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WorksheetsThe Road to the Revolution
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which of the following was designed to prevent colonists from moving into the Ohio Valley?
a)
Proclamation of 1763
b)
Declaratory Act
c)
Seven Years' War
d)
Stamp Act Congress
2.
Who fought in the French and Indian War?
a)
The British against the French
b)
The French against the Indians
c)
The British against the French and Indians
d)
The British (including colonists) and Indians against the French and the Indians
3.
What was the Parliament?
a)
the soldiers who were sent to the colonies
b)
the group of lawmakers in Great Britain
c)
the group of settlers who protested the Stamp Act
d)
members of the Sons of Liberty
4.
The British telling the Colonists they could not move west of the Appalachian Mountains.
a)
Writs of Assistance
b)
Blockade
c)
Proclamation of 1763
d)
Quartering Act
5.
Britain collected _________________ to pay for the war.
a)
tokens
b)
taxes
c)
colonists
d)
war bonds
6.
Which of these was a common slogan associated (connected) with the American Revolution?
a)
"Remember the Alamo!"
b)
"No taxation without representation!"
c)
"Fifty-four forty or fight!"
d)
"Remember the Maine!"
7.
Which law, boycotted by the colonists, outraged colonists by taxing paper items produced AND sold in the American colonies?
a)
Sugar Act
b)
Currency Act
c)
Townshend Act
d)
Stamp Act
8.
What is a refusal to buy goods called?
a)
congress
b)
repeal
c)
boycott
d)
bankrupt
9.
What was the name of the event that occurred on March 5, 1770 in Boston, British soldiers fired into a crowd, killing five people.
a)
Battle at Saratoga
b)
Boston Massacre
c)
Boston Tea Party
d)
Battle of Bunker Hill
10.
The Townshend Acts put taxes on _________.
a)
cloth
b)
salt and sugar
c)
glass, tea, paint, paper
11.
The protest that ended with 342 chests of tea dumped in Boston Harbor was called _________________.
a)
The Boston Massacre
b)
The Boston Tea Party
c)
The Boston Coffee Party
d)
The New York Tea Party
12.
A way to share news faster within the colonies; delivered by express riders.
a)
Committees of Correspondence
b)
Boycotts
c)
Stamp Act
d)
Intolerable Acts
13.
Who famously said, "Give me liberty or give me death"?
a)
George Washington
b)
William Pitt
c)
Sam Adams
d)
Patrick Henry
14.
The location of the first shot of the American Revolution. This was known as "the shot that was heard around the world."
a)
Battle of Lexington
b)
Battle of Ticonderoga
c)
Battle of Concord
d)
Battle of Trenton
15.
What is Crispus Attucks' claim to fame?
a)
First person to die at the Boston Massacre
b)
Issued the Sugar Act
c)
Founded the British East India Company
d)
led the Boston Tea Party
16.
A tax on Sugar to pay the costs of the French and Indian War.
a)
Tea Act
b)
Stamp Act
c)
Repeal
d)
Sugar Act
17.
Successful boycotting of British goods caused Parliament to repeal certain acts like the Stamp Act. Repeal means to -
a)
cancel
b)
approve
c)
import
d)
separate
18.
5 colonists were killed during this event after a mob provoked British soldiers in the streets
a)
Boston Tea Party
b)
Boston Massacre
c)
Declaration of Independence
d)
Battle of Lexington
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