Reasons For Independence...

The Road to Revolution, the Colonists Journey...

7th Grade Civics

Mrs. Brown: Room 250

Multiple Choice

After the French and Indian War, England was left with a significant.

• a. freedom

• b. debt

• c. cash flow

• d. slave trade

Multiple Choice

Which two groups were allies (teammates) in the French and Indian War?

• A. Colonists and French

• B. Colonists and Native Americans

• C. French and Native Americans

• D. British and Native Americans

Multiple Choice

Which act put a tax on printed materials (newspapers, playing cards, etc.)?

• A. Stamp Act

• B. Intolerable Acts

• C. Tea Act

• D. Sugar Act

Multiple Choice

Many colonists were angered by the Stamp Act because:

• A. It was an example of Taxation Without

  Representation.

• B. There were no post offices in the colonies.

  Representation.

• C. They were already paying for the tea that been dumped in the Boston Harbor.

• D. The Loyalists did not have to buy stamps.

Open Ended

Explain the Colonist's expression, "No Taxation Without Representation."

Multiple Choice

Which act taxed goods like glass, tea, paint, and lead?

• A. Stamp Act

• B. Quartering Act

• C. Townshend Acts

• D. Sugar Act

Multiple Choice

What was the purpose of the Quartering Act?

• A. It introduced the quarter as a form of currency in the colonies.

• B. It allowed the British royalty to collect taxes on certain goods imported in the colonies

• C. It forced colonists to provide food, shelter and transportation to British soldiers living in the colonies

• D. It permitted different religious groups to practice their beliefs freely in the colonies

Multiple Choice

Which of these describes the events of the Boston Tea Party?

• A. The British monopoly on tea; the colonists were angry; the colonists dumped tea in the harbor.

• B. The British soldiers took colonists jobs; the colonists taunted the soldiers; soldiers fired on the colonists

• C. Britain passed the Intolerable Acts and Britain blockaded the Boston Harbor.

• D. The colonists invited the Native Americans for a tea party by the Native Americans declined and it started a fight.

Multiple Choice

The image above is Paul Revere’s engraving “The Bloody Massacre,” a work of propaganda in the American Colonies prior to the American Revolution. What was Paul Revere’s intention when he created this image?

• A. To show an accurate, truthful depiction of the event

• B.To demonstrate his fine art skills

• C. He wanted to exaggerate what happened in order to get support for the patriot cause, and prove King George was a tyrant.

• D. He wished to make the Red Coats feel bad for what they did to the unarmed citizens and their families.

Multiple Choice

The Intolerable Acts were passed as punishment for what incident?

• a. French & Indian War

• b. For dumping the King's Tea in the Boston Harbor

• c. The Boston Massacre

• d. For going West of the Appalachian Mountains.

Multiple Choice

What was the primary purpose of Thomas Paine's document, Common Sense?

• a. Fictional Entertainment

• b. To convince colonist that it doesn't make sense, for the 13 colonies (larger) to be ruled a England (smaller country) far away.

• c. Common Sense talked about the Boston Tea Party.

• d. Children read this pamphlet in schools during the 1700's.