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WorksheetsRoad to the Revolution
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which side believed that the colonies should be free from England?
a)
Loyalists
b)
Patriots
2.
Which side decided to stay loyal to the King of England?
a)
Loyalists
b)
Patriots
3.
Why did King George III pass the Stamp Act?
a)
He needed money for his palace.
b)
He needed money for the Revolutionary War.
c)
He needed money to pay the debt from the French & Indian War.
d)
He needed money to pay for the tea lost in the Boston Tea Party.
4.
Why did the colonists dress up as Indians, board a British merchant ship, and throw the tea overboard?
a)
One of the merchants had been unkind to the colonists.
b)
They were upset that the king put a tax on tea.
c)
They had nothing better to do with their time.
d)
It was one of the battles of the Revolutionary War.
5.
Why did the French & Indian War happen?
a)
The colonists were trying to get their freedom from England.
b)
The French & the Indians both wanted the Ohio Valley.
c)
The British & French both wanted the Ohio Valley.
d)
The Indians were upset about the Trail of Tears.
6.
What caused the Boston Massacre?
a)
The colonists were upset that King George III sent British soldiers to Boston.
b)
British soldiers started shooting in the middle of the town.
c)
Colonists started shooting in the middle of the town.
d)
Colonists started throwing snowballs and making fun of a British soldier.
7.
What was the result of the Stamp Act?
a)
The Boston Tea Party
b)
The colonists traveled to Parliament to discuss the act.
c)
The colonists protested it so much that the king repealed it.
d)
Paul Revere made his midnight ride.
8.
What did King George III do after the Boston Tea Party?
a)
He passed the Stamp Act.
b)
The Battle of Lexington and Concord happened.
c)
He came over to the colonies and forced them to obey him.
d)
He passed the Intolerable Acts (also called the Coercive Acts).
9.
What happened because of the French & Indian War?
a)
The French won.
b)
The French and the British decided to share the Ohio Valley.
c)
Even though England won, they were in huge debt.
d)
The colonists were allowed to move to the Ohio Valley.
10.
What happened as a result of the Boston Massacre?
a)
Many colonists decided to become Patriots.
b)
Paul Revere began warning the colonists that the British were coming.
c)
It started the Revolutionary War.
d)
King George III repealed the tea tax.
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