Vocab
Who led the Sons of Liberty?
Sam Adams
Britain decided to start taxing the colonists because:
a. The King was mean
b. The King was angry at the colonists
c. Britain was in debt
d. Britain wanted the colonists to be under their control
c. Britain was in debt
The Sons of Liberty:
a. Peacefully debated the tax collectors
b. Threatened and bullied the tax collectors
c. Hung the tax collectors from the Liberty Tree
d. Asked for the tax collectors to leave the colonies
b. Threatened and bullied the tax collectors
A Loyalist is:
a. A colonist who opposes British rule
b. A colonist who supports the King
c. A British person who supports the colonists
d. A British person who opposes the colonists
b. A colonist who supports the King
This is what led to the Intolerable Acts
What does it mean to refuse to buy something?
The Intolerable Acts did NOT include:
a. Forcing colonists to feed and house British soldiers
b. The colonists had to pay a tax on imported goods
c. The port of Boston was closed
d. The colony was under control of a general
b. The colonists had to pay a tax on imported goods
The act passed right after the Stamp Act was called:
a. The Wool Tax – and it taxed all wool
b. The Stamp Act – and it taxed all printed goods
c. The Townshend Act – and it taxed all imported goods
d. The Tea Act – and it taxed all tea
c. The Townshend Act – and it taxed all imported goods
Parliament is:
a. A group of colonists who opposed the taxes
b. A group of law making men in Britain
c. A group of law making men in the colonies
d. A secret group who protested the taxes
c. A group of law making men in the colonies
What is the event that had British soldiers firing into a crowd of protesters resulting in the deaths of civilians?
Who were a group of American colonists that led protests against the Acts?
The Sons of Liberty
A common phrase heard after the Stamp Act was:
a. “Give me liberty, or give me death!”
b. “No representation without taxation!”
c. “Don’t shoot until you see the whites of their eyes!”
d. “No taxation without representation!”
d. “No taxation without representation!”
After the Boston Tea Party, the King:
a. Congratulated Boston on their success
b. Agreed that the taxes were silly and repealed all of them
c. Punished Boston with the Intolerable Acts
d. Forgave Boston after they sent an apology letter
c. Punished Boston with the Intolerable Acts
The First Continental Congress agreed that:
a. Each colony should form militias
b. Each colony should donate money to help Boston pay for the tea
c. The colonies should apologize to Britain and follow their orders
d. The colonies should vote for new leaders
a. Each colony should form militias
What are a set of laws designed to get Boston under control including the Quartering Act and the Boston Port Act?
What is a tax on all printed goods?
The Stamp Act
The Stamp Act was eventually repealed:
a. True
b. False
True
What did the Daughters of Liberty do to support the boycott?
a. Gave speeches and wrote newspapers
b. Made tea and wove their own cloth
c. Help protests in the streets
d. Handed out posters and letters
b. Made tea and wove their own cloth
What group helped spread news more quickly among the colonies?
a. Loyalists
b. Committees of Correspondence
c. Patriots
d. Continental Congress
b. Committees of Correspondence
This set aside newly acquired western lands for Indians and not colonial settlers.
Proclamation of 1763
Who were also known as colonists that opposed British rules?
Patriots
What caused the Intolerable Acts:
a. Boston Massacre
b. Committee of Correspondence
c. Stamp Act
d. Boston Tea Party
d. Boston Tea Party
The Quartering Act made the colonists angry and helped lead to the Boston Massacre.
a. True
b. False
True
What was the name England originally gave to the Intolerable Acts?
a. The Boston Acts
b. The Coercive Acts
c. The Intolerable Acts
d. The Colonist Acts
b. The Coercive Acts
This was the original name of the Intolerable Acts
The Coercive Acts