What was the first tax placed directly on the American colonists by Parliament?
Colonists and Taxes

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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The Townshend Acts
The Tea Act
The Stamp Act
The Boston Massacre
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What happened on March 5, 1770, that became known as the Boston Massacre?
Colonists dumped tea into the Boston Harbor
British soldiers fired into an angry crowd
The Stamp Act was repealed
The Sons of Liberty organized a protest
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Why did the colonists boycott British goods?
Because they opposed the new taxes imposed by Parliament
Because they wanted to support the British government
Because they wanted to buy goods from other countries
Because they wanted to pay only some taxes.
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What did the Tea Act of 1773 do?
Placed a tax on all paper documents
Put taxes on household items
Created a monopoly on tea sales
Repealed the Townshend Acts
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Who benefited from the Tea Act and the monopoly it created?
The East India Company
The colonial legislatures
The Sons of Liberty
The British Loyalists
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What event led to the dumping of 340 chests of tea into the Boston Harbor?
The Stamp Act
The Edenton Tea Party
The Boston Massacre
The Tea Act
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What did the women of North Carolina resolve to do to protest taxation without representation?
Give up buying British goods
Give up both drinking tea and using British cloth
Give up using British cloth
Give up drinking tea
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