Which was not a decision made by the First Continental Congress?

Declare independence from Britain

Why were colonists angry about the Sugar Act?

Parts of the law violated their rights as British citizens

What did the Tea Act do?

Allow the East India Company to ship untaxed tea directly to the colonies

How did the British Parliament respond to the news of the Boston Tea Party

They passed the Coercive Acts to punish Massachusetts

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1
What was the British practice of not enforcing laws in the colonies?
Salutary Neglect
Commerce Neglect
Colonial Neglect
Legal Neglect
2
Which was not a decision made by the First Continental Congress?
Increase the training of the militia
Declare independence from Britain
Continue to boycott British goods
To meet in a year if the British did not end the Coercive Acts
3
What were the laws that enforced mercantile policy called?
The Navigation Acts
The Trade Laws
The Commerce Acts
The Shipping Ordinances
4
Why were colonists angry about the Sugar Act?
Parts of the law violated their rights as British citizens
It did not apply to Canada.
Parliament had never placed indirect taxes on the colonies
It raised the tax on sugar and molasses
5
What did the Tea Act do?
Made it illegal to import tea from the Dutch East Indies
Force the colonists to drink tea instead of coffee.
Force merchants to take the tea to Britain to be taxed
Allow the East India Company to ship untaxed tea directly to the colonies
6
How many people were killed in the Boston Massacre?
5
5000
50
500
7
How did the British Parliament respond to the news of the Boston Tea Party
They suspended the charters of all the colonies
They had Boston burned to the ground
They passed the Coercive Acts to punish Massachusetts
They refused to sell more tea in the colonies
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How did the colonists refer to the Coercive Acts?
The Unimaginable Acts
The Unbearable Acts
e Intolerable Acts
The Insufferable Acts
9
What was the first attempt to unify the colonies?
The Confederate Colonies of America
The Iroquois Confederacy
The Albany Plan of Union
The United Colonies of America
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What group was founded by Samuel Adams to protest the Stamp Act?
Committee of Correspondence
The Pirates of Penzance
Sons of Anarchy
Sons of Liberty

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