Road to Revolution Studies Weekly Test

Read the passage:

“But where says some is the King of America? I’ll tell you Friend, he reigns above, and doth not make havoc of mankind like the Royal Brute of Britain.”

Thomas Paine, Common Sense, 1776

How did Thomas Paine view the British king, according to this passage?

• as a tyrant

• as an exporter

• as kind and wise

• as a weak leader

The Sons of Liberty were responsible for organizing which of the following events?

• Boston Tea Party

• Boston Massacre

• French and Indian War

• First Continental COngress

Which event occured first?

• Boston Tea Party

• Coercive (Intolerable) Acts

• Boston Massacre

• First Continental Congress

Which event occured after the Boston Massacre?

• Coercive (Intolerable) Acts

• Boston Tea Party

• Battles of Lexington and Concord

• First Continental Congress

Which occured after the Boston Tea Party?

• Battles of Lexington and Concord

• First Continental Congress

• Coercive (Intolerable) Acts

• Boston Massacre

Which occured after the Coercive (Intolerable) Acts?

• Batles of Lexington and Concord

• First Continental Congress

• Boston Massacre

• Boston Tea Party

Which occured after the First Continental Congress?

• Battles of Lexington and Concord

• Coercive (Intolerable) Acts

• Boston Massacre

• Boston Tea Party

Study the engraving.

What did this event represent to many colonists?

• support for loyalty to Great Britain

• opposition to unfair laws and taxes

• resistance against foreign merchants

• desire for trade with American Indians

Paul Revere created this engraving most likely to __________.

• provoke anger against British soldiers

• depict the Boston Massacre accurately

• honor those who died during the fighting

• encourage colonists to follow British laws

Which of the following best completes this diagram?

• The colonists boycotted British goods.

• The colonists destroyed shipments of tea.

• The colonists were taxed to pay the war debt.

• The colonist declared independence from Great Britain.