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Causes of The American Revolution Quiz 2

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This act said that the colonists must buy tax stamps for any printed materials.

a)

The Intolerable Acts

b)

The Stamp Act

c)

The Sugar Act

d)

The Quartering Act

2.

When the Stamp Act didn't work, what did they try to replace it with?

a)

Sugar Act

b)

Quartering Act

c)

Intolerable Acts

d)

Townshend Acts

3.

The Townshend Act closed the Boston harbor, and no ships were allowed in or out until the colonists repaid the British for all the tea that had been ruined.

a)

True

b)

False

4.

When and where did the first Continental Congress take place?

a)

September of 1774 in Philadelphia

b)

November of 1775 in Philadelphia

c)

September of 1774 in Boston

d)

November of 1775 in Boston

5.

No Taxation without __________

a)

votes

b)

representation

c)

parliament

d)

war

6.

What act was passed in 1764?

a)

Intolerable Acts

b)

Townshend Acts

c)

Sugar Act

d)

Quartering Act

7.

People who tried to avoid the Sugar tax would be tried by a British court without a jury.

a)

true

b)

false

8.

This act required colonists to house and feed British Troops

a)

Quartering Act

b)

Townshend Acts

c)

Intolerable Acts

d)

Proclamation of 1763

9.

How did the colonist protest against the tea tax?

a)

Dressed up like Native Americans

b)

Boston Massacre

c)

Didn't pay the tax on the East India Tea

d)

Dumped tea into Boston harbor

10.

At the end of the French and Indian war, the British sent 10,000 troops to the colonies to help protect them from the __________.

a)

Indians

b)

Intolerable Acts

c)

French

d)

colonists

11.

process of collecting money to pay for government expenses

a)

taxation

b)

boycott

c)

grievance

d)

charter

12.

Which act placed a tariff (a kind of tax) on imported goods?

a)

The Sugar Act

b)

The Intolerable Acts

c)

The Stamp Act

d)

The Townshend Acts

13.
What two acts did the British Parliament make that put very high taxes on paper and sugar?
a)
Stamp Act and Sugar Act 
b)
Tea Act and Trade Act
c)
Cookie Act and Cake Act
d)
Letter Act and Molasses Act
14.
The colonists did this to protest early taxes.
a)
Boycotted all British Goods.
b)
Bought British goods
c)
Bought goods from Spain
d)
Burned all British goods
15.

Why did the colonists object to the taxes imposed by the British government?

a)

They preferred higher taxes.

b)

They had no representation in the British Parliament.

c)

They wanted to pay taxes to France instead.

d)

They were too poor to pay any taxes.