Test Review: British vs. Colonist

Which law taxed goods like legal documents, wills, newspapers, playing cards, etc.?

• Navigation Acts

• Pamphlet Act

• Stamp Act

• War Debt Act

Which act made colonists give food & drinks to British soldiers and allowed them to live in their homes?

• Penny Act

• Quartering Act

• Food Act

• Tea Act

What does boycott mean?

• To send a letter demanding change

• To refuse to buy goods

• To sneak goods in or out

• To spread news

What slogan did the colonists use as a protest?

• No taxation without representation

• No tea without the sea

• We make noise till you hear our voice

• No acts without the facts

How did the colonists react to the Tea Act?

• They held a political party

• Dumping coffee into Boston Harbor

• Kicking British soldiers out of their homes

• Boston Tea Party

Why did Britain pass taxes in the colonies?

• They wanted to buy more gold

• To pay French and Indian War debt

• The King needed new clothes

• To punish the colonists for disobeying laws

These acts placed a tax only on imported goods like paper, glass, tea, and lead.

• The Intolerable Acts

• The Coercive Acts

• The Townshend Acts

• Writs of Assistance

What was the COLONIAL name for the acts that closed Boston Harbor, banned town meetings, and other harsh penalties?

• The Coercive Acts

• The Townshend Acts

• The Intolerable Acts

• The Proclamation of 1763

Which best describes the Boston Tea Party of 1773?

• American Indians boarded ships in Boston Harbor and dumped a shipment of tea into the water.

• Colonists in disguise boarded ships in Boston Harbor and dumped a shipment of tea in the water.

• The British dumped tea in Boston Harbor after colonists boycotted a shipment of tea, refusing to buy it.

• Colonists met in Boston’s Old South Meeting House to discuss how to smuggle tea into the colonies.

This event occurred on March 5, 1770 when British soldiers in Boston opened fire on a group of American colonists killing five men.

• American Revolution

• Tea Act

• Boston Massacre

• riot