

22.

The First English Colony in America

a)

Roanoke

b)

Jamestown

c)

Alexander

d)

Knoxville

23.

Which was not one of the three Countries that fought for control of the world prior to the discovery of America by Christopher Columbus?

a)

France

b)

Spain

c)

Crimea

d)

England

24.

The First permanent English colony in America

a)

Paris

b)

Alexander

c)

Roanoke

d)

Jamestown

25.

Land in the middle east thought to be sacred to Christians

a)

San Francisco

b)

Heaven

c)

Gods Land

d)

The Holy land

26.

What was the significance of the Crusades

a)

Natives of the Holy land migrated to America

b)

Christian fighters came in contact with Asian goods and brought those goods to Europe, creating a demand for them

c)

Many Muslims died and made Spain give up it's hope for discovering america

d)

Christian Columbus was killed in the Crusades

27.

Person sent by London Company to organize Jamestown

a)

John Smith

b)

John Rolfe

c)

John Adams

d)

John Walton

28.

He was employed by Ferdindand and Isabella of Spain to find an all water passage to Asia, instead he discovered America.

a)

Marco Polo

b)

Columbus

c)

James Adams

d)

Magellian

29.

Person that brought tobacco to Jamestown and saved the colony.

a)

John Rolfe

b)

John Smith

c)

John Adams

d)

John Quincy Adams

30.

When a mother country controls the trade of its colony to make mother for the Mother country

a)

Freemason

b)

Navigation

c)

Mercantilism

d)

Expessionalism

31.

Land that was disputed between the French and British that resulted in the French and Indian War

a)

The Cumberland Gap

b)

Arkansas River Valley

c)

Mississippi River Valley

d)

Ohio River Valley

32.

A group of Colonial protesters that united to defend the colonist against the Stamp Act and intimidated British tax collectors

a)

Daughters of the Revolution

b)

Sons of Liberty

c)

New Freedom Fighters

d)

Over the Mountain boys

33.

People that supported the colonial cause

a)

Patriots

b)

Loyalist

c)

Freemen

d)

Catholics

34.

Colonist that supported the king and he Stamp Act

a)

Patriots

b)

Loyalist

c)

Catholics

d)

Protestants

35.

A republic is

a)

Monarchy

b)

A loyalist

c)

A means of war

d)

A representative Democracy

36.

Act that required the colonist to keep soldiers in their homes

a)

Sugar Act

b)

Stamp Act

c)

Quartering Act

d)

Declaratory Act

37.

Slogan that summed up the colonist feeling about the Stamp Act

a)

"Freedom Now"

b)

"No taxation without representation"

c)

"Dump England"

d)

"Don't thread on me"

38.

Which was not in the Navigation Acts?

a)

Guaranteed Freedom of the Seas to the Colonist

b)

Colonial goods had to be shipped on English ships

c)

The Colonist could sell some things only to England

d)

The Colonist had to buy some things only from England

39.

What was not part of the Treaty of Paris 1763

a)

France lost all its land in Mainland North America

b)

Spain lost its Right to the Eastern Coast of North America

c)

England got the Ohio River Valley and Quebec

d)

Spain got The Louisiana Territory and New Orleans

40.

Word that means to refuse to buy something from someone you are protesting

a)

Boycott

b)

Strike

c)

Pickett

d)

Embargo