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WorksheetsAmerican Revolution 1
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 15mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
This prohibited colonists from going west of the Appalachians
a)
Stamp Act
b)
Proclamation of 1763
c)
Declaratory Act
d)
Tea Act
2.
These were colonists who wanted to remain loyal British citizens
a)
Patriots
b)
Sons of Liberty
c)
Loyalists
d)
Redcoats
3.
The colonists supported the war and wanted independence from Britain
a)
Patriots
b)
Loyalists
c)
Tories
d)
Redcoats
4.
This taxed imported goods such as glass, tea, and paper
a)
Stamp Act
b)
Sugar Act
c)
Declaratory Act
d)
Townshend Acts
5.
To refuse to buys goods as a form of protest
a)
Voucher
b)
Boycott
c)
Revolution
d)
Coerce
6.
The laws that punished colonists in Boston for resisting British authority
a)
Coercive Acts
b)
Molasses Act
c)
Proclamation of 1763
d)
Townshend Acts
7.
The method used by colonists after the Boston Massacre to spread anger against the British
a)
Boycott
b)
Militia
c)
Propaganda
d)
Resolution
8.
The location where the "shot heard 'round the world" was fired
a)
Bunker Hill
b)
Boston
c)
Lexington and Concord
d)
Breed's Hill
9.
The group of colonists who dumped tea into Boston Harbor
a)
Tories
b)
Mohawk Indians
c)
Loyalists
d)
Sons of Liberty
10.
This act was passed by the British government as a way to stop the smuggling of molasses
a)
Sugar Act
b)
Tea Act
c)
Trade Act
d)
Stamp Act
11.
This taxed almost all printed material in the colonies
a)
Stamp Act
b)
Iron Act
c)
Sugar Act
d)
Declaratory Act
12.
Who was the primary author of the Declaration of Independence?
a)
Benjamin Franklin
b)
John Adams
c)
Patrick Henry
d)
Thomas Jefferson
13.
The groups who spread information and calls for action against the British
a)
Committees of correspondence
b)
Loyalists
c)
Tories
d)
Minutemen
14.
Thomas Paine's best-selling pamphlet that called for independence from Britain
a)
Declaration of Grievances
b)
Olive Branch Petition
c)
Common Sense
d)
Give Me Liberty
15.
The major decision made by the First Continental Congress
a)
To form and train militias
b)
To go to war with Britain
c)
To send a petition to the king
d)
To get Native American allies
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