Townshend Acts: Test Questions and Answers for High School History

📚 Quick Study Guide

• 📜 The Townshend Acts (1767): A series of British laws imposing duties on goods imported into the American colonies, including tea, glass, paper, and lead.
• 💰 Purpose: To raise revenue to pay for the administration of the colonies and assert British authority.
• 😡 Colonial Reaction: Colonists viewed the acts as a violation of their rights, protesting "No taxation without representation."
• 🤝 Non-Importation Agreements: Colonists organized boycotts of British goods to pressure Parliament to repeal the acts.
• 💥 Boston Massacre (1770): Tensions escalated, leading to a confrontation between British soldiers and colonists, resulting in several deaths.
• tea Tea Act (1773): While not part of the original Townshend Acts, it further inflamed tensions by granting the British East India Company a monopoly on tea sales in the colonies.
• repeal Partial Repeal (1770): All duties were repealed except for the tax on tea.

📝 Practice Quiz

1. Which of the following goods was NOT taxed under the Townshend Acts?
   1. Tea
   2. Glass
   3. Sugar
   4. Paper
2. What was the primary purpose of the Townshend Acts?
   1. To promote free trade between Britain and the colonies
   2. To punish the colonies for the Boston Tea Party
   3. To raise revenue for Britain and assert its authority
   4. To encourage colonial manufacturing
3. What was the main colonial response to the Townshend Acts?
   1. Armed rebellion
   2. Increased trade with Britain
   3. Boycotts of British goods
   4. Acceptance of British authority
4. Which event was a direct consequence of the tensions created by the Townshend Acts?
   1. The Stamp Act Congress
   2. The Boston Massacre
   3. The First Continental Congress
   4. The French and Indian War
5. The slogan "No taxation without representation" refers to which grievance of the colonists?
   1. Being forced to quarter British soldiers
   2. Being taxed without having elected representatives in Parliament
   3. Being denied the right to a trial by jury
   4. Being prohibited from trading with other countries
6. Which act, though not part of the Townshend Acts, further heightened tensions due to its granting of a tea monopoly?
   1. The Stamp Act
   2. The Sugar Act
   3. The Tea Act
   4. The Intolerable Acts
7. In what year were most of the Townshend Acts repealed?
   1. 1765
   2. 1770
   3. 1773
   4. 1775