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PRE Revolutionary War - No Taxation without Representation

Total questions: 68

Worksheet time: 43mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What event does this drawing show?
a)
Tarring and feathering
b)
Boston Tea Party
c)
Boston Massacre
d)
American Revolution
2.
Hundreds of people died during the Boston Massacre.
a)

True

b)

False

3.
How many colonists died in the Boston Massacre?
a)

1

b)

2

c)

5

d)

10

4.
Where did the Boston Massacre occur? 
a)

Philadelphia

b)

New York City 

c)

Washington D.C.

d)

Boston

5.
What was thrown at soldiers to start the Boston Massacre?
a)

Manure

b)

Snowballs

c)

Paper

d)

Hay

6.

Why did Britain want to tax the colonists in the 1760s?

a)

The colonists were wealthier than most British citizens.

b)

Britain needed money to pay for the French and Indian War.

c)

The British wanted to punish the colonists for rebelling against the Proclamation.

d)

Britain needed money to protect the colonists from the French.

7.

Which phrase became popular after passage of the Stamp Act?

a)

“The rights of Englishmen”

b)

"I high-key hate taxes"

c)

“Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness”

d)

“No taxation without representation“

8.
Who was the King during the American Revolution?
a)

King Arthur

b)

Martin Luther King Jr.

c)

King George III

9.
Why did Parliament eventually repeal the Stamp Act?
a)

the colonists established a blockade 

b)

The colonists started buying British goods.

c)

The colonists were able to produce their own goods

d)

The colonists began boycotting (refusing to buy) British goods

10.

What does “no taxation without representation” mean?

a)

taxing someone without giving them a voice in government

b)

not taxing a certain group of people

c)

taxing someone who does not live in the country

d)

taxing everyone the same amount

11.
What action did King George take after the French and Indian War that colonists felt unfairly restricted their ability to move west?
a)

Dumped the colonists' tea into the harbor

b)

Declared the Proclamation of 1763

c)

Passed the Stamp Act

d)

Gave the colonies back to the French

12.
What was the Quartering Act?
a)

Colonists were forced to house British soldiers in their homes

b)

Colonists were forced to pay for the tea they destroyed

c)

Colonists were forced to have meetings with the British

d)

Colonists were forced to pay taxes on legal documents. 

13.

What was the other name for the Intolerable Act?

a)

Stamp act

b)

Coercive Act

c)

Sugar Act

d)

Military Act

14.
Who organized the Boston Tea Party?
a)
Daughters of Liberty
b)
Sons of Liberty
c)
The British
d)
The Illuminati
15.

This taxed molasses

a)

Stamp Act

b)

Sugar Act

c)

Intolerable Acts

d)

Quartering Act

16.

First tax given to the colonists given to pay for the French and Indian War

a)

Stamp Act

b)

Sugar Act

c)

Intolerable Acts

d)

Quartering Act

17.

What did the colonists resent the most about the Stamp Act?

a)

They had no representatives to vote on the tax.

b)

They did not believe in any form of taxation.

c)

People in Great Britain did not have to pay taxes.

d)

People in Great Britain were taxed only on property.

18.

What did the Stamp Act tax?

a)

official papers and documents

b)

houses

c)

farm animals

d)

imports

19.
What did the Committees of Correspondence do?
a)

held protests

b)

wrote letters

c)

made cloth

d)

made tea

20.
The Townshend Acts put taxes on  _________.
a)
cloth
b)
 salt and sugar 
c)
glass, tea, paint, paper
21.

What was one of the intolerable acts?

a)

closed Boston Harbor

b)

closed New York Harbor

c)

closed Norfolk Harbor

d)

closed Massachusetts Port

22.

The Daughters of Liberty protested the Townshend Acts by...

a)

boycotting British products.

b)

rioting.

c)

destroying British goods.

d)

tar and feathering.

23.

An effigy is...

a)

a model of a person destroyed as an act of protest.

b)

a group that helped protest the Townshend Acts by creating homemade goods.

c)

an act of mild torture done to someone mainly to humiliate them.

d)

the act of refusing to do something until demands are met.

24.
The group in charge of creating all the tax acts was known as...
a)
England
b)
Parliament
c)
Congress
d)
Government
25.

What was the Boston Tea Party?

a)
(1770) An incident in which British soldiers fired into a crowd of colonists, killing 5 people.
b)
(1773) A protest against the Tea Act in which a group of colonists boarded British ships and dumped more than 340 chests of tea into Boston Harbor
c)
1754-1763-This war took place between the British and the French (who had made treaties with the Indians.)The British won all land east of the Mississippi, Florida and Canada leaving New Orleans and Louisiana to the French and Spain.
d)
(1774) laws passed by Parliament to punish the colonists for the Boston Tea
26.

Which British Act governed trade between the colonies and Britain?

a)

Bribe Act

b)

Smuggling Acts

c)

Triangular Trade

d)

Navigation Acts

27.

Which law taxed goods like legal documents, wills, newspapers, playing cards, etc.?

a)

Navigation Acts

b)

Pamphlet Act

c)

Stamp Act

d)

War Debt Act

28.

Which act made colonists give food & drinks to British soldiers and allowed them to live in their homes?

a)

Penny Act

b)

Quartering Act

c)

Food Act

d)

Tea Act

29.

Which act was the considered the WORST EVER, closed the port of Boston, and limited town meetings?

a)

Intolerable Acts

b)

Perfectly Tolerable Acts

c)

Stamp Act

d)

Proclamation of 1763

30.

What does smuggle mean?

a)

To refuse to buy something

b)

To send a document making a demand

c)

To make a top secret group

d)

To sneak goods in or out illegally

31.

What does boycott mean?

a)

To send a letter demanding change

b)

To refuse to buy goods

c)

To sneak goods in or out

d)

To spread news

32.

What does petition mean?

a)

To write a slogan

b)

To cover someone with tar

c)

To refuse to buy a good

d)

To send a document demanding change

33.

How did the colonists react to the Tea Act?

a)

They held a political party

b)

Dumping coffee into Boston Harbor

c)

Kicking British soldiers out of their homes

d)

Boston Tea Party

34.

What statement BEST explains the British government's reason for imposing taxes on American colonies?

a)

England was in massive debt following the French and Indian War.

b)

England was providing more rights and economic assistance to the colonies.

c)

The colonies had not contributed to defeating the French during the war.

d)

The British government was trying to raise money to expand colonies to the west.

35.

Why was the phrase "no taxation without representation" so important to the revolutionary cause?

a)

Colonists did not have representatives in Parliament and believed Parliament should not tax them.

b)

Colonists believed that Parliament should only tax certain items.

c)

Colonists believed that Parliament wanted to start a war.

d)

Colonists believed taxation would end if protests ended.

36.

How did the Sons of Liberty use propaganda to rally colonists after the Boston Massacre?

a)

They blamed Native Americans for starting the violent confrontation.

b)

They worked with the Daughters of Liberty to organize boycotts of British goods.

c)

They posted signs that explained how a person could become a delegate to Congress.

d)

They made the event look like a fight between innocent Americans and bloodthirsty redcoats in Paul Revere's famous engraving.

37.

What was the Olive Branch Petition?

a)

an agreement between Native Americans and colonists to maintain peace

b)

a formal request from the colonists to King George asking for a peaceful resolution

c)

an alliance between France and Great Britain to end the Seven Year's War

d)

a document that granted freedom to enslaved Africans

38.

How did King George react to the Olive Branch Petition?

a)

He issued the Intolerable Acts and closed Boston Harbor.

b)

He rejected the petition and ignored the colonists request for peaceful resolution.

c)

He withdrew British troops from all of the American colonies.

d)

He wrote the Declaration Against Independence.

39.
In chronological order, which event comes first?
a)
Closing of Boston Harbor
b)
French & Indian War
c)
Quartering Act
d)
Stamp Act
40.
What is a synonym for the word "repeal"?
a)
Tax
b)
Follow
c)
Enforce
d)
Cancel
41.

Where were the first shots fired of the Revolutionary War?

a)

Lexington & Concord

b)

Bunker Hill

c)

Yorktown

d)

Duquesne

42.

Why were the events of March 5th, 1770 considered a "massacre"?

a)

The number of colonists killed

b)

The act of soldiers loading their muskets

c)

Calling it a massacre was propaganda against the British

d)

No one died

43.
Who jumped on the horse to warn the colonist that the British were coming?
a)
Paul Revere
b)
King George III
c)
John Adams
d)

Mrs. W

44.
The "shot heard 'round the world" was which battle?
a)
Battle of Bunker Hill
b)
Battle of Lexington and Concord
c)
Battle of Trenton
45.

"Give me liberty or give me death!"

a)

Samuel Adams

b)

Crispus Attucks

c)

Thomas Paine

d)

Patrick Henry

e)

Thomas Jefferson

46.

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.

a)

repeal

b)

boycott

c)

tyranny

d)

effigy

e)

petition

47.

What was stated in the Proclamation of 1763?

a)

Colonists were ENCOURAGED to begin settling west of the Appalachian Mountains.

b)

Colonists were BANNED from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains.

c)

The Proclamation proclaimed independence for the American colonists.

48.
What law that forced colonists to provide places to live for all the Redcoats in America?
a)
Townshend Acts
b)
Quartering Act
c)
Sugar Act
d)
Navigation Act
49.
After the Boston Tea Party...
a)
England did not tax the colonists
b)
King George surrendered
c)
King George closed Boston Harbor and created the Intolerable Acts
50.
A protest in which people refuse to buy sell or use certain items is called a:
a)
strike
b)
boycott
c)
riot
d)
tar and feathering
51.
A letter written to someone in authority asking for change is called a:
a)
boycott
b)
petition
c)
declaration
d)
proclamation
52.
The Townshend Acts taxed:
a)
Glass
b)
Paper
c)
Tea
d)
All of these
53.
The colonists protested taxes because:
a)
the taxes were too high
b)
they never liked being part of Britain
c)
they had no representation in Parliament
d)
they didn't know what taxes were
54.
Britain's legislature is known as:
a)
Congress
b)
Parliament
c)
House of Burgesses
d)
House of Pancakes
55.
Five colonists were shot and killed during the:
a)
Boston Massacre
b)
Boston Tea Party
c)
Bloody Sunday
d)
The Great Fire of Boston
56.
The Boston Tea Party:
a)
was a boycott of tea
b)
a protest in which 5 people were killed
c)
a protest in which colonists dumped tea into Boston Harbor
d)
the first battle of the Revolutionary War
57.
A small army of citizens is known as a:
a)
militia
b)
corporation
c)
tariff
d)
citizens council
58.
The American Revolution began with the battle of:
a)
Boston
b)
Bunker Hill
c)
Serenity Valley
d)
Lexington and Concord
59.
Which law made it illegal for colonists to move west of the Appalachians?
a)
The Stamp Act
b)
The Townshend Acts
c)
The Tea Act
d)
The Proclamation of 1763
60.
The Townshend Acts taxed:
a)
Glass
b)
Paper
c)
Tea
d)
All of these
61.
Britain's legislature is known as:
a)
Congress
b)
Parliament
c)
House of Burgesses
d)
House of Pancakes
62.
Five colonists were shot and killed during the:
a)
Boston Massacre
b)
Boston Tea Party
c)
Bloody Sunday
d)
The Great Fire of Boston
63.
A small army of citizens is known as a:
a)
militia
b)
corporation
c)
tariff
d)
citizens council
64.
The American Revolution began with the battle of:
a)
Boston
b)
Bunker Hill
c)
Serenity Valley
d)
Lexington and Concord
65.

What would the colonists do with cargo to avoid paying taxes?

a)

protest

b)

exports

c)

smuggle

66.

Hanging a tax man in effigy was a form of _____________ used by colonists

a)

smuggle

b)

protest

c)

exports

67.

Paul Revere’s engraving was a form of ____________ used to influence the colonists.

a)

propaganda

b)

tyrant

c)

loyalist

68.

Who did the Sons of Liberty dress like during the Boston Tea Party?

a)

British Soldiers

b)

Native Americans

c)

Women