All About the Acts
What was one benefit the colonies received as a result of the Navigation Acts passed by Parliament?
a. acts encouraged shipbuilding
b. acts encouraged fur trading
c. acts discouraged shipbuilding
d. acts discouraged fur trading
a. acts encouraged shipbuilding
Which laws did England pass in March of 1774, to punish the Massachusetts colony. By what name were these laws known in America?
a. Boston Port Acts
b. Administration of Justice Acts
c. Massachusetts Act
d. Intolerable Act
d. Intolerable Act
Approximately, how many French settlers were in North America at the time of the war between the English and the French?
a. 5,000 spread out over an area twenty time the size of the English colonies
b. 1,250,000 spread out over an area twenty time the size of English colonies
c. 80,000 spread out over an area twenty time the size of English colonies
d. 80,000 settlers lived in 13 colonies
c
Why did the English have poor relations with the Native Americans?
a. they wanted to make slaves out of them
b. they wanted to force them to move off of their land
c. they wanted to make them grow crops for very little pay
d. they refused to speak Native American languages
b. they wanted to force them off of their land
To which body of government did colonists not have the right to elect representatives?
a. Parliament
b. Congress
c. Continental Congress
d. Committees of Correspondence
a. Parliament
Which act raised taxes on sugar, textiles, and other goods imported to the colonies from places other than England?
a. Quartering Act
b. Townshend Act
c. Stamp Act
d. Sugar Act
d. Sugar Act
Which act took away Massachusett's right to govern itself?
a. Administration of Justice Act
b. Massachusetts Governing Act
c. Quartering Act
d. Quebec Act
b. Massachusetts Governing Act
In the late 1700s, what was France's most powerful stronghold in North America?
a. Montreal
b. Quebec
c. New England
d. Fort Pitt
b. Quebec
Where did the English population in North America settle?
a. Pacific Coast
b. Gulf of Mexico
c. Florida coast
d. Atlantic seaboard
d. Atlantic seaboard
Which patriotic society was established to organize resistance to the taxes?
a. Fighters for Freedom
b. Colonial Captains
c. Sons and Daughters of Liberty
d. Antitax Society
c. Sons and Daughters of Liberty
Which act placed a tax on newspapers, almanacs, pamphlets, playing cards, dice, and legal documents?
a. Townshend Acts
b. Sugar Act
c. Stamp Act
d. Tea Act
c. Stamp Act
Which major river became the western boundary of Quebec under the Quebec Act?
a. Missouri
b. Mississippi
c. Ohio
d. Hudson
b. Mississippi
The French and Indian War was a struggle between France and England over control of which continent?
a. South America
b. Africa
c. North America
d. Asia
c. North America
What was the main economic activity of the English colonies?
a. fur trading
b. shipbuilding
c. agriculture
d. manufacturing
c. agriculture
a. committees of Correspondence
b. Committees of Knowledge
c. Committees of Communication
d. Committees of the Colonies
a. Committees of Correspondence
What did the Townshend Acts tax?
a. exports
b. imports
c. enumerated goods
d. smuggled goods
b. imports
The Proclamation of 1763 was an official document stating that colonists could not settle west of which mountain chain?
a. Appalachian Mountains
b. Rocky Mountains
c. Sierra Madre Mountains
d. Blue Ridge Mountains
a. Appalachian Mountains
The French and Indian War involved competition over territory and what else?
a. fur trade
b. tea trade
c. slave trade
d. cotton trade
a. fur trade
Which laws did England pass in March of 1774, to punish the colony of Massachusetts?
a. Coercive Acts
b. Boston Tea Act
c. Navigation Acts
d. Declaration of Grievances
a. Coercive Acts
Which of the following statements is correct?
a. All of the colonists believed the Boston Tea Party was a proper form of protest
b. Many redcoats stationed in Boston joined in the Boston Tea Party
c. There were colonists that disapproved of the Boston Tea Party
d. The Boston Tea Party had no effect on England's relationship with the colonies
C
Which act did Parliament pass in 1766 giving it full authority over the colonies?
a. Townshend Acts
b. Tea Act
c. Quartering Act
d. Declaratory Act
d. Declaratory Act
When did English Parliament pass the Navigation Acts to govern trade between England and the colonies?
a. 1776
b. late 1700s
c. 1660s
d. 1492
c. 1660s
During the time of the French and Indian War, there was an attempt to unite the colonies. What was it called?
a. Albany Plan of Union
b. Articles of Confederation
c. Constitutional convention
d. Declaration of Independence
a. Albany Plan of Union
Which group helped to spread the news of England's new policies in the colonies?
a. Committees of Policy
b. committees of News
c. Committees of Correspondence
d. Committees of Defense
c. Committees of Correspondence