Lesson 1: The Colonists Protest Rule
  • 1. The Daughters of Liberty decided to _________, or not buy, British tea.
A) boycott
B) stamp act
C) repealed
  • 2. What is the stamp act?
A) Forced colonists to pay a tax ever time they bought a newspaper or pamphlet or signed a legal document.
B) Limit the amount of molasses and sugar colonists bought from parts of the west indies not under British control
C) Taxed sugar.
  • 3. Which of the following words means to refuse to do business or have contact with a person, group or country?
A) stamp act
B) boycott
C) repealed
  • 4. When an act is repealed, it is...
A) enforced
B) controlled
C) canceled
  • 5. What was the main purpose of the sons of liberty?
A) Help the British control the colonists and restore control where there was unrest
B) To protest the stamp act and other unfair laws imposed by the British on the colonies.
C) nothing
  • 6. What was one effect of the protests by the Sons of Liberty?
A) nothing
B) They hired more British tax agents
C) Some of the British tax agents quit their jobs
  • 7. What was a minuteman?
A) Minutemen had to be ready in a minute's notice
B) Minutemen had to be ready in an hour's notice
C) Minutemen had to be ready in a day's notice
  • 8. Why did the new taxes anger colonists?
A) The colonists thought that only the congress could tax themselves
B) The colonists thought that only they should be able to tax themselves
C) The colonists thought that only the king should be able to tax them
  • 9. What was the Townshend Act?
A) Laws that required the colonists to pay a tax on sugar
B) Laws that required colonists to pay a tax every time they bought a newspaper or pamphlet or signed a legal document
C) Laws that required the colonists to pay a tax on British goods such as tea, lead, glass, paper and paint
  • 10. What were the Intolerable Acts?
A) Parliament opened up a new port in Boston, banned town meetings until colonists produced more tea
B) Parliament closed the port of Boston and Banned town meetings until the colonists produced more tea
C) The port of Boston was closed and all town meetings were banned until the colonists paid for the tea
  • 11. During the Boston Massacre, 6 people were killed including Benjamin Franklin
A) True
B) False
  • 12. What did the First Continental Congress do to fight the Intolerable Acts?
A) Stopped trade with Britain, gathered minutemen to defend cities, established militias
B) began trade with England, gathered hourmen to defend the cities, established militias
C) Stopped trade with China, gathered minutemen to defend cities, established militias
  • 13. A colonial militia was a military force made up of volunteers.
A) False
B) True
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