Chapter 5 - Towards Independence

Because of the Stamp Act, colonial citizens had to pay a tax on ___.

• all of the below

• playing cards

• newspapers

• legal documents

Group of colonial men who led protests against Parliament were the ___.

• Committees of Correspondence

• Tories

• Redcoats

• Sons of Liberty

The ___ said Parliament had the right to tax and rule the colonies.

• Stamp Act

• Tea Act

• Townshend Act

• Declaratory Act

The ___ placed import taxes on paint, tea, glass, paper, and lead.

• Stamp Act

• Townshend Act

• Declaratory Act

• Tea Act

This act was a punishment given to Boston because of the Boston Tea Party.

• Coercive Acts

• Stamp Act

• Townshend Act

• Declaratory Act

The ____ said colonists would not import taxable British goods.

• Stamp Act Congress

• Declaratory Act

• non-importation agreements

• Intolerable Acts

___ kept things stirred up between the British and the colonists.

• Samuel Adams

• George Washington

• Benjamin Franklin

• John Adams

____ were blank search warrants that enabled officers to search homes and warehouses for goods that might be smuggled.

• Propaganda

• Boycotts

• Writs of Assistance

• Militia

Which of these was a result of the French and Indian War?

• The British government had a large war debt.

• The colonists were given their independence.

• The British government stayed out of colonial politics.

• The colonists were free to move west of the Appalachian Mountains.

Americans were most upset about the Stamp Act because ___.

• the colonists did not want to pay taxes to keep British troops in the colonies.

• the stamp tax raised the price of paper goods sold in the colonies.

• they were being taxed without representation in Parliament.

• the tax caused a supply shortage of products