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WorksheetsThe Spirit of Independence
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 4hrs 15mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Who was the leader of the Green Mountain Boys?
a)
Ethan Allen
b)
Crispus Attucks
c)
Thomas Pain
d)
Sam Adams
2.
Who was the President of the Second Continental Congress?
a)
George Washington
b)
Thomas Jefferson
c)
John Hancock
d)
Sam Adams
3.
What were the Writs of Assistance?
a)
Search warrants that allowed customs officials to search the colonial ships
b)
Rap Cd's
c)
Papers that they passed out
d)
Big ships that carried messages
4.
What was the purpose of the Stamp Act?
a)
To raise money for the fair
b)
To raise money for their horses
c)
To raise money for protection of the colonies
d)
To raise money for the football team
5.
What items were taxed under the Stamp Act
a)
Deeds
b)
Wills
c)
Marriage License
d)
All of the above
6.
Who were the Sons of Liberty?
a)
British Government
b)
A group of colonial protesters that united to defend the colonies against the Stamp Act
c)
Stamp Act
d)
All of the above
7.
What was the purpose of the Sons of Liberty?
a)
To house the soldiers
b)
To feed the soldiers
c)
To force the British government to repeal the Stamp Act
d)
All of the above
8.
What act was the cause of the Boston Tea party?
a)
The Townshend act
b)
Tea Act
c)
Sugar Act
9.
Who was the King during the American Revolution?
a)
King Arthur
b)
Martin Luther King Jr.
c)
King George III
10.
What ship did the Boston Tea Party happen on?
a)
French
b)
British
c)
American Indians
d)
None of the above
11.
Define boycott.
a)
An organized campaign to refuse to buy certain products
b)
import tax
c)
Citizen soldiers who could be ready to fight at a minute's notice
d)
to surrender
12.
Colonists who supported the Bitish king were called
a)
Patriots
b)
Republicans
c)
Democrats
d)
Loyalists
13.
Many colonists did not want to remain loyal to Great Britain and King George. They wanted to be free from British rule. These colonists were called
a)
Patriots
b)
Republicans
c)
Democrats
d)
Loyalists
14.
Who rode to Lexington from Boston to warn the militia to prepare to fight?
a)
George Washington
b)
Paul Revere
c)
Benedict Arnold
d)
Thomas Jefferson
15.
What 2 countries were fighting in the French and Indian War?
a)
America and France
b)
France and Britain
c)
Britain and Germany
d)
France and Spain
16.
What event does this drawing show?
a)
Tarring and feathering
b)
Boston Tea Party
c)
Boston Massacre
d)
American Revolution
17.
The Proclamation of 1763 was an act in which the king said.....
a)
no to settling west of Appalachian Mountains
b)
yes to the butchering of colonists in the proclaimed land
c)
to tax colonists who lived east of the Atlantic Ocean
d)
none of the above
18.
What did the Townshend Acts of 1767 do?
a)
placed taxes on glass, lead, paint and tea
b)
placed city taxes on towns
c)
redistributed land to peasant farmers
d)
released previously convicted criminals into the streets
19.
Who was the first colonist killed?
a)
Crispus Attucks
b)
John Adams
c)
George Washington
d)
A little boy named blue
20.
The British soldiers were put on trial in Boston. They were____________ by John Adams.
a)
defended
b)
accused
c)
executed
d)
none of these people
21.
Who wrote a pamphlet called Common Sense, for American independence?
a)
Thomas Jefferson
b)
John Adams
c)
Thomas Paine
d)
John Locke
22.
Indirect taxes on imported materials and tea as they came in from Britain.
a)
Townsend Acts
b)
Stamp Act
c)
Boston Massacre
d)
Martial Law
23.
What are civilian soldiers also known as?
a)
militiamen
b)
minutemen
c)
redcoats
d)
continentials
24.
Who was the general of the Continental Army?
a)
Franklin
b)
Washington
c)
Mel Gibson
d)
Cornwallis
25.
Founder of the Sons of Liberty...
a)
Paul Revere
b)
John Adams
c)
Samuel Adams
d)
Thomas Jefferson
26.
What did the Townsend Acts bring about?
a)
tax relief
b)
direct taxes on exported goods
c)
Martial Law
d)
Indirect taxes on imported goods
27.
Refuse to buy certain goods?
a)
Blockade
b)
Cede
c)
Boycott
d)
Alliance
28.
This Act said that colonists had to pay for housing of British soldiers?
a)
Quartering
b)
Sugar
c)
Stamp
d)
Declaratory
29.
Taxed molasses?
a)
Stamp Act
b)
Sugar Act
c)
Declaratory Act
d)
Townshend Act
30.
Designed to punish Boston for the Tea Party?
a)
Declaratory Act
b)
Stamp Act
c)
Intolerable Acts
d)
Townshend Act
31.
Who wrote "life, liberty, property"?
a)
John Locke
b)
Thomas Paine
c)
George Washington
d)
Thomas Jefferson
32.
What did writs of assistance all British customs officers to search?
a)
foreigners
b)
foreign goods
c)
homes for smuggles goods
d)
people for contraband
33.
Which of the following allowed the colonists to pay lower taxes on molasses?
a)
Proclamation of 1763
b)
Stamp Act
c)
Sugar Act
d)
Townshed Acts
34.
Which act taxed colonists without their consent?
a)
Declaratory Act
b)
Stamp Act
c)
Sugar Act
d)
Townshed Acts
35.
Goods being imported to the colonies were taxed by which act?
a)
Declaratory Act
b)
Stamp Act
c)
Sugar Act
d)
Townshed Acts
36.
Paul Revere's engraving of which event was an example of propaganda that led to more intense anti-British feelings among the colonies?
a)
Boston Massacre
b)
Boston Tea Party
c)
Intolerable Acts
d)
Liberty Affair
37.
Which act gave the East India Company an advantage over colonial merchants?
a)
Townshed Acts
b)
Stamp Act
c)
Sugar Act
d)
Tea Act
38.
What did Paul Revere yell when he warned the colonists that the British were coming?
a)
The British are coming
b)
The Redcoats are coming
c)
Run and Hide
d)
The Regulars are coming
39.
Who said that "blows must decide" who would rule America?
a)
Edward III
b)
George III
c)
James III
d)
Philip III
40.
Who, along with Paul Revere, warned Samuel Adams that the British were coming?
a)
George Washington
b)
John Adams
c)
Thomas Jefferson
d)
William Dawes
41.
Who led the Green Mountain Boys who captured the British-held Fort Ticonderoga?
a)
Ethan Allen
b)
George Washington
c)
Paul Revere
d)
Benjamin franklin
42.
After winning which battle did the British learn that defeating the Americans would not be easy?
a)
Battle of Boston
b)
Battle of Bunker Hill
c)
Battle of Concord
d)
Battle of Lexington
43.
Which group did the colonies organize to fight against Great Britain?
a)
Colonial Army
b)
Continental Army
c)
Continental Congress
d)
Redcoat Army
44.
Who was the first commander of the continental army?
a)
Benjamin Franklin
b)
George Washington
c)
John Adams
d)
Thomas Jefferson
45.
What did the Olive Branch Petition ask the king to do?
a)
leave America
b)
protect the colonists rights
c)
go to war with France
d)
stop taxation
46.
Who led the failed American attack on Quebec?
a)
Benedict Arnold
b)
George Washington
c)
John Hancock
d)
William Howe
47.
Who was the first man to sign the Declaration of Independence?
a)
Benjamin Franklin
b)
John Adams
c)
John Hancock
d)
Thomas Jefferson
48.
What can you infer about the Albany plan of union based on this image?
a)
Provide a way for the colonies to work together
b)
Unite the English Colonies together against British rule
49.
British monarch who supported attempts to discipline the rebelling colonies
a)
Thomas paine
b)
Ben Franklin
c)
Alexander Hamilton
d)
King George the III
50.
Law that banned colonists from moving west over the Appalachian Mountains. This land was reserved for Native Americans.
a)
Stamp Act
b)
Townshend Acts
c)
Proclamation of 1763
d)
Royal Letters
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