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WorksheetsCauses of the American Revolution
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 21mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
In order to pay off debt from the French and Indian War, the British Parliment took what action?
a)
Closed the Boston Harbor
b)
Passed new Colonial Acts like the Stamp Act
c)
Allowed the colonists to govern themselves
d)
Had a tea party
2.
What was the name of colonists who opposed a war with Britain?
a)
Patriots
b)
Loyalists
c)
Hessians
d)
Indians
3.
What were two problems facing the English after the French and Indian war?
a)
Debt and Native Americans attacking colonists
b)
Stamp act and Proclamation of 1763
c)
Tea Party and Massacre
France and England
France and England
4.
What is Virtual representation?
a)
You are there in person to vote
b)
You vote electronically
c)
Someone who "represents" you votes for you
5.
What does repeal mean?
a)
To take back or cancel a law
b)
To boycott
c)
An agreement between two contries
d)
To take away
6.
Which product was not taxed in the Stamp Act?
a)
Licenses
b)
Paper
c)
Wills
d)
Glass
7.
What is a Patriot?
a)
American colonist loyal to Britain
b)
Native American
c)
American colonist who wants to govern themself
d)
French citizen
8.
What does Quartering mean?
a)
To allow troops to stay in your home
b)
Hitting someone with a quarter
c)
To give someone a quarter
d)
Giving a quarter of your earnings to Britain
9.
What did the Declaratory Act do?
a)
Declared freedom for America
b)
Parliament had the right to make laws for the colonies in ALL cases
c)
Declared taxes on paper
d)
Closed the harbors
10.
What kinds of goods did the Townshend Act place taxes on?
a)
Tea
b)
Paint
c)
Glass
d)
All of the above
11.
What is "no taxation without representation"?
a)
Colonists not paying taxes
b)
Colonists not buying goods with a tax on them
c)
Colonists upset that they are taxed without being able to vote
d)
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12.
Who started the Boston Massacre?
a)
British soldiers
b)
Colonists
13.
What was the famous protest to the Tea Act?
a)
Boston Massacre
b)
Boston Tea Party
c)
First Continental Congress
d)
Intolerable Acts
14.
What was significant about the First Continental Congress?
a)
John Hancock was there
b)
The people sent King George a message
c)
It was the first time the colonies met together
15.
Why was the Proclamation of 1763 created?
a)
So people would move west
b)
To solve the problem with the Native Americans following the French and Indian War
c)
The First Continental Congress
16.
What is revolution?
a)
A song
b)
An extreme change, overthrowing the government
c)
the unjust use of power
d)
to take back or cancel a law
17.
What is Propaganda?
a)
Information that is biased or misleading
b)
The unjust use of power
c)
a formal agreement between nations
18.
Which of the following was not a way that the colonists protested?
a)
Boycott
b)
Petition
c)
Made their own goods
d)
Bought more products
19.
What was the name of the war between the French and their Native American Allies and England and their colonial allies?
a)
The War of 1812
b)
The Revolutionary War
c)
The French and Indian War
d)
The Civil War
20.
What is the name of the act that closed the port of Boston, placed all trials of soldiers under British control, forced colonists to house more British troops, and stated that no meetings were allowed without the Governor's permission?
a)
The Quartering Act
b)
The Stamp Act
c)
The Townshend Act
d)
The Intolerable/ Coercive Acts
21.
What is a Neutralist?
a)
Loyal to the King
b)
Wanted to govern themselves
c)
Tried not to choose sides
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