Stamp, Townshend, Navigation and Tea Acts

Why were British troops sent to the colonies in 1767?

• to build a new fort

• to get new farm land

• to see if the colonists were following the rules

• to check on the king's ships

What action started the Boston Massacre?

• a confrontation between a soldier and a Boston resident

• the sinking of the boats in the harbor

• There were too many people on the street.

• The residents were throwing stones.

What placed taxes on many household items, such as paint, glass, and tea?

• the East India Company

• Parliament

• the Tea Act

• The Townsend Act

The Tea Act

• made the king rich

• repealed the Townshend Act

• taxed tea

• taxed paint, glass, and tea

Colonists were angry about the Stamp Act because

• they saw it as a way for people loyal to the king to get rich and make the colonists pay for it

• the ships with tea were always late

• they thought taxes were wrong

• they wanted to grow their own tea

Why was England surprised about the tea parties?

• England didn't think the colonists would fight back.

• England expected all rules to be obeyed.

• England liked tea parties.

• England knew about the tea parties.

What was the Boston Tea Party an example of?

• civil disobedience

• vandalism of public goods

• organized destruction

• theft of property

Which tea party (or tea parties) actually dumped cases of tea into the water?

• Boston

• Boston and New York

• Edenton

• Boston and Philadelphia

What was one of the outcomes of the First Continental Congress?

• War was declared against England.

• A petition was sent to King George.

• Governor Gage was removed from office.

• George Washington created the Continental Army.

Who created the engraving of the Boston Massacre?

• the Sons of Liberty

• Paul Revere

• Captain Thomas Preston

• Private Hugh Montgomery