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5th grade · Social Studies · Unit 4 of 8

Road to Revolution

Taxes, protests and Patriots

What your child practices

The French and Indian War, British taxes passed by Parliament, colonial protests such as boycotts and the Boston Tea Party, and why Loyalists and Patriots saw things differently.

Washington State Learning Standards learning standard: E3.5.1; E3.5.2; H3.5.1; H3.5.2 · British taxation of the colonies and the different perspectives of colonists

Sample questions

A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.

  1. Question 1

    How did Britain punish Boston after the Tea Party?

    • It left the colonies
    • It made Boston the capital
    • It closed the port with the Intolerable (Coercive) Acts
    • It gave Boston free tea

  2. Question 2

    "No taxation without representation" meant colonists…

    • Should not be taxed by Parliament, where they had no elected members
    • Wanted to pay more taxes
    • Wanted a king of their own
    • Wanted to stop trading

  3. Question 3

    The Stamp Act of 1765 taxed…

    • Horses
    • Only sugar
    • Printed paper such as newspapers and legal documents
    • Only tea

  4. Question 4

    The Sugar Act (1764) taxed…

    • Sugar and molasses brought into the colonies
    • Horses
    • Tea only
    • Paper

  5. Question 5

    The Proclamation of 1763 said colonists could not…

    • Go to church
    • Settle west of the Appalachian Mountains
    • Grow tobacco
    • Trade with England

  6. Question 6

    Who wrote the pamphlet Common Sense (1776), which argued for independence?

    • Benedict Arnold
    • Thomas Paine
    • John Rolfe
    • King George III

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