Townshend Acts Unit 1

Which act is not part of the Townshend Acts?

• Sugar Act

• Stamp Act

• Boston Port Act

• Tea Act

The Sugar Act was an act that taxed which item?

• Sugar

• Paper

• Tea

• Wood

What is an effect of the Sugar Act?

• Colonists dumped tea into the harbor.

• The price of goods increased.

• Colonists boycotted the goods from Britain.

• Taxes paid the soldiers on the frontier.

Which item did the Stamp Act set taxes on?

• Food

• Tea

• Wood

• Paper

What detail is an effect of the Stamp Act?

• The money was used to pay soldiers in the colonies.

• Colonists dumped tea into the Boston Harbor.

• The price of goods increased.

• Violators would be tried in British courts in front of a judge.

Which detail supports why colonists protested the Sugar and Stamp Acts?

• The taxes would destroy the colonial economy.

• All people had a natural right to be free from all taxes.

• The taxes were decided by Parliament.

• The taxes were too complicated to understand.

On the evening of March 5, 1770, Bostonians started throwing snowballs with rocks and shouting insults at a lone British soldier.

What is the result of the Bostonians actions?

• Quartering Act

• Snowball Fights

• Boston Massacre

• Boston Tea Party

Parliament decided to remove taxes from all goods except tea. The colonists refused to buy any goods, including tea, from Great Britain.

What event happened because the colonists did not want to purchase tea from Great Britain?

• Free tea for colonists

• Boston Tea Party

• Boston Massacre

• Quartering Act

What did the colonists dress as when they dumped the tea from the Boston ships?

• Native Americans

• British soldiers

• Members of Parliament

• King of Great Britain

What does the phrase "taxation without representation" mean?

• The governor did not have a say about buying the tea.

• Colonists listened to the assemblies.

• Colonists did not want to pay taxes.

• Colonists did not have a say in Parliament's laws.