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- 1. Multiple Choice
Why did King George III begin taxing the colonists?He didn't like themHe was selfishEngland needed money to pay debts from the French and Indian WarThe colonists had extra money - 2. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the group called who makes the English laws?PresidentParlimentPeople's RepublicCongress
- 3. Multiple ChoiceThis Act made colonists buy stamps to place on all their printed documents.Tea ActQuartering ActIntolerable ActsStamp Act
- 4. Multiple ChoiceOne of the men who led the fight against these taxes was ______.Samuel AdamsSamuel JohnsonSamuel DeanSamuel Prescott
- 5. Multiple ChoiceWhat was the city causing the most trouble for King George III?AtlantaBostonNew York CitySavannah
- 6. Multiple ChoiceWhat does "boycott" mean?to refuse to buy goods or services from someoneto pay taxesto sell things to other coutriesto feel everything is good
- 7. Multiple ChoiceThe ___________ Act placed taxes on all factory made goods.TeaTobaccoTownshendTriangle
- 8. Multiple ChoiceWhat was the secret group of men called who protested the taxes?Sons of ThunderSons of LibertySons of FreedomSons of Republic
- 9. Multiple ChoiceWhat did King George do to punish the people of Boston for causing trouble?Sent British troops to guard the cityKilled everyone in BostonSaid they would have to all come back to EnglandHe didn't do anything
- 10. Multiple ChoiceHow many people were killed during the Boston Massacre?25355105
- 11. Multiple ChoiceThe British government put a tax on something the colonists drank. What was it?coffeemilkteawater
- 12. Multiple ChoiceThe main problem the colonists had with the taxes was __________.They didn't have a say in making the tax lawsthey just didn't want to pay taxesthey didn't have any moneythey didn't mind paying taxes
- 13. Multiple ChoiceWhat did the sons of Liberty do to protest the tax on their favorite drink?nothingthey boarded ships and threw the tea into the waterthey paid the taxthey wrote a newspaper article about the unfair tax
- 14. Multiple ChoiceWhat were they dress as when they boarded the ship?native americanschildrenwomenthey dressed as themselves
- 15. Multiple ChoiceParliment closed Boston Harbor until the colonists did what?paid for all the teathey didn't close the harborgave King George $1,000
- 16. Multiple ChoiceThe colonists called these acts the Intolerable Acts. What does Intolerable mean?greatwonderfulunbearablefantastic
- 17. Multiple ChoiceThe colonists decided to meet together to discuss these problems. Where did they meet?New York CityPhiladelphiaGeorgiaNorth Carolina
- 18. Multiple ChoiceTheir meeting was called the ______________.First Continental CongressColonial MeetingFirst colonial meeting
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