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Why did colonists oppose the Stamp Act?Check all of the boxes that apply.

They said that they were being taxed without being represented.

They wanted the stamp tax to apply to other colonial goods as well as stamps.

They argued that the British should create new taxes to replace the Stamp Act.

They thought that the stamp taxes were expensive and inconvenient.

Which of these things did the Intolerable Acts allow for or require? Check all of the boxes that apply.

changing the government in all of the colonies

providing housing for British troops

fining all colonists until the Boston Tea Party tea was paid for

closing the port of Boston

putting a military government in place in Massachusetts

Why did the British march on Lexington and Concord?

to capture military leaders and the people who had dumped the tea in BostonHarbor

to stop the Continental Congress and find a hidden store of weapons

to capture rebel leaders and take away stores of ammunition

to help other soldiers under attack and remove colonial leaders from power

Why were the Battles of Lexington and Concord significant?

The colonial militia was defeated and their ammunition was destroyed.

The British admitted defeat and withdrew completely from Massachusetts.

The battles marked the beginning of the Revolution.

The battles showed that the colonists were unprepared for war.

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