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Events to American Revolution

Total questions: 65

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Why did the British Government start taxing the American Colonists?
a)
To raise money for the Royal Navy
b)
To pay off the war debt from the French and Indian War
c)
To create a new source of revenue for the King
d)
The British Government didn't start taxing the colonists.
2.
Who was responsible for the Boston Tea Party?
a)
Sons of Liberty
b)
Native Americans
c)
French Settlers
d)

Daughters of Liberty

3.
What was the French and Indian War fought over?
a)
Ohio River Valley
b)
PA
c)
NJ
d)
ME
4.
What is the name of the event when the colonists dumped tea into the Boston Harbor
a)
Boston Tea Party
b)
French and Indian War
c)
Proclamation of 1763
d)

Tea Act

5.
What is the name of the event where British troops fired on colonists?
a)
Boston Massacre
b)
Boston Tea Party
c)
Townshend Acts
d)
Sugar Act
6.
What was the city causing the most trouble for King George III?
a)
Atlanta
b)
Boston
c)
New York City
d)
Savannah
7.
How many people were killed during the Boston Massacre?
a)
25
b)

6

c)
5
d)

10

8.
The British government put a tax on something the colonists drank.  What was it?
a)
coffee
b)
milk
c)
tea
d)
water
9.
The main problem the colonists had with the taxes was __________.
a)

They didn't have a say in making laws

b)
they just didn't want to pay taxes
c)
they didn't have any money
d)
they didn't mind paying taxes
10.
The colonists called these acts the Intolerable Acts.  What does Intolerable mean?
a)
great
b)
wonderful
c)
unbearable
d)
fantastic
11.

Which countries fought in the French and Indian War? (Choose 2)

a)

Great Britain

b)

United States

c)

France

d)

Spain

12.
What was the goal of the Proclamation Line of 1763?
a)
To ease tension between the Natives and English
b)
To set a boundary between the French and English
c)
To create a border for the French colonies at the Appalachian Mountains
d)
To remove Natives from the east coast.
13.
The Tea Act of 1773 actually cut the price of tea in the colonies.
a)
True
b)
False
14.

What strategy did the colonies use that had the most impact?

a)
tar and feather
b)
boycott
c)

burning straw effigies

d)

demonstrations

15.
This is the reason that the 1st Continental Congress met?
a)
because of the Intolerable Acts
b)
because of the Boston Massacre
c)
because of Lexington/Concord
d)
to repeal the Stamp Act
16.
The Boston Tea Party was in response what Act passed by Parliament?
a)
Stamp Act
b)
Townsend Act
c)
Tea Act
d)
Intolerable Acts
17.
The stamp act taxed what type of goods?
a)
Tea
b)
Paper
c)
Imported
d)

Stamps

18.

The Intolerable Acts did all of the following EXCEPT

a)

Placed Boston government under the control of the British Army

b)
Shut Down the Boston Harbor
c)
Raised taxes on imported tea
d)
Forced the people of Boston to house and feed British troops
19.
What was the Tea Act?
a)
A higher tax on tea
b)
A way to increase money for the colonies
c)
A way to cut the colonies out of the tea trade
d)
a law to make it easier to get tea
20.
Why was the phrase “taxation without representation” so important to the revolutionary cause?
a)
Colonists did not wish to support a government in which they had no voice
b)
Great Britain would have ended taxation if colonists had kept the peace
c)
Colonists believed that Great Britain should only tax certain items
d)
Great Britain only taxed the colonists to force them to rebel
21.
Name one effect of the French and Indian War.
a)
France received tons of land.
b)
The Native Americans gave their land to the government.
c)
Great Britain had a lot of debt.
d)
The French beat the Indians.
22.
The Proclamation of 1763 made the colonists angry because
a)
The British taxed their tea.
b)
The Spanish started exploring the south.
c)
The British controlled the colonies and told the colonists what to do.
d)
They wanted more money from the British.
23.
Which act was passed as a result of the Boston Tea Party?
a)
Stamp Act
b)
Quartering Act
c)
Intolerable Acts
d)
Tonwnshend Acts
24.
The Townshend Acts
a)
banned town meetings.
b)
closed the Boston Harbor.
c)
placed a tax on tea, lead, glass, and paint.
d)
taxed sugar.
25.
The Boston Massacre took place in 1770 in the British colony of Massachusetts.  Which description of this event is written from the point of view of the Sons of Liberty?
a)
Conflict between British soldiers and Boston residents resulted in 5 deaths
b)
Unprovoked British soldiers fired into a defenseless crowd, taking 5 innocent lives
c)
British soldiers were surrounded by unruly colonists and fired their muskets in self defense
d)
A mob of angry Bostonians unlawfully confronted British soldiers, resulting in several deaths.
26.
Why was the First Continental Congress formed?
a)
To enforce the Coercive Acts
b)
To practice using muskets and cannons
c)
To set up a political body that would challenge British control
d)
To unite the colonists and the British.
27.
“If life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery?. . . I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death.”     -Patrick Henry 1775
Based on the excerpt above, a reader can conclude that Patrick Henry believed?
a)
The colonists would be labeled as traitors
b)
Negotiating with Great Britain was necessary
c)
Loyalists would join the patriot cause
d)
Freedom was worth dying for
28.
What was the writs of assistance?
a)
A new tax on tea
b)
A law that allowed British officials to search cargo without a warrant
c)
A law that prevents colonists from moving from one colony another.
d)
A law that required colonists to house British soldiers.
29.
The Quartering Act stated that…
a)
British soldiers could stay in private colonial homes
b)
Colonists could stay in British forts
c)
King George could stay in any colonial home
d)
Colonist had to pay a quarter tax for a pound of tea
30.
This revolutionary cartoon by Benjamin Franklin was meant to -
a)
persuade colonists to support the loyalists
b)
recruit colonists for the Royal Navy
c)
encourage colonists to unite together and overcome their differences
d)
convince colonists to maintains state sovereignty
31.
Due to the widespread anger against the Stamp Act and Townshend Acts, Parliament eventually ____________the laws.
a)
Returned
b)
Rewrote
c)
Repealed
d)
Returned
32.
Sons of Liberty were a group of American colonists who worked to repeal the Stamp Act by doing what?
a)
Taking military action against the British
b)
Forming alliances with the enemies of Britain
c)
Meeting with Parliament in England 
d)
Publicly protesting and organizing boycotts
33.
Which monarch ruled Great Britain during the 1770's?
a)
King James
b)
King Charles II
c)
Queen Elizabeth
d)
King George III
34.

What was the purpose of the First Continental?

a)
To dismiss the current British King.
b)
To discuss the problems with Great Britain and promote independence.
c)
create new taxes for the British.
d)
appoint new colonial governors to collect the taxes.
35.
Why did King George III begin taxing the colonists?
a)
He didn't like them
b)
He was selfish
c)
England needed money to pay debts from the French and Indian War
d)
The colonists had extra money
36.

An untrained army who fight in times of emergency.

a)

blockade

b)

boycott

c)

rivalry

d)

militia

37.
How did most colonist feel about the taxes they were being made to pay to England?
a)
They were proud to pay taxes to their mother country.
b)
They felt the taxes were fair and paid them willingly.
c)
They felt the taxes were unfair and began boycotting.
d)
They did not have any feelings one way or the other.
38.
What is a boycott?
a)
To decide not to buy from a  certain country  in protest
b)
To decide to buy only from a certain country in protest
c)
To decide not to buy from a certain country in support 
d)
To decide to buy only from certain country in support
39.

These below acts contributed to the start of the Revolutionary War by —

a)

restricting colonial trade with American Indians.

b)

imposing regulations on colonial agriculture.

c)

angering colonists who believed that their civil liberties had been violated.

d)

punishing colonists for resisting the authority of Parliament.

40.

The effect of the Stamp Act on the colonists was

a)

angering the colonists as they felt they were being tax without their input

b)

taxing only stamps.

c)

closing post offices.

d)

forcing colonists to pay higher stamp prices.

41.
What is the significance of the saying, "No Taxation without Representation?"
a)
A pamphlet written by Thomas Paine that criticized monarchies and convinced many American Colonists of the need to break away from Britain.
b)
This was a chant or protest called out by the colonists that were tired of being taxed on items without having a vote in the British Parliament
c)
(1774) laws passed by Parliament to punish the colonists for the Boston Tea
d)
This was the first  colonial legislature formed in Virginia in 1619.  This group made laws and its members were elected by the colonists
42.
When the Townshend acts were repealed what act remained in place?
a)
The tax on sugar
b)
The tax on glass
c)
The tax on paper
d)
The Tax on Tea
43.

Which vocabulary term refers to the fact that the British king and Parliament had allowed the colonists to govern and manage their colonies until the end of the French and Indian War?

a)

Repeal

b)

Salutary Neglect

c)

Taxation with Representation

d)

Writs of Assistance

44.

Who is the man being tarred and feathered in the political cartoon shown?

a)

A tax protestor

b)

A British soldier

c)

King George III

d)

A tax collector

45.

Which vocabulary term means to import or export goods secretly in and out of colonial seaports in violation of the tax laws?

a)

Repeal

b)

Smuggle

c)

Duties

d)

Boycott

46.

life-sized dummies resembling royal officials

a)

imports

b)

boycott

c)

protest

d)

effigies

47.

During the early to mid-1700s, the British policy of salutary neglect toward the American colonies contributed to

a)

a decline in colonial maufacturing

b)

the decline of slavery in the northern colonies

c)

a decrease in French and Spanish influence in North America

d)

the development of independent colonial trade practices

48.
How did colonists making their own goods threaten the English?
a)
England would have to drop their prices to compete with American goods.
b)
The colonists would not need to buy things from England
c)
Other European countries would buy from the colonies rather than England.
49.
England passed the Proclamation of 1763 to keep the colonists from fighting with the Natives when the colonists would move west.
a)
True
b)
False
50.
What idea made England want to create colonies to gain wealth?
a)
Salutory Neglect
b)
Navigation Acts
c)
Mercantilism
d)
Proclamation of 1763
51.
Figures made to look like tax collectors and then burned in the streets were?
a)
voodoo dolls
b)
effigies
c)
Cabbage Patch Kids
d)
Barbies
52.
The man that started the Sons of Liberty was?
a)
Patrick Henry
b)
John Adams
c)
Sam Adams
d)
Benjamin Franklin
53.

The person who defended the British soldiers because he believed in a fair trial no matter who he was defending was?

a)
Sam Adams
b)

John Adams

c)
Patrick Henry
d)
Thomas Jefferson
54.

This act allowed England to make all decisions for the colonists and tax anything they wanted.

a)

The Declaratory Act

b)

The Townshend Acts

c)

The Sugar Act

d)

The Stamp Act

55.

This act gave an unfair advantage to a the British East India Company by allowing the British company to not pay tax on tea.

a)

The Tea Act

b)

The Townshend Act

c)

The Coercive Act

d)

The Declaratory Act

56.

What was the purpose for establishing the Committees of Correspondence?

a)

To communicate the happenings in Boston with other colonies

b)

To start a war

c)

To communicate with King George III

d)

To invent the telephone

57.

What types of news did the Committees of Correspondence share?

a)

how King George III was a great ruler

b)

info and news about what their colonies were doing to resist the British and their unfair policies

c)

directions on how to create a printing press

d)

laws and documents of how the colonies became the United States

58.

Loyalists supported:

a)

USA

b)

Germany

c)

Russia

d)

England

59.

To recall or do away with a law or an act

a)

Appeal

b)

Sappeal

c)

Repeal

d)

Deal

60.

Civilians trained as soldiers but not members of the army.

a)

Militia

b)

Mercenary

c)

Police

d)

Cede

61.

Court order allowing officials to search anything without having to say why.

a)

Minutemen

b)

Committee or Correspondance

c)

Warrant

d)

Writ of Assistance

62.

Which colony did not send a representative to the First Continental Congress?

a)

New York

b)

Delaware

c)

Georgia

d)

Pennsylvania

63.

What was the purpose of the First Continental Congress?

a)

To remove the King from power

b)

Figure out what to do about the British

c)

Provide more funding for the schools

d)

To start war

64.

What was Britain's reaction to the First Continental Congress?

a)

They said they would crush the colonists into submission

b)

They agreed to the colonists requests

c)

They sent the King to help the colonists

65.
Import means
a)
buying goods from another country
b)
selling goods to another country
c)
only making one kind of product

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