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Early Conflicts With Britain Quiz

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What do you call money that people pay to their government in return for services?

a)

repeal

b)

tax

c)

protest

d)

boycott

2.

In what year was the Sugar Act created by Parliament?

a)

1765

b)

1767

c)

1764

d)

1766

3.

How did some merchants avoid paying the Sugar Act taxes?

a)

Bribery

b)

Smuggling

c)

Stealing

d)

Giving items away

4.

The Sugar Act taxed all of the following, except what?

a)

Sugar

b)

Coffee

c)

Cloth

d)

Paper

5.

What is importing goods illegally?

a)

Smuggling

b)

Protest

c)

Repeal

d)

Boycott

6.

In what year did Parliament create the Stamp Act?

a)

1764

b)

1765

c)

1766

d)

1767

7.

What did the Stamp Act tax?

a)

Cloth

b)

Tea

c)

Anything printed on paper

d)

Lead

8.

What do you call freedom from being controlled by another government?

a)

Tax

b)

Protest

c)

Boycott

d)

Liberty

9.

Who made an angry speech against the Stamp Act?

a)

Sam Adams

b)

Patrick Henry

c)

Ben Franklin

d)

Deborah Franklin

10.

What do you call an event at which people complain about an issue?

a)

Tax

b)

Boycott

c)

Protest

d)

Liberty

11.

What was the name of the group that organized protests against the Stamp Act?

a)

Sons of Liberty

b)

Stamp Act Congress

c)

Daughters of Liberty

d)

Townsend Acts

12.

What means to cancel something?

a)

Liberty

b)

Tax

c)

Repeal

d)

Protest

13.

Who was the leader of the Sons of Liberty in Boston?

a)

Ben Franklin

b)

Deborah Franklin

c)

King George III

d)

Sam Adams

14.

What was the name given to the group of 9 representatives that met in New York in 1765 to discuss taxes?

a)

Sons of Liberty

b)

Stamp Act Congress

c)

Daughters of Liberty

d)

Children of Peace

15.

What do you call it when a group of people refuses to buty, sell, or use certain goods?

a)

Tax

b)

Protest

c)

Repeal

d)

Boycott

16.

What year did Parliament repeal the Stamp Act?

a)

1764

b)

1756

c)

1766

d)

1767

17.

In what year did Parliament create the Townsend Acts?

a)

1764

b)

1765

c)

1766

d)

1767

18.

Mark the item that was not taxed in the Townsend Acts.

a)

Tea

b)

Lead

c)

Coffee

d)

Paint

19.

What was the name of the group that made cloth to keep from buying it from England?

a)

Daughters of Liberty

b)

Sons of Liberty

c)

Stamp Act Congress

d)

Colonial Weavers Association

20.

What was the only item that remained taxed when Parliament dropped taxes on all other items in the Townsend Acts?

a)

Coffee

b)

Tea

c)

Paper

d)

Lead