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Causes of the Revolution

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The 1765 act that taxed paper and printed goods in the colonies was the ___.

a)

Paper Act

b)

Stamp Act

c)

Tea Act

d)

Pamphlet Promotion

2.

Which of these laws made colonists provide British soldiers with food, transportation and housing?

a)

the Stamp Act

b)

the Quartering Act

c)

the Coercive Acts

d)

the Proclamation of 1763

3.

What did the colonists call the laws that were passed to punish them after the Boston Tea Party?

a)

the Boston Massacre

b)

the Intolerable Acts

c)

the Quartering Act

d)

the Stamp Act

4.

What was the First Continental Congress?

a)

the laws passed against colonists

b)

the meeting of delegates from 12 colonies

c)

the lawmakers of the British government

d)

the treaty between different colonies

5.
What was the Boston Tea Party?
a)
It was a party held to celebrate the Tea Act.
b)
It was Boston's response to the Intolerable Acts.
c)
It was when colonists dumped 342 chests of tea into Boston Harbor to protest the Tea Act.
d)
It was when riders on fast horses delivered tea around Boston.
6.

What was the Boston Massacre?

a)

It was when British soldiers marched to "seize and destroy" the Patriot's military supplies.

b)

It was an area of Boston that was occupied by British soldiers.

c)

It was when British soldiers panicked and fired into a crowd of angry colonists.

d)

It was when Patriots drank tea near Boston Harbor.

7.
Which Act allowed one company to sell tea to the colonies?
a)
Stamp Act
b)
Townshend Acts
c)
Tea Act
d)
Intolerable Acts
8.
What Act placed a tax on goods imported from Great Britain?
a)
Stamp Act
b)
Townshend Acts
c)
Tea Act
d)
Intolerable Acts
9.
the law that said the American colonists could not settle west of the Appalachian Mountains due to conflict with the Native Americans
a)
Proclamation of 2016
b)
Proclamation of Mrs. Soileau
c)
Indian Lands Proclamation
d)
Proclamation of 1763
10.
Why did England impose taxes on the colonies?
a)
Pay for the cost of a new navy.
b)
Build roads to the Ohio River Valley.
c)
Show colonists who was in charge.
d)
Pay off debts owed from the French and Indian War.
11.
Which phrase became popular after passage of the Stamp Act?
a)
“The rights of Englishmen”
b)
“Give me liberty or give me death”
c)
“Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness”
d)
“No taxation without representation“
12.
The French and Indian war was between?
a)
France and Native Americans
b)
France and England
c)
England and American Colonies
d)
France and England with most Native Americans fighting for France
13.

Who created the political cartoon "Join or Die" to urge colonists to unite during the French and Indian War?

a)

George Washington

b)

Benjamin Franklin

c)

Samuel Adams

d)

Thomas Paine

14.

King of England during the Revolutionary War era.

a)

King George III

b)

King Charles II

c)

King George II

d)

King Ferdinand