WorksheetsPRE Revolutionary War - No Taxation without Representation
Total questions: 68
Worksheet time: 43mins
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Why did Britain want to tax the colonists in the 1760s?
The colonists were wealthier than most British citizens.
Britain needed money to pay for the French and Indian War.
The British wanted to punish the colonists for rebelling against the Proclamation.
Britain needed money to protect the colonists from the French.
Which phrase became popular after passage of the Stamp Act?
“The rights of Englishmen”
"I high-key hate taxes"
“Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness”
“No taxation without representation“
King Arthur
Martin Luther King Jr.
King George III
the colonists established a blockade
The colonists started buying British goods.
The colonists were able to produce their own goods
The colonists began boycotting (refusing to buy) British goods
What does “no taxation without representation” mean?
taxing someone without giving them a voice in government
not taxing a certain group of people
taxing someone who does not live in the country
taxing everyone the same amount
Dumped the colonists' tea into the harbor
Declared the Proclamation of 1763
Passed the Stamp Act
Gave the colonies back to the French
Colonists were forced to house British soldiers in their homes
Colonists were forced to pay for the tea they destroyed
Colonists were forced to have meetings with the British
Colonists were forced to pay taxes on legal documents.
What was the other name for the Intolerable Act?
Stamp act
Coercive Act
Sugar Act
Military Act
This taxed molasses
Stamp Act
Sugar Act
Intolerable Acts
Quartering Act
First tax given to the colonists given to pay for the French and Indian War
Stamp Act
Sugar Act
Intolerable Acts
Quartering Act
What did the colonists resent the most about the Stamp Act?
They had no representatives to vote on the tax.
They did not believe in any form of taxation.
People in Great Britain did not have to pay taxes.
People in Great Britain were taxed only on property.
What did the Stamp Act tax?
official papers and documents
houses
farm animals
imports
held protests
wrote letters
made cloth
made tea
What was one of the intolerable acts?
closed Boston Harbor
closed New York Harbor
closed Norfolk Harbor
closed Massachusetts Port
The Daughters of Liberty protested the Townshend Acts by...
boycotting British products.
rioting.
destroying British goods.
tar and feathering.
An effigy is...
a model of a person destroyed as an act of protest.
a group that helped protest the Townshend Acts by creating homemade goods.
an act of mild torture done to someone mainly to humiliate them.
the act of refusing to do something until demands are met.
What was the Boston Tea Party?
Which British Act governed trade between the colonies and Britain?
Bribe Act
Smuggling Acts
Triangular Trade
Navigation Acts
Which law taxed goods like legal documents, wills, newspapers, playing cards, etc.?
Navigation Acts
Pamphlet Act
Stamp Act
War Debt Act
Which act made colonists give food & drinks to British soldiers and allowed them to live in their homes?
Penny Act
Quartering Act
Food Act
Tea Act
Which act was the considered the WORST EVER, closed the port of Boston, and limited town meetings?
Intolerable Acts
Perfectly Tolerable Acts
Stamp Act
Proclamation of 1763
What does smuggle mean?
To refuse to buy something
To send a document making a demand
To make a top secret group
To sneak goods in or out illegally
What does boycott mean?
To send a letter demanding change
To refuse to buy goods
To sneak goods in or out
To spread news
What does petition mean?
To write a slogan
To cover someone with tar
To refuse to buy a good
To send a document demanding change
How did the colonists react to the Tea Act?
They held a political party
Dumping coffee into Boston Harbor
Kicking British soldiers out of their homes
Boston Tea Party
What statement BEST explains the British government's reason for imposing taxes on American colonies?
England was in massive debt following the French and Indian War.
England was providing more rights and economic assistance to the colonies.
The colonies had not contributed to defeating the French during the war.
The British government was trying to raise money to expand colonies to the west.
Why was the phrase "no taxation without representation" so important to the revolutionary cause?
Colonists did not have representatives in Parliament and believed Parliament should not tax them.
Colonists believed that Parliament should only tax certain items.
Colonists believed that Parliament wanted to start a war.
Colonists believed taxation would end if protests ended.
How did the Sons of Liberty use propaganda to rally colonists after the Boston Massacre?
They blamed Native Americans for starting the violent confrontation.
They worked with the Daughters of Liberty to organize boycotts of British goods.
They posted signs that explained how a person could become a delegate to Congress.
They made the event look like a fight between innocent Americans and bloodthirsty redcoats in Paul Revere's famous engraving.
What was the Olive Branch Petition?
an agreement between Native Americans and colonists to maintain peace
a formal request from the colonists to King George asking for a peaceful resolution
an alliance between France and Great Britain to end the Seven Year's War
a document that granted freedom to enslaved Africans
How did King George react to the Olive Branch Petition?
He issued the Intolerable Acts and closed Boston Harbor.
He rejected the petition and ignored the colonists request for peaceful resolution.
He withdrew British troops from all of the American colonies.
He wrote the Declaration Against Independence.
Where were the first shots fired of the Revolutionary War?
Lexington & Concord
Bunker Hill
Yorktown
Duquesne
Why were the events of March 5th, 1770 considered a "massacre"?
The number of colonists killed
The act of soldiers loading their muskets
Calling it a massacre was propaganda against the British
No one died
Mrs. W
"Give me liberty or give me death!"
Samuel Adams
Crispus Attucks
Thomas Paine
Patrick Henry
Thomas Jefferson
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
What was stated in the Proclamation of 1763?
Colonists were ENCOURAGED to begin settling west of the Appalachian Mountains.
Colonists were BANNED from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains.
The Proclamation proclaimed independence for the American colonists.
What would the colonists do with cargo to avoid paying taxes?
protest
exports
smuggle
Hanging a tax man in effigy was a form of _____________ used by colonists
smuggle
protest
exports
Paul Revere’s engraving was a form of ____________ used to influence the colonists.
propaganda
tyrant
loyalist
Who did the Sons of Liberty dress like during the Boston Tea Party?
British Soldiers
Native Americans
Women
