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

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

Why did Britain raise taxes in the early 1760s?

To pay for the French and Indian War

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1
What action did the First Continental Congress take in response to the Intolerable Acts?
Declared independence.
Sent the Olive Branch Petition to King George III.
Began creating a militia.
Banned all trade with Britain.
2
Which of the following is a direct effect of Pontiac's Rebellion?
The Boston Massacre
The Declaratory Act
The Stamp Act
The Proclamation of 1763
3
Why did Britain raise taxes in the early 1760s?
To double the size of its navy
To put the colonies in their place
To pay off the debts from King Louis XIV
To pay for the French and Indian War
4
Which law stated that taxes were to be paid for all legal and commercial documents?
The Townshend Acts
The Intolerable Acts
The Quartering Act
The Stamp Act
5
What was the PRIMARY reason colonists opposed taxes from Parliament?
The taxes were too high.
The taxes were inconvenient.
They thought the revenue from the taxes was wasted.
They lacked representation.
6
What tactic did colonists successfully use to protest taxes?
They boycotted British goods.
They got representation in Parliament.
They voted the elected officials out of office.
They threw snowballs at soldiers.
7
Which of the following was passed as punishment for the Boston Tea Party?
The Quartering Act
The Tea Act
The Intolerable Acts
The Townshend Acts
8
Where was the first battle of the War of Independence?
Bunker Hill
Trenton
Lexington and Concord
Saratoga
9
What is the name of the series of Indian uprisings following the French and Indian War?
Ottawa's Revenge
Pontiac's Rebellion
Neolin's Conspiracy
Tecumseh's War
10
Which act required taxes to be placed on goods before they reached the colonies?
The Intolerable Acts
The Stamp Act
The Townshend Acts
The Sugar Act
11
When the Stamp Act was repealed, what other act was passed?
The Coercive Acts
The Intolerable Acts
The Townshend Acts
The Declaratory Act
12
Thomas Paine's pamphlet calling for independence from Britain is titled . . .
Common Sense
The American Crisis
The Declaration of Independence
A Good Idea
13
Which group formed to coordinate protests against the Stamp Act?
The Sons of Anarchy
The Sons of the Harpy
The Sons of Liberty
The Phoenix Suns
14
Which act placed a tax on tea?
The Tea Act
The Intolerable Acts
The Sugar Act
The Townshend Acts

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Questions 14

Answers

1
What action did the First Continental Congress take in response to the Intolerable Acts?
Declared independence.
Sent the Olive Branch Petition to King George III.
Began creating a militia.
Banned all trade with Britain.
2
Which of the following is a direct effect of Pontiac's Rebellion?
The Boston Massacre
The Declaratory Act
The Stamp Act
The Proclamation of 1763
3
Why did Britain raise taxes in the early 1760s?
To double the size of its navy
To put the colonies in their place
To pay off the debts from King Louis XIV
To pay for the French and Indian War
4
Which law stated that taxes were to be paid for all legal and commercial documents?
The Townshend Acts
The Intolerable Acts
The Quartering Act
The Stamp Act
5
What was the PRIMARY reason colonists opposed taxes from Parliament?
The taxes were too high.
The taxes were inconvenient.
They thought the revenue from the taxes was wasted.
They lacked representation.
6
What tactic did colonists successfully use to protest taxes?
They boycotted British goods.
They got representation in Parliament.
They voted the elected officials out of office.
They threw snowballs at soldiers.
7
Which of the following was passed as punishment for the Boston Tea Party?
The Quartering Act
The Tea Act
The Intolerable Acts
The Townshend Acts
8
Where was the first battle of the War of Independence?
Bunker Hill
Trenton
Lexington and Concord
Saratoga
9
What is the name of the series of Indian uprisings following the French and Indian War?
Ottawa's Revenge
Pontiac's Rebellion
Neolin's Conspiracy
Tecumseh's War
10
Which act required taxes to be placed on goods before they reached the colonies?
The Intolerable Acts
The Stamp Act
The Townshend Acts
The Sugar Act
11
When the Stamp Act was repealed, what other act was passed?
The Coercive Acts
The Intolerable Acts
The Townshend Acts
The Declaratory Act
12
Thomas Paine's pamphlet calling for independence from Britain is titled . . .
Common Sense
The American Crisis
The Declaration of Independence
A Good Idea
13
Which group formed to coordinate protests against the Stamp Act?
The Sons of Anarchy
The Sons of the Harpy
The Sons of Liberty
The Phoenix Suns
14
Which act placed a tax on tea?
The Tea Act
The Intolerable Acts
The Sugar Act
The Townshend Acts