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Taxes & Acts and the Sons of Liberty

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of these taxes/acts put a tax on Stamps, legal documents, and many other paper products?

a)

Sugar Act

b)

Townshend Act

c)

Stamp Act

d)

Tea Act

2.

Which of these taxes/acts banned colonist migration west of the Ohio River Valley?

a)

Navigation Act

b)

Navigation Act

c)

Intolerable Acts

d)

Proclamation Line of 1763

3.

Which of these Taxes/Acts put a tax on sugar and molasses?

a)

Sugar Act

b)

Townshend Act

c)

Stamp Act

d)

Intolerable Acts

4.

Which of the Taxes/Acts allowed the British East India Company a monopoly on tea?

a)

Navigation Act

b)

Tea Act

c)

Proclamation Line

d)

Intolerable Acts

5.

Which of these taxes/acts forced colonists to house British troops?

a)

Proclamation Line

b)

Boston Massacre

c)

Intolerable Act

d)

Quartering Act

6.

Which of these Taxes and Acts restricted the colonists trade to just Britain?

a)

Navigation Act

b)

Boston Massacre

c)

Boston Tea Party

d)

Intolerable Acts

7.

Which of the following taxes/acts closed down the Boston harbor, placed Boston under martial law, banned town-meetings?

a)

Townshend Act

b)

Boston Massacre

c)

Boston Tea Party

d)

Intolerable Acts

8.

Which of the following Taxes/Acts taxed luxury items such as paint, lead, glass, and tea

a)

Stamp Act

b)

Townshend Act

c)

Sugar Act

d)

Intolerable Acts

9.

Which of the following taxes/acts was created to punish the colonists for the Boston tea party?

a)

Intolerable Act

b)

Proclamation Line

c)

Sugar Act

d)

Quartering Act

10.

Britain imposed taxes on the colonists help pay the debt of the

a)

American Revolution

b)

Civil War

c)

French and Indian War

d)

Spanish-American War

11.

The main reason for conflict between the 13 colonies and Britain which led to the American Revolution

a)

Trade with France

b)

Taxation without representation

c)

Open War with Colonies

d)

Native American raids

12.

The Sons of Liberty were founded by John Hancock and ___.

a)

George Washington

b)

Paul Revere

c)

John Adams

d)

Samuel Adams

13.

___ was the leader of the Sons of Liberty based in Virginia and is known for saying, "Give me liberty, or give me death!"

a)

Patrick Henry

b)

Thomas Jefferson

c)

James Otis

d)

George Washington

14.

The main purpose of the Stamp, Sugar, and Townshend Acts was to –

a)

Boycott British goods

b)

Limit westward movement

c)

Raise money through taxes

d)

Feed and house British soldiers

15.

Boycott refers to the act of-

a)

Selling Stamps

b)

Refusing to buy

c)

Supporting British Troops

d)

Buying Tea

16.

Who were the Sons of Liberty

a)

Organization of Loyalists that supported taxation

b)

Organization of Loyalists that fought taxation

c)

Organization of Colonists that supported taxation

d)

Organization of Colonists that fought taxation

17.

A _____________ was someone who was with King George and believed the taxes were good.

a)

patriot

b)

loyalist

c)

follower

d)

teacher

18.

What were the original Sons of Liberty called?

a)

The Loyal 9

b)

The Anarchy 9

c)

The 9 Men in Wigs

d)

The Secret 9 Society

19.

Check all that apply:

What tactics did the Sons of Liberty use?

a)

Threats

b)

Violence

c)

Intimidation

d)

Tar & Feathering

20.

The Sons of Liberty dressed up as Indians and dumped Tea into Boston Harbor in what was known as the

a)

Boston Tea Party

b)

Boston Dump

c)

Boston Boycott

d)

Boston Upstanding