Liberty! How the Revolutionary War Began

Read the excerpt from p. 6 of Liberty! How the Revolutionary War Began by Lucille Recht Penner, then answer the question. The British Parliament, which made laws for Britain and its colonies, passed the Quartering Act. What does the word passed mean as it is used in the excerpt? Mark only one oval.

• move or go by something

• vote or agree on a rule

• go over or across

• finish something completely

Read the excerpt from p. 8 of Liberty! How the Revolutionary War Began by Lucille Recht Penner, then answer the question.

Americans didn’t mind paying taxes to their local governments. That seemed fair because they elected their own representatives. But there was nobody to represent them in the British Parliament.

What does the word represent mean as it is used in the excerpt?

• to vote

• to pass a new law

• to pay taxes to the government

• to speak for a group of people

Look at the illustration from p.9 of Liberty! How the Revolutionary War Began by Lucille Recht Penner, then answer the question. Which quotation from the text is best supported by this illustration?

• The Quartering Act, the Navigation Acts, and the Sugar Act seemed to the colonists like sneaky ways of making Britain richer—at their expense!

• Flaming arrows flew through the dark night. Many lonely farmhouses—and sometimes even whole towns—burned to the ground.

• “If a stamp tax collector refused to resign, he was sometimes chased out of town by a mob carrying clubs and throwing stones.”

• “Groups of angry men formed bands called the Sons of Liberty. They burst into the homes of stamp tax collectors . . . smashed his windows and all his belongings.”

Which of the following describes the British during the events leading up to the Revolutionary War?

Choose all that apply.

• Paid taxes

• wanted representation in Parliament

• fought in the French and Indian War

• passed the Quartering, Sugar, Navigation, and Stamp Acts.

Which of the following describes the colonists during the events leading up to the Revolutionary War?

Choose all that apply.

• Paid taxes

• wanted representation in Parliament

• fought in the French and Indian War

• passed the Quartering, Sugar, Navigation, and Stamp Acts.

How did the colonists' attitudes and feelings towards the British government change?

• The colonists did not think it was fair that they were taxed without representation.

• The colonists were angry about how much the French and Indian War had cost.

• The colonists believed that the British government had not helped them in the French and Indian War.

• The colonists wanted the British government to send more soldiers to protect them.

Which quotation best supports that the colonists did not think it was fair that they were taxed without representation?

• Ten thousand British soldiers—called ‘redcoats’ because of their red jackets—were sent across the ocean.

• Many lonely farmhouses—and sometimes even whole towns—burned to the ground . . . The English settlers needed help!

• France lost almost all her possessions in North America. Britain got Canada and most of the French lands east of the Mississippi.

• Americans didn’t mind paying taxes to their local governments. That seemed fair because they elected their own representatives . . . but there was nobody to represent them in the British Parliament.

The British and Colonists were ______ area in the French and Indian War. Mark only one oval.

• allies

• interested

• uprising

• stirred

Patriots and Loyalists were ______ of the King and followed his orders. Mark only one oval.

• subjects
• allies

• friends

• representation

America was the land of __________, also know as the land of opportunity.

• liberty
• subjects

• things

• allies