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What was the quartering act?
a) Placed a tax on paper items
b) Allowed British soldiers to stay in any home
c) Closed Boston harbour
d) Placed a tax on baked goods

How many people were killed at the boston massacre?
a) 4
b) 5
c) 6
d) 7

What did the First Continental Congress NOT decide on?
a) compose a statement of colonial rights
b) identify British Parliaments violation of those rights
c) create the Olive Branch petition
d) Provide a plan that would convince Britain to restore those rights

What is the First Continental Congress?
a) a way of sending news to other colonies
b) a meeting of delegates to from 13 colonies
c) a military force made up of townspeople
d) the type of government in Britain

Who is said to be the first person killed in the Boston Massacre?
a) James Armistead
b) Thomas Jefferson
c) Ben Franklin
d) Crispus Attucks

How did colonists protest against British tea taxes
a) Boston massacre
b) British tea party
c) Boston Tea Party
d) Boston harbor party

Who was the leader of Sons of Liberty?
a) Samuel Adams
b) Benjamin Franklin
c) Thomas Jefferson
d) George Washington

Many colonists formed secret societies to oppose British rule. What is the most famous group called?
a) First continental congress
b) colonies
c) Second continental congress
d) Sons of Liberty

What does it mean to boycott?
a) buy all of something
b) refuse to make something
c) refuse to buy items in order to show disapproval or force acceptance of ones terms
d) buy something to sell it for a higher price

Why did Britain tax so many items?
a) be able to hire more soldiers
b) build the King a better castle
c) it was fun
d) pay for war debts

What is the Sugar act?
a) a tax placed on paper goods
b) a tax on baked goods
c) a tax placed on imported molasses
d) an act that allowed british to troops to search any house

Who was the King of England at this time?
a) King George III
b) King Henry III
c) King Geo III
d) King George I

What did the Proclamation of 1763 do?
a) banned colonists from trading with Native Americans
b) banned colonists from living west of the Appalachian mts.
c) put taxes on paper goods
d) allowed british troops to take residence in private homes

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