Lesson 1 and 2

1. Forces colonists to pay a tax every time they bought a newspaper or pamphlet or signed a legal document

A) sugar act
B) townshend act
C) stamp act

2. when something is cancelled

A) repealed
B) stamp act
C) sugar act

3. Refuse to do business or have contact with a person, group, or country

A) repealed
B) boycott
C) stamp act

4. a military force made up of volunteers

A) repealed
B) minutemen
C) militia

5. Men that were ready in a minute's notice

A) repealed
B) Minutemen
C) militia

6. Laws that required the colonists to pay a tax on British goods such as tea, lead, glass, paper, and paint

A) Townshend act
B) sugar act
C) stamp act

7. What did Paul Revere do?

A) He was commander of the British forces
B) He warned Lexington and Concord that the British were coming
C) He fought during the Boston Massacre

8. How were the muskets not beneficial?

A) They were beneficial
B) They weighed 40 pounds, was 6-7 feet long and could not be used in wet conditions
C) These guns did not exist

9. Why was Fort Ticonderoga important to the British?

A) It was a major supply post for the colonists
B) It was the main supply post for the British Army
C) It served no purpose

10. Why the the British leave Boston

A) The colonists brought Cannons from Fort Ticonderoga
B) The colonists brought muskets from Fort Ticonderoga
C) The colonists threw rocks and pebbles from Fort Ticonderoga

11. Who were the loyalists?

A) People who were for independence
B) people loyal to Britain
C) People who were neutral

12. Who were the patriots?

A) People who were neutral
B) People who are loyal to Britain
C) People who supported fighting to independence

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