WorksheetsCauses of the American Revolution
Total questions: 19
Worksheet time: 10mins
When was the French and Indian War?
Before 1763
After 1763
Before the Revolutionary Era
After the Revolutionary Era
What are some effects of the French and Indian War?
Britain is in debt
Britain is a super power
British Parliament imposes taxes on the 13 colonies
France wins the war and takes 75% of land in North America
How did colonists feel about these new economic policies?
Happy because they had representation in Parliament
Frustrated because they didn't have representation in Parliament
They were neutral, England was doing its best at securing their freedom
James Otis proclaimed "taxation without representation is tyranny"
What document was written in 1215 and limited the power of the King?
Virginia House of Burgesses
Mayflower Compact
Magna Carta
English Bill of Rights
Why was this political cartoon created?
For the New York Plan, to unite the colonies
For the Albany Plan, to unite the colonies
For the Georgia Plan, to unite the colonies
For the New Jersey Plan, to unite the colonies
What was the Proclamation of 1763?
Colonists can only move west of the Appalachian Mountains
Colonists can only move west of the Sierra Nevada Mountains
Colonists cannot move west of the Rocky Mountains
Colonists cannot move west of the Appalachian Mountains
What was mercantilism?
Economic policy that colonies could trade with every country
Economic policy that colonies could only trade with the mother country
Economic policy that colonies could trade with each other
Economic policy that colonies could not trade with every country
What do the Stamp, Sugar, and Quartering Act have in common?
They are all taxes
They are all laws that Britain imposed on the colonies
They all angered the colonists and violated their civil liberties
What acts of Civil Disobedience did colonists perform to show England they were unhappy?
The Boston Tea Party
Boycotting British Manufactured Goods
Protesting
Forming the Stamp Act Congress
What effect did Salutary Neglect have on the colonists?
They became less independent
They became more independent
They created their own governments
They created their own economic industries
What is a difference between a loyalist and a patriot?
Loyalist rebels against England, a Patriot stays loyal to England
Loyalist stays loyal to England, a Patriot rebels against England
True or False: The Boston Massacre engraving by Paul Revere is an example of propaganda.
False
True
What did the Stamp Act Congress do?
Initiate the buying of more stamped goods
Initiate the boycotting of stamped goods
Burn stamped goods in the streets
They did nothing
What was an effect of the Boston Tea Party?
Passing the Coercive Acts
Passing the Intolerable Acts
Closing of Boston Harbor
No form of colonial government allowed in Massachusetts
No committees of correspondence in or out of Massachusetts
Which of the following were founded as refuges for religious freedom?
North Carolina
Maryland
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
What is the significance of the Mayflower Compact?
Set-up the first legislative body in the colonies
Set-up the first form of self-government in the colonies
Set-up the framework for the Constitution of the U.S
Set-up limits on the future president
The Stamp Act, Intolerable Acts, Common Sense by Thomas Paine, and the First Continental Congress were all during what time period?
Westward Expansion
Civil War
Early Republic
American Revolution
What was the influence of the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut?
It helped establish religious freedom
It helped establish self-government
It helped establish unalienable rights
It helped establish British rule
What are unalienable rights?
Rights that cannot be taken away
Rights that are taken away by the teachers
Life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness
An idea by John Locke that Thomas Jefferson stole and used
