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WorksheetsEvents Leading to the American Revolution - KDC
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The number of original colonies.
a)
10
b)
11
c)
12
d)
13
2.
What country owned most of the land west of the Appalachian Mountains before the American Revolution?
a)
Spanish
b)
French
c)
English
d)
Dutch
3.
Who fought with the colonist against the French and Indians during the French and Indian War?
a)
English
b)
Dutch
c)
Spanish
d)
Indians
4.
Who won the French and Indian War?
a)
French
b)
Indians
c)
English
d)
Spanish
5.
What problem did the French and Indian War cause England?
a)
They lost the war.
b)
They gained land.
c)
They had a large debt.
d)
They lost land.
6.
How did England decide to solve the problem caused by the war?
a)
They left the colonies.
b)
They taxed the colonist.
c)
They taxed the French.
d)
They did nothing.
7.
What country controlled all of the colonies at the beginning?
a)
France
b)
England
c)
Portugal
d)
Spain
8.
Why did England begin taxing the colonist?
a)
To pay their war debt.
b)
To raise money to help the colonist.
9.
How did most colonist feel about the taxes they were being made to pay to England?
a)
They were proud to pay taxes to their mother country.
b)
They felt the taxes were fair and paid them willingly.
c)
They felt the taxes were unfair and began boycotting.
d)
They did not have any feelings one way or the other.
10.
What kinds of things did the Stamp Act require merchants (sellers) to purchase the stamps for?
a)
Tea, milk, and drinks
b)
Newspapers, playing cards, and things made of paper
c)
Shirts, shoes, and items people wear
d)
Beef, cheesse, and food people ate
11.
What is a boycott?
a)
To decide not to buy from a certain country in protest
b)
To decide to buy only from a certain country in protest
c)
To decide not to buy from a certain country in support
d)
To decide to buy only from certain country in support
12.
Patrick Henry's famous quote stated...
a)
No taxation without representation
b)
No colonies without England
c)
Give me liberty, or give me death
d)
All for one, and one for all
13.
What was King George's response to the boycott?
a)
He repealed the Stamp Act
b)
He had no response
c)
He passed the Food Act
d)
He visited the colonies
14.
What were Loyalist?
a)
Colonist that always kept their friends
b)
Colonist that helped the Sons of Liberty
c)
Colonist that wanted to remain with England
d)
Colonist that wanted to be free from England
15.
What is an antonym for Loyalist?
a)
Tories
b)
Patriots
c)
Red Coats
d)
Blue Coats
16.
What did the colonist call the soldiers that were sent from England?
a)
Blue Coats
b)
Minute Men
c)
Red Coats
d)
Hour Men
17.
What angered the colonist?
a)
They did not want the taxes, soldiers, or laws of England
b)
They were tired of fighting all the wars by themselves
c)
They were not happy with the land in the colonies
d)
They wanted to go back to England but could not
18.
Who was the first person to die fighting for independence?
a)
George Washington
b)
Crispus Attucks
c)
Thomas Jefferson
d)
Thomas Preston
19.
Who was given credit for forming the Committee of Correspondence?
a)
George Washington
b)
Crispus Attucks
c)
Samuel Adams
d)
Donald Trump
20.
What was the primary reason the colonist became so concerned over the Tea Act?
a)
They feared that England would create monopolies
b)
they feared that England would not let them drink tea
c)
They feared that only the French would buy their tea
d)
They feared that only the Spanish would buy their tea
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