The American Revolution Block G

Question 1

Which act placed a tax on tea?

Accepted Answer

The Townshend Acts

Question 2

What tactic did colonists successfully use to protest taxes?

Accepted Answer

They boycotted British goods.

Question 3

What action did the First Continental Congress take in response to the Intolerable Acts?

Accepted Answer

Banned all trade with Britain., Began creating a militia.

Question 4

Which of the following is a direct effect of Pontiac's Rebellion?

Accepted Answer

The Proclamation of 1763

Question 5

What was the PRIMARY reason colonists opposed taxes from Parliament?

Accepted Answer

They lacked representation.

Question 6

Thomas Paine's pamphlet calling for independence from Britain is titled . . .

Accepted Answer

Common Sense

Question 7

Which of the following was passed as punishment for the Boston Tea Party?

Accepted Answer

The Intolerable Acts

Question 8

What is the name of the series of Indian uprisings following the French and Indian War?

Accepted Answer

Pontiac's Rebellion

Question 9

Why did Britain raise taxes in the early 1760s?

Accepted Answer

To pay for the French and Indian War

Question 10

Which group formed to coordinate protests against the Stamp Act?

Accepted Answer

The Sons of Liberty

Question 11

Which law stated that taxes were to be paid for all legal and commercial documents?

Accepted Answer

The Stamp Act

Question 12

Where was the first battle of the War of Independence?

Accepted Answer

Lexington and Concord

Question 13

When the Stamp Act was repealed, what other act was passed?

Accepted Answer

The Declaratory Act

Question 14

Which act required taxes to be placed on goods before they reached the colonies?

Accepted Answer

The Townshend Acts

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