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WorksheetsThe Road to War Unit Test
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
1. The 1765 act that taxed paper and printed goods in the Colonies was the ________.
Paper Act
B: Stamp Act
C: Tea Act
D: Pamphlet Promotion
2. Redcoats were _________.
A: American soldiers
B: women who wore red coats
C: British soldiers
D: lobster catchers
3. The Stamp Act, Townshend Acts and Boston Massacre were some events that led to the _____________.
A: American Revolution
B: Civil War
C: World War I
D: World War II
4. The Boston Tea Party of 1773 was done to protest _____________.
A: tea drinking in the Colonies
B: being forced to buy tea from the East India Company
C: King George drinking tea
D: parties in Boston
5. Samuel Adams was a __________.
Loyalist
Redcoat
Patriot
governor
6. The French and Indian War was between ________ and ________.
A: French, American Indians
B: French and American Indians, Spain and England
C: British, American Indians Colonists
D: French and American Indians, British
7. The Quartering Act of 1765 said that _____________.
A: Colonists had to save quarters
B: Colonists had to pay a quarter tax on all tea
C: Colonists had to provide quarters instead of nickels and dimes
D: Colonists had to provide living quarters to British soldiers
8. The Sons of Liberty were ______________.
A: Loyalists for Britain's independence
B: makers of the Liberty Bell
C: Patriots for independence from Britain
D: children of presidents
9. Who offered to lead men in battle for the relief of Boston?
A. Paul Revere
B. Hugh White
C. Crispus Attucks
D. George Washington
10. The first battles of the American Revolution were fought at _____________.
A: Boston and Philadelphia
B: London and New York
C: Plymouth and Jamestown
D: Lexington and Concord
11. What was a Patriot?
A. colonists opposed to British rule
B. British soldier opposed to British rule over the colonies
C. colonists who agreed with British rule
D. British soldier who agreed with British rule over the coloniess
12. What issue helped unite the colonies?
A. Britain wanted the colonists to pay for the war with Spain.
B. Britain wanted the colonists to be in control.
C. Britain wanted the colonists to pay taxes.
D. Britain wanted the colonists to help with the war.
13. Which of the following BEST describes the purpose of the Intolerable Acts?
A. British punish colonists for the Boston Massacre
B. Colonists punished for leaving Britain
C. British punished for taxing the colonies
D. British punish colonists for the Boston Tea Party
14. What did the Daughters of Liberty do to support the boycott of British goods?
A. gave speeches and drew political cartoons
B. gave speeches and attended rallies
C. made tea and wove cloth
D. handed out pamphlets and posters
15. Which battle began with "the shot heard round the world"?
Lexington
Breed's Hill
Concord
Bunker Hill
16. What group successfully discouraged the stamp agents from enforcing the Stamp Act?
A. Sons of Liberty
B. New Yorkers
C. Parliament
D. French
17. What were the Colonists trying to hide from the British at Lexington and Concord?
A: candles and matches
B: lanterns and oil
C: weapons and gunpowder
D: barrels of food
18. When Colonial delegates met in Philadelphia they called it the _____________.
A: Continental Congress
B: Delegate's Day
C: U.S Senate
D: Supreme Court
19. These Patriots warned others that the British were coming.
A: Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin
B: Thomas Paine and Samuel Adams
C: Paul Revere and William Dawes
D: Patrick Henry and Nathan Hale
20. The lantern code used in the Old North Church to say how the British were coming was ____________.
A: one if by land, two if by sea
B: one lantern lit, time to sit
C: two if by horse, one if by boat
D: two bells ringing means the British are coming
