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In 1765, the Parliament of Great Britain passed the Stamp Act. What was the purpose of the Stamp Act?
a) to get rid of colonists who were willing to support the king.
b) to raise money by passing a tax on tea, sugar, molasses, and rum.
c) to get rid of French colonists in the Northern colonies.
d) to raise money by passing a tax on newspapers and other paper docume
Which two countries were fighting in the French and Indian War?
a) America and France
b) France and Great Britain
c) Great Britain and Spain
d) France and Germany
American colonists were asked to pay for the French and Indian War by paying ______.
a) paper
b) taxes
c) snowball
d) sticks
Why were the colonists angry about taxation without representation?
a) The colonists were loyal to the British and wanted to keep them happy.
b) The colonists fought to write the Declaration of Independence.
c) The colonists wanted to pay taxes on stamps and tea.
d) The colonists had no representation in Parliament, but were still paying taxes.
Parliament passed the Tea Act in 1773. This led to some colonists taking action, such as the Boston Tea Party. What was the Boston Tea Party?
a) Colonists gave dinners to support the sale of tea.
b) Colonists dressed as Indians destroyed the tea.
c) Colonists bought tea from other countries.
d) Colonists started growing their own tea.
What is another word for freedom?
a) taxes
b) Parliament
c) liberty
d) loyalist
The British closed the Boston Harbor, which meant that the colonists could not trade goods to make money. This was called the...
a) Tea Act
b) Shot Heard Round the World
c) Intolerable Acts
d) Lexington and Concord
loyalists are....
a) another name for patriots
b) Loyal to the king of England
c) another person on the street
d) colonists that want to separate from England
Who were the Patriots?
a) an NFL team
b) American colonists who believed that the colonists had the right to govern themselves
c) 6th grade students who wanted to govern themselves
d) people who were loyal to the British rule
Parliament is the same as
a) British government
b) Spanish government
c) French government
d) Indian government
The Boston Tea Party occurred when the Sons of Liberty:
a) protested the Tea Act
b) killed over 100 British soldiers
c) wrote the Declaration of Independence
d) canceled the Committee of Correspondence
The Boston Massacre was
a) when angry colonists killed 5 British soldiers.
b) when angry colonists taunted British soldiers and the soldiers killed 5 colonists.
c) when angry colonists threw tea into the Boston Harbor.
d) when angry soldiers attacked and killed 5 innocent colonists for no reason.
Clothes made by Daughters of Liberty
a) redcoats
b) homespun
c) Liberty clothes
d) old glory
War fought between the British and the French over the Ohio River Valley
a) The American Revolution
b) Pontiac's War
c) Nat Turner's War
d) French and Indian War
What happened at the Boston Massacre?
a) British soldiers issued a curfew for all colonists living Boston for refusing to pay taxes.
b) Colonists dumped crates of tea into the Boston Harbor and were then executed
c) Colonists opened fire on British soldiers on patrol and soldiers were killed.
d) British soldiers opened fire on a crowd that was throwing snowballs and sticks at the soldiers.
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