WorksheetsCauses of the Revolution
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 11mins
Who did colonists believe had the only right to tax them?
King George III
The Sons and Daughters of Liberty
their colonial elected officials
The British Parliament
What was King George III reaction to the Boston Tea Party?
The Boston Massacre
The passage of the Coercive, or Intolerable, Acts
He allowed colonial representation in Parliament
Repealed the Stamp Act
What is the difference between a Patriot and a Loyalist?
Tom Brady
Loyalists supported agriculture. Patriots supported manufacturing.
Patriots supported the king and Parliament. Loyalists wanted war.
Patriots wanted independence. Loyalists wanted to stay loyal to the king.
Which famous Americans were on the committee to draft the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, and John Adams
Thomas Paine, George Washington, and Benjamin Franklin
John Adams, John Jay, and John Marshall
George Washington, John Adams, and Alexander Hamilton
All of the following are reasons that the Sugar Act would have made the American colonists unhappy EXCEPT...
Colonists would have been upset about paying more in taxes than people living in Great Britain.
Colonists would have been upset at the lack of representation in Parliament to oppose the new taxes.
Colonists would have felt that their right as Englishmen to be secure in their homes was being violated by the writs of assistance.
Colonists would have felt their rights as Englishmen were violated by being denied a jury trial.
All of the following were colonial reactions to the Stamp Act EXCEPT...
Delegates from nine colonies met in New York for the Stamp Act Congress which sent a statement to the king and Parliament declaring that only colonial assemblies could tax the colonists.
Patrick Henry got the House of Burgesses in Virginia to pass a resolution against it.
Protestors burned effigies made to look like unpopular tax collectors.
Colonists threw more than 300 chests of tea into Boston Harbor.
Which phrase best represents the colonists main complaint against the British taxation?
"We're going to build a wall and make the British pay for it."
"Join or die!"
"No taxation without representation"
"America - I'm Lovin' It!"
King & Parliament had the right to tax/make decisions for colonies "in all cases.
Proclamation of 1763
Sugar Act, 1764
Stamp Act, 1765
Declaratory Act, 1766
Townshend Acts, 1767
Tax on imported goods, such as glass, tea, and paper
Proclamation of 1763
Sugar Act, 1764
Stamp Act, 1765
Declaratory Act, 1766
Townshend Acts, 1767
Taxed almost all printed materials in the colonies
Proclamation of 1763
Sugar Act, 1764
Stamp Act, 1765
Declaratory Act, 1766
Townshend Acts, 1767
Lowered tax on imported molasses in order to stop smuggling
Proclamation of 1763
Sugar Act, 1764
Stamp Act, 1765
Declaratory Act, 1766
Townshend Acts, 1767
British policy prohibited colonists from moving west of Appalachian Mountains
Proclamation of 1763
Sugar Act, 1764
Stamp Act, 1765
Declaratory Act, 1766
Townshend Acts, 1767
Primary author of Declaration of Independence
Samuel Adams
Crispus Attucks
Thomas Paine
Patrick Henry
Thomas Jefferson
"Give me liberty or give me death!"
Samuel Adams
Crispus Attucks
Thomas Paine
Patrick Henry
Thomas Jefferson
member of the Sons of Liberty
Samuel Adams
Crispus Attucks
Thomas Paine
Patrick Henry
Thomas Jefferson
First victim of the Boston Massacre
Samuel Adams
Crispus Attucks
Thomas Paine
Patrick Henry
Thomas Jefferson
Author of Common Sense
Samuel Adams
Crispus Attucks
Thomas Paine
Patrick Henry
Thomas Jefferson
Political body that was created in the colonies to challenge British control.
Continental Congress
House of Burgesses
Olive Branch Petition
Declaration of Independence
People in colonial cities urged merchants to ___________, or refuse to buy, British goods in protest.
repeal
boycott
tyranny
effigy
petition
To cancel an act or law.
repeal
boycott
tyranny
effigy
petition
A formal request for government action.
repeal
boycott
tyranny
effigy
petition
A roughly made model or dummy of a particular hated person, made in order to be damaged or destroyed as a protest or expression of anger.
repeal
boycott
tyranny
effigy
petition
Cruel and oppressive government or rule.
repeal
boycott
tyranny
effigy
petition
Which of the following is NOT an accurate description of the pamphlet Common Sense?
It listed powerful reasons why Americans would be better off free from Great Britain
It called for a complete break with British rule
It called for a last chance effort at peace with Great Britain
It greatly influenced opinions throughout the colonies
Which of the following was NOT a right colonists viewed as being violated by the Sugar Act?
It violated the colonists' rights to freedom of assembly
It violated the colonists' rights to be secure in their homes
It violated colonists' rights to have a jury trial
It violated colonists' rights to have representation in Parliament
