Colonial Life, Taxes, and Protests Worksheet
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Colonial Life, Taxes, and Protests Worksheet
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Directions
- Fill in each blank carefully.
- Circle or mark the best answer for each multiple-choice question.
- Match each prompt to the best option before writing your answer.
- Use the larger space to show your thinking on word problems.
1. A place ruled by another country is a __.
2. Which issue helped cause colonial protests?
3. Money collected by a government is a __.
4. Match the term to its meaning: representative
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5. Match the term to its meaning: boycott
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6. Match the term to its meaning: self-government
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7. Which statement is true?
8. Why were boycotts an important colonial protest tool?
9. People in the colonies wanted more self-__.
10. Which example best fits colonial life before independence?
📋 Teacher Answer Key
1. colony
2. taxation without fair representation
3. tax
4. someone who speaks or acts for others
5. refusing to buy something as a protest
6. the ability to help govern your own community
7. Colonial protests were connected to fairness and power.
8. Boycotts let colonists show resistance through their choices
9. government
10. Communities farmed, traded, and made local decisions.