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(5) Taxation without Representation - 1.2

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

American colonists were not permitted to establish any new settlements west of the Appalachian Mountains.

a)

Townshend Act

b)

Quartering Act

c)

Declaratory Acgt

d)

Proclamation of 1763

2.

What slogan did the colonists use as a protest?

a)

No taxation without representation

b)

No tea without the sea

c)

We make noise till you hear our voice

d)

No acts without the facts

3.

Group that makes laws in Britain

a)

Congress

b)

Petition

c)

Parliament

d)

King

4.

Why did Britain pass taxes in the colonies?

a)

They wanted to buy more gold

b)

To pay French and Indian War debt

c)

The King needed new clothes

d)

To punish the colonists for disobeying laws

5.

Required American colonial goods to be shipped to England where they were then sold by English merchants.

a)

Proclamation of 1763

b)

Navigation Acts

c)

Townshend Acts

d)

Intolerable Acts

6.

A tax on molasses.

a)

Stamp Act

b)

Quartering Act

c)

Sugar Act

d)

Townshend Acts

7.

Required the colonies to house British soldiers in barracks (quarters) provided by the colonies.

a)

The Townshend Acts

b)

The Sugar Act

c)

The Stamp Act

d)

The Quartering Act

8.
England's law-making group is called:
a)
Congress
b)
House of Representatives
c)
Senate
d)
Parliament
9.

In 1763, Parliament needed money to pay for the debt from the ___________, so they began to heavily tax the colonies.

a)

American Revolution

b)

French and Indian War

c)

WWII

d)

Cinderella's Ball

10.

The colonists were _________ with the British taxes and laws.

a)

excited

b)

angry

c)

happy

d)

honored

11.

What did the colonists want the King to do to make the tases more fair?

a)

to vote for representatives in Parliament

b)

cancel all taxes

c)

pay the colonists for their loyalty