WorksheetsEarly Conflicts With Britain Quiz
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
What do you call money that people pay to their government in return for services?
repeal
tax
protest
boycott
In what year was the Sugar Act created by Parliament?
1765
1767
1764
1766
How did some merchants avoid paying the Sugar Act taxes?
Bribery
Smuggling
Stealing
Giving items away
The Sugar Act taxed all of the following, except what?
Sugar
Coffee
Cloth
Paper
What is importing goods illegally?
Smuggling
Protest
Repeal
Boycott
In what year did Parliament create the Stamp Act?
1764
1765
1766
1767
What did the Stamp Act tax?
Cloth
Tea
Anything printed on paper
Lead
What do you call freedom from being controlled by another government?
Tax
Protest
Boycott
Liberty
Who made an angry speech against the Stamp Act?
Sam Adams
Patrick Henry
Ben Franklin
Deborah Franklin
What do you call an event at which people complain about an issue?
Tax
Boycott
Protest
Liberty
What was the name of the group that organized protests against the Stamp Act?
Sons of Liberty
Stamp Act Congress
Daughters of Liberty
Townsend Acts
What means to cancel something?
Liberty
Tax
Repeal
Protest
Who was the leader of the Sons of Liberty in Boston?
Ben Franklin
Deborah Franklin
King George III
Sam Adams
What was the name given to the group of 9 representatives that met in New York in 1765 to discuss taxes?
Sons of Liberty
Stamp Act Congress
Daughters of Liberty
Children of Peace
What do you call it when a group of people refuses to buty, sell, or use certain goods?
Tax
Protest
Repeal
Boycott
What year did Parliament repeal the Stamp Act?
1764
1756
1766
1767
In what year did Parliament create the Townsend Acts?
1764
1765
1766
1767
Mark the item that was not taxed in the Townsend Acts.
Tea
Lead
Coffee
Paint
What was the name of the group that made cloth to keep from buying it from England?
Daughters of Liberty
Sons of Liberty
Stamp Act Congress
Colonial Weavers Association
What was the only item that remained taxed when Parliament dropped taxes on all other items in the Townsend Acts?
Coffee
Tea
Paper
Lead
