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Road to the Revolution Game 2

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 31mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What ended the French and Indian War? 
a)
The Proclamation of 1763
b)
The Treaty of Paris 1763
c)
The Magna Carta
d)
The Bill of Rights
2.
The Treaty of Paris 1763 ended the French and Indian War. It required the French to _______
a)
Attack the Native Americans
b)
Give all their land to the Spanish
c)
Leave America and give up their land
d)
Pay the colonists money
3.
What was Pontiac's Rebellion?
a)
The French rebelled against the Indians
b)
The colonists rebelled against the king
c)
The colonists rebelled against the French
d)
The Indians rebelled against the colonists.
4.
The Proclamation of 1764 said:
a)
The colonists couldn't move west
b)
The French had to pay a tax
c)
The English took part in mercantilism
d)
The Indians had to leave their land
5.
The Magna Carta was a document that 
a)
Protected the rights of the English people
b)
Limited the power of the King
c)
Was written in the 13th century
d)
All answers are correct
6.
The English Parliament is a group of people who
a)
work in a factory
b)
trade in mercantilism
c)
make England's laws
d)
elect the king
7.
The Great Awakening was a religious movement that
a)
said only priests had access to God
b)
said people should focus on science
c)
said people should have a king
d)
said people were all equal in God's eyes
8.
The Scientific Revolution focused on
a)
religion and faith
b)
evidence, proof, and logic
c)
politics
d)
economics ($$) 
9.
The Enlightenment was all about education. It was also known as
a)
The Age of Reason
b)
The Time of Religion
c)
The Period of Politics
d)
The Era of the Dinosaurs
10.
_______________ is government with no king.
a)
Monarchy
b)
Parliament
c)
Congress
d)
Republicanism
11.
Government should be an agreement between the people and their leader. This is known as a "_____________"
a)
dictatorship
b)
monarchy
c)
Economic Agreement
d)
Social Contract
12.
_____________ is the belief that government should be limited and the people should be protected
a)
Virginia House of Burgesses
b)
Mayflower Compact
c)
Liberalism
d)
Monarchy
13.
Salutary Neglect was
a)
when the colonists in America ignored the King and it was good for the king
b)
when the French ignored the Indians and it was good for the Indians
c)
When the Indians ignored the colonists and it was good for the colonists
d)
When the king ignored the colonists and it was good for the colonists
14.
When salutary neglect ended, the king started paying more attention to the colonies. Which answer gives an example of this:
a)
Colonists drank a lot of English tea.
b)
The king started taxing the colonies
c)
The Indians and colonists had many conflicts
d)
The French were forced to leave North America.
15.
The Quartering Act required the colonists to
a)
pay taxes on tea
b)
pay for a stamp for all printed materials
c)
house and feed the king's soldiers
d)
pay a tax on silk, lead, and glass
16.
The Navigation Acts stated
a)
the colonists could only trade with England
b)
The colonists could only trade on English ships
c)
The colonists had to pay a tax to trade with other countries
d)
All answers are correct
17.
When the colonists traded goods illegally it was called...
a)
muggles
b)
smuggling
c)
mercantilism
d)
plantation agriculture
18.
The Stamp Act required colonists to pay for a stamp
a)
for all English tea
b)
for silk, glass, lead, and paper
c)
for all printed materials
d)
for their letters
19.
Who created the Sons of Liberty?
a)
Gavin's dad
b)
Samuel Adams
c)
Abraham Lincoln
d)
Martin Luther
20.
This was a colonial group that was formed to protest the king's taxes
a)
The Fathers of Freedom
b)
The Independence Brothers
c)
The Daughters of Independence
d)
The Sons of Liberty
21.
What is the best explanation of "Taxation without Representation"? 
a)
Being taxed without having a say in it
b)
Paying taxes without being a citizen
22.
Boycott means:
a)
Not paying taxes
b)
Not protesting
c)
Protesting by not buying goods
d)
A cot made only for boys
23.
Parliament repealed the Stamp Act because colonists were angry. What does REPEAL mean? 
a)
Cancel
b)
Pass
c)
Debate
d)
Change
24.
The Declaratory Act
a)
Declared the colonies to be free from English rule
b)
Stated that England was allowed to tax the colonists
c)
Said England would no longer tax the colonists
d)
Declared all taxes repealed
25.
Some colonists in Massachusetts started throwing things at English soldiers so the soldiers fired their weapons at the crowd and killed 5 people. This is known as
a)
The Proclamation of 1763
b)
The Revolutionary War
c)
Pontiac's Rebellion
d)
The Boston Massacre
26.
Sam Adams created the Committees of Correspondence to
a)
communicate with other colonies about what England was doing
b)
pass laws in the colonies
c)
to train colonial soldiers to fight
d)
to participate in mercantilism with England
27.
The Sons of Liberty dumped all British tea in Boston Harbor to protest. This is known as
a)
The Massachusetts Tea Party
b)
The Boston Tea Party
c)
Pontiac's Rebellion
d)
The French and Indian War
28.
How did England punish the colonists for the Boston Tea Party?
a)
England started a war with the colonies
b)
England passed the Tea Act
c)
England passed the Coercive Acts
d)
England gave up and granted the colonists their freedom
29.
What did the Coercive Acts do?
a)
Closed the port of Boston
b)
Made the colonists pay for the tea
c)
Cancelled all colonial meetings
d)
All answers are correct
30.
The colonists called the Coercive Acts "The Intolerable Acts." What does intolerable mean?
a)
Hated
b)
Expensive
c)
Many
d)
Tax