NAME______________________________________________ DATE ___________________ CLASS _____________
Lesson Quiz 5-1
The Spirit of Independence
DIRECTIONS: Completion Enter the appropriate word(s) to complete the statement.
1.Great Britain developed a huge debt from fighting the ____________________.
2.Officers could seize goods from accused smugglers without going to
____________________ as a result of the Sugar Act.
3.Angered by the ____________________, colonists believed they should be taxed only
by their own assemblies.
4.The Sons of Liberty organized protests and burned ____________________ of
tax collectors.
5.One of the ways women protested the Townshend Acts was by ____________________.
DIRECTIONS: Multiple Choice Indicate the answer choice that best completes the
statement or answers the question.
________ 6.What did writs of assistance allow British customs officers to search?
A. foreigners
C. homes for smuggled goods
B. foreign goods
D. people for contraband
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________ 7. Which of the following allowed the colonists to pay lower taxes on molasses?
A. Proclamation of 1763
C. Sugar Act
B. Stamp Act
D. writ of assistance
________ 8.Which act taxed colonists without their consent?
A. Declaratory Act
C. Sugar Act
B. Stamp Act
D. Townshend Acts
________ 9.Goods being imported to the colonies were taxed by which act?
A. Declaratory Act
C. Sugar Act
B. Stamp Act
D. Townshend Acts
_______ 10. Which act stated that Parliament did have the right to tax colonists?
A. Declaratory Act
C. Sugar Act
B. Stamp Act
D. Townshend Acts
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