WorksheetsPre-Revolution
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 9mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The Albany Plan of Union was a plan to unite the 13 colonies against:
a)
Britain
b)
France
c)
The Iroquois
d)
All of these
2.
Which law made it illegal for colonists to move west of the Appalachians?
a)
The Stamp Act
b)
The Townshend Acts
c)
The Tea Act
d)
The Proclamation of 1763
3.
The Stamp Act was a tax on:
a)
Printed Goods
b)
Tea
c)
Stamps
d)
Paper glass and ink
4.
A protest in which people refuse to buy sell or use certain items is called a:
a)
strike
b)
boycott
c)
riot
d)
tar and feathering
5.
A letter written to someone in authority asking for change is called a:
a)
boycott
b)
petition
c)
declaration
d)
proclamation
6.
A tax on imports is called a:
a)
income tax
b)
petition
c)
boycott
d)
tariff
7.
The Townshend Acts taxed:
a)
Glass
b)
Paper
c)
Tea
d)
All of these
8.
The colonists protested taxes because:
a)
the taxes were too high
b)
they never liked being part of Britain
c)
they had no representation in Parliament
d)
they didn't know what taxes were
9.
Britain's legislature is known as:
a)
Congress
b)
Parliament
c)
House of Burgesses
d)
House of Pancakes
10.
Five colonists were shot and killed during the:
a)
Boston Massacre
b)
Boston Tea Party
c)
Bloody Sunday
d)
The Great Fire of Boston
11.
Exaggerating or telling one side of the story to change people's opinions is known as:
a)
a boycott
b)
petitioning
c)
propaganda
d)
whining
12.
The Tea Act:
a)
put a tax on tea
b)
made tea more expensive
c)
was designed to help the British East India Company
d)
Made tea illegal
13.
The Boston Tea Party:
a)
was a boycott of tea
b)
a protest in which 5 people were killed
c)
a protest in which colonists dumped tea into Boston Harbor
d)
the first battle of the Revolutionary War
14.
The British response to the Boston Tea Party was the:
a)
Boston Massacre
b)
Intolerable Acts
c)
Tea Act
d)
Townshend Acts
15.
The law that said colonists had to allow British soldiers to stay in their homes was the:
a)
Townshend Acts
b)
Quartering Act
c)
Boston Port Act
d)
Tea Act
16.
The colonial response to the Intolerable Acts was to create the:
a)
First Continental Congress
b)
Sons of Liberty
c)
Rebel Alliance
d)
Protest Plot
17.
A small army of citizens is known as a:
a)
militia
b)
corporation
c)
tariff
d)
citizens council
18.
The American Revolution began with the battle of:
a)
Boston
b)
Bunker Hill
c)
Serenity Valley
d)
Lexington and Concord
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