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Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 2hrs 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was the primary reason Parliament passed these acts?

a)

To fund the establishment of new colonies

b)

To encourage foreign trade with the colonies

c)

To recover the cost of defending the colonies

d)

To promote the growth of cottage industries in the colonies.

2.

Which statements best explains why this resolution was adopted?

a)

Colonists wanted to expand powers given to governors appointed by King George III

b)

Colonists created this in order to address the causes of the Boston Massacre.

c)

Colonists were opposed to colonial laws being created only by Parliament.

d)

Colonists were upset by the punishment imposed after the Boston Tea Party

3.

What was the name of the group that met to discuss what the colonists should do about unfair laws like the Intolerable Acts?

a)

The First Continental Congress

b)

The House of Burgesses

c)

The Sons of Liberty

d)

The Boston Tea Party

4.
A secret organization formed to protest the Stamp Act was called
a)
Congress
b)
Sons of Liberty
c)
Parliament
d)
Loyalists
5.
Why did the Sons of Liberty dress up as Native Americans  and dump tea in the Boston Harbor?
a)
To protest  and fight back against taxes on tea and other items
b)
To celebrate 4th of July
c)
To celebrate their American Revolution victory over the British
d)
To protest against the Declaration of Independence
6.
What was the main reason that the colonists were protesting?
a)
They didn`t like the type of tea that was shipped to them
b)
They wanted the ships to leave
c)
They thought the tea was priced too high
d)
They felt they were being taxed unfairly without being represented in the government
7.

How did the colonists resist British laws an taxes?

a)

Boycotts

b)

Protests

c)

Tarring and feathering tax collectors

d)

All of the above

8.

some items like glass, tea, paper, and lead were ______ to send the message of disapproval to the British Parliament

a)

boycotted

b)

tariff

c)

Townshend Acts

d)

customs

9.

The French and Indian war was fought between _____ and _____.

a)

England and the Colonies

b)

England and France

c)

England and the Native Americans

d)

England and Spain

10.

What did the colonists call the laws that were passed as a punishment for the Boston Tea Party?

a)

The Boston Massacre

b)

The Intolerable Acts

c)

The Stamp Act

d)

The Quartering Act

11.

.The 1765 act that taxed all paper and printed goods in the colonies was called the ____________.

a)

Sugar Act

b)

Tea Act

c)

Stamp Act

d)

Quartering Act

12.

Why were the colonists upset about the taxes?

a)

the colonists were not upset; they agreed to the taxes

b)

because the taxes were only for the rich people

c)

because they had no representatives in Parliament

d)

because the taxes came from France

13.

What territory were the British and French fighting over during the French and Indian War?

a)

Texas

b)

Ohio Valley

c)

New Jersey

d)

Virginia

14.

A grievance is a

a)

Compliment

b)

Suggestion

c)

Complaint

d)

Tax

15.

Finish the phrase: NO TAXATION WITHOUT -

a)

REPRESENTATION

b)

LEGISLATION

c)

HESITATION

d)

MEDITATION

16.

After the Boston Tea Party…British troops were forced to live with colonists. This phrase is called

a)

Protest

b)

Grievance

c)

Quartering

d)

Civil Disobedience

17.

What Civil Disobedient event occurred after Parliament passed the Tea Act?

a)

Colonists wrote the Declaration of Independence

b)

Colonists tarred and feathered Loyalists

c)

Colonists organized the Boston Tea Party

d)

Colonists created an alliance with France

18.

What does representation mean?

a)

A person or group acting on behalf of King George III

b)

A person/group acting on behalf of themselves

c)

A person or group acting on behalf of another person/group

19.

Who was the first colonists to be killed during the Boston Massacre?

a)

Sam Adams

b)

Crispus Attucks

c)

Paul Revere

20.

Colonists were used to having this type of government that was influenced by the Mayflower compact and Fundamental Orders Of Connecticut?

a)

Communism

b)

Self-Government

c)

Monarchy

21.

Who benefited from Mercantilism

a)

Mexico

b)

13 Colonies

c)

England/ Mother Country

22.

What is the name of the line that prevented colonists from settling on lands west of the Appalachian Mountains?

a)

Mason Dixon Line

b)

Proclamation Line of 1763

c)

Finish Line of 1781

23.
What is the meaning of taxation without representation?
a)
When people are taxed, but they have no say in the government
b)
When people are taxed twice on the same item
c)
When some people get taxed and others don't
d)
When people in the Colonies are taxed, but no one in England is
24.
This act allowed the British East India Co. to sell tea directly to the colonist, cutting out the American merchants. American merchants could have been wiped out.
a)
Stamp Act
b)
Townshend Acts
c)
Tea Act
d)
Sugar Act
25.
To protest the Tea Act the Sons of Liberty organized the ...
a)
Boston Massacre
b)
Tea Act
c)
Intolerable Acts
d)
Boston Tea Party
26.
A patriot was a colonist who:
a)
was loyal to England
b)
was loyal to France
c)
wanted independence from England
d)
wanted independence from France
27.
* Charter was cancelled
* Harbor closed
* Governor had to approve meetings
The above are punishments on Boston because of what event?
a)
Boston Massacre
b)
Declaration of Rights
c)
Boston Tea Party
d)
Boycotting of British goods
28.

Which Act required colonist to house British soldiers?

a)

Stamp Act

b)

Quartering Acts

c)

Townshend Acts

d)

Sugar Act

29.

Define Repeal:

a)

To take back or cancel

b)

to refuse to buy

c)

to deny property rights

d)

made the Appalachian Mountains the border of the colonies

30.

The revenue from the Townshend Acts would go to pay the salaries of _______ that the colonists were already providing housing and supplies for.

a)

governors

b)

tax collectors

c)

troops