Chapter 5 Test: The American Revolution

Which of the following was another reason that tensions grew between the colonists and Britain?

• A. King George III told colonists they were not British citizens.

• B. Britain and France were fighting over land in North America.

• C. There was no colonial representation in Britain’s Parliament.

• D. American Indians were fighting with the British in the Ohio River Valley.

Which of the following effects of the Stamp Act does this image show?

• A. Colonists protesting saying that it will ruin America.

• B. Colonists boycotting printed materials to avoid paying the tax.

• C. Colonists saying that Britain is ridiculous for taxing the colonies.

• D. Colonists marching from New York to show their support of the Stamp Act.

Read each of the items that have to do with the causes and effects of Britain taxing the colonies. Draw a line from each item to cause or effect.

• Effect

• Many colonists protested

• Effect

• Britain had to raise money to pay for war debts.

• Cause

• Colonists had to pay a tax on printed materials when they bought them.

• Effect

• Many colonists joined the Sons of Liberty or Daughters of Liberty.

Why did Britain think it had the right to tax the colonies?

• British soldiers were protecting the colonies, and Britain needed money to pay them.

• Britain hoped that by taxing the colonies it could benefit from American foreign trade.

• Britain was more powerful than the colonies, and the colonies relied on Britain to survive.

• Britain needed money to pay for wars with France so all British colonies were required to help.

Which of the following illustrates a form of protests against British taxation of the colonies?

• Benjamin Franklin proposed the Albany Plan.

• The Sons of Liberty formed as a secret group.

• The Daughters of Liberty spun their own cloth.

• Representatives met at the Stamp Act Congress.

Read the excerpt. Then answer the question. "i. British Parliament has assumed power of legislation for the colonists without their consent. ii. Parliament has raised illegal revenues. ii. Tax collectors have been appointed by the Crown, a right reserved to the province. iv. Tax collectors are entrusted with power too absolute and arbitrary. Private premises are exposed to search. v. Fleets and Armies are quartered on the townsfolk in time of peace without their consent. vi. Tax revenue has been used by King to pay provincial government officers, making them dependent on him, in violation of the charter."—Boston Committee of Correspondence Which of the following conclusions can you draw about Boston’s Committee of Correspondence?

• A. It ordered the other colonies to form Committees of Correspondence.

• B. It threatened the British government about its actions against the colonists.

• C. It was unaware of the illegal acts that the British government had committed.

• D. It pointed out the wrongdoings of the British government against the colonists.

When did the British and minutemen go to battle at Concord?

• dawn on April 19, 1775

• midnight on April 18, 1775

• late morning on April 19, 1775

• early afternoon on April 19, 1775

Based on the information in the map, what were the course and results of the conflict at Lexington and Concord?

• The British fought all day on April 19 in Concord and Lexington before returning to Charlestown.

• The British fought against minutemen in Lexington and then Concord before retreating to Boston.

• The British fought against minutemen in Concord and then Lexington before retreating to Concord.

• The British captured Paul Revere on April 19 before fighting at Lexington and Concord and returning to Boston.

Which of the following details completes the graphic organizer?

d

drafts the Declaration of Independence

organizes the Continental army

chooses George Washington as commander-in-chief

organize in response to Coercive Acts

Which of the following completes the graphic organizer?

• describes the plan of government for the United States

• introduces the Second Continental Congress and its members

• lists the ways that the British king violated the rights of colonists

• explains how Enlightenment ideas and thinkers influenced the colonists