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Reasons for the Revolution

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 53mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What was the tax on most printed materials?
 
Colonists protested through boycotts, burning effigies, burning down homes.
a)
Paper Act
b)
Stamp Act
c)
Sons of Liberty
d)
Navigation Acts
2.
Why did the Boston Tea Party occur?
a)
To protest the monopoly of East Indian Tea Company
b)
They wanted peace with tax collectors
c)
smugglers wanted to protest the writs of assistance
d)
To get revenge against the Proclamation of 1763
3.
A series of acts passed by Britain as punishment in response to the Boston tea party rebellion.
a)
Stamp Act
b)
Coercive/Intolerable Acts
c)
Townshend Act
d)
Sugar Act
4.
Did not see unfair taxes as good reason to rebel
a)
Loyalists
b)
Patriots
5.
Why did the people of Boston rename the Coercive Acts the Intolerable Acts? 
a)
It closed Boston Harbor
b)
It banned town hall meetings
c)
Forced Bostonian's to give soldiers shelter
d)
All of the above
6.

The French and Indian was was fought between the

a)

French against the Indians

b)

Indians against the Spanish

c)

French and British against the Indians

d)

The French and Indians against the British and the colonists.

7.
The economic cost of the war led to which two events that created tension between the British and the colonists?
a)
The Quartering Act and the second was the  Letter Tax.
b)
 The Proclamation of 1763, and the second was a series of taxes, including the Stamp Act (1765).
c)
Declaration of Independence and the second was the  blocking of the Boston Harbor
d)
The French and Indian War and the Battle of the Bloody Marsh.
8.
 Georgia’s loyalty was divided amongst its colonists. Some were loyal to the King and others were outraged over the Intolerable Acts. These two different groups were called
a)
British and Americans 
b)
Colonists and Tories
c)
Effigies and Patriots
d)
 Loyalists and Patriots
9.

This act was passed in 1765...it required colonist to allow any British soldier to stay in their house and supply them with food

a)

Housing Act

b)

Townshend Act

c)

Quatering Act

d)

Coercive Act

10.
This act was passed in 1765....it was a tax on all paper documents in the colonies such as newspapers, documents, and ship papers
a)
Stamp Act
b)
King's Seal Act
c)
Paper Act
d)
Currency Act
11.
What is the name of colonists who favor the king?
a)
Unionist
b)
Redcoat
c)
Loyalist
d)
Patriot
12.
When colonies were taxed without their input, it was also known as...
a)
Intolerable Acts
b)
Mayflower Compact
c)
Taxation w/out Representation
d)
English Proclamation
13.
What event is being shown in this image?
a)
Tea Act
b)
Stamp Act
c)
Boston Tea Party
d)
Intolerable Acts
14.

Who is the leader of the Sons of Liberty?

a)

Samuel Adams

b)

John Adams

c)

Paul Revere

d)

Thomas Hutchinson

15.

In the Boston Massacre, who defended the British soldiers in the trial, as their lawyer?

a)

George Washington

b)

John Adams

c)

Paul Revere

d)

Samuel Adams

16.

Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

a)

Thomas Jefferson

b)

George Washington

c)

John Adams

d)

Benjamin Franklin

17.

Colonists were angry about being taxed without...

a)

representation

b)

money

c)

love

18.
What was stated in the Proclamation of 1763?
a)
Colonists were banned from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains.
b)
Colonists were encouraged to begin settling west of the Appalachian Mountains.
c)
The Proclamation ended the French and Indian War. 
d)
The Proclamation proclaimed independence for the American colonists. 
19.
Someone who was against all taxes that King George has imposed on the colonists.
a)
Loyalist
b)
Patriot
c)
Neutral
d)
tyrant
20.
What was the name of the governing body in Great Britain during the Revolutionary War?
a)
Congress
b)
Parliament
c)
Governor
d)
House of Burgesses
21.
To refuse to do business, refusal to buy or purchase goods or refusal to have contact with a person, group, or company.
a)
Loyalist
b)
boycott
c)
militia
d)
rivalry
22.
A group of volunteers who fight in times of trouble/emergency.
a)
blockade
b)
boycott
c)
rivalry
d)
militia
23.
Repeal
a)
Take away
b)
Add to
c)
refuse to buy goods
d)
force someone to do something
24.
Formed to protest British taxes
a)
Sons of Liberty
b)
Free Masons
c)
Parliament
d)
Liberators
25.
When you disobey or resist
a)
rebel
b)
ignorance
c)
dismal
d)
summons
26.
Americans that feared revolution and supported the British, remained loyal to Britain
a)
Ally
b)
Patriots
c)
Loyalists
d)
Siege
27.
The Stamp Act taxed _____________.
a)
tea
b)
newspapers
c)
sugar
d)
coffee
28.

The Townshend Acts put taxes on _________.

a)

cloth

b)

salt and sugar

c)

glass, tea, paint, paper

d)

Paper, both legal and commercial

29.
Who is known as the first person killed in the fight for freedom?
a)
Phyllis Wheatley
b)
Crispus Attucks
c)
Ben Franklin
d)
Paul Revere
30.
What did the Stamp Act tax?
a)
paper and documents
b)
houses
c)
farm animals
d)
imports
31.

Who was the first great African American Poet?

a)

Crispus Attucks

b)

Paul Revere

c)

Phyllis Wheatley

d)

Frederick Douglas

32.
This was a tax on molasses and sugar to reduce smuggling.
a)
Stamp Act
b)
Sugar Act
c)
Townshend Act
d)
Tea Act
33.
Finish this American Colonist Motto, "No Taxation without..."
a)
Transportation
b)
Relaxation
c)
Representation
d)
Sensation
34.
Why were the American Colonist taxed after the French and Indian War?
a)
Britain was in debt and needed money
b)
That was the agreement with the Native Americans
c)
They made too much money
d)
Townshend Acts
35.

Who was chosen by Congress to lead the First Continental Army?

a)

Samuel Adams

b)

Paul Revere

c)

George Washington

d)

Thomas Howe

36.
Which was the punishment for the Boston Tea Party?
a)
Intolerable Acts
b)
Sugar Acts
c)
Quartering Acts
d)
Stamp Acts
37.

Who was the Governor of Massachusetts, whom did not help the British Tea Agents, until legally able?

a)

Benjamin Eades

b)

Thomas Hutchinson

c)

Samuel Adams

d)

John Adams

38.

Who was Paul Revere?

a)

Rode to warn the Massachusetts countryside that the British were coming.

b)

He is a Patriot and a member of the Sons of Liberty.

c)

He engraved the Boston Massacre for the newspapers.

d)

All of the above

39.
Colonists were forbidden to settle west of the Appalachian Mountains.
a)
Proclamation line of 1763
b)
Proclamation boundary
c)
Manifest Destiny
d)
Borderlands
40.
What does Quartering mean?
a)
To allow troops to stay in your home
b)
Hitting someone with a quarter
c)
To give someone a quarter
d)
Giving a quarter of your earnings to Britain
41.

Where was the first shot fired to start the American Revolution?

a)

Yorktown

b)

New York

c)

Lexington

d)

Boston

42.
 Which of the following best completes the diagram?
a)
 Declaratory Act
b)
 Townshend Act
c)
 Intolerable Acts
d)
Stamp Act 
43.
1.  These acts contributed to the state of the Revolutionary War by----
a)
 Restricting colonial trade with American Indians
b)
Imposing regulations on colonial agriculture 
c)
 Punish colonists for resisting Parliament’s authority 
d)
 Angering colonists who believed their civil liberties had been violated 
44.

Why were the British soldiers marching to Concord?

a)

To collect taxes

b)

To seize weapons from the colonists' armory

c)

To setup a new quarters

d)

To punish colonists by tar and feathering them

45.

What was the significance of the First Continental Congress?

a)

It wrote an apology letter to the king

b)

It declared independence

c)

It united the colonies

d)

It showed who the best men were from each colony

46.

Who met the British at Lexington?

a)

Minute Men

b)

Sons of Liberty

c)

Continental army

d)

French Army

47.

Liberty means

a)

To fight

b)

Freedom

c)

Rights

d)

Fun

48.
The Sons of Liberty formed to 
a)
quarter the soldiers from Britain
b)
to spy on the colonist
c)
protect the rights of the colonists
d)
to work for the king of England
49.
The French and Indian War cost King George and Great Britain a lot of money. To help pay for the war, the British colonies were ordered to 
a)
give up their food
b)
work for free
c)
become a part of the Army
d)
pay taxes without representation
50.
What was a results of British parliament passing the Stamp Act of 1765 and the Sugar Act of 1764?
a)
colonists sought military support from France
b)
Colonists signed the declaration of Independence
c)
colonists organized boycotts of British goods
d)
colonists dumped tea into the Boston Harbor

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