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Chapter 5: Events leading to the Revolution

Total questions: 31

Worksheet time: 19mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who became the commander in chief of the colonist army?

a)

George Washington

b)

Samuel Adams

c)

Benjamin Franklin

d)

Crispus Attucks

2.

a formal agreement among groups or individuals

a)

alliance

b)

delegates

c)

Parliament

d)

Representation

3.

representatives

a)

minutemen

b)

preamble

c)

delegates

d)

resolution

4.

lawmaking branch of the British government

a)

Representation

b)

Boycott

c)

Repeal

d)

Parliament

5.

speaking or acting for a group

a)

blockade

b)

monopoly

c)

representation

d)

treason

6.

guilty of working against your government

a)

revolution

b)

quarter

c)

commander in chief

d)

treason

7.

refuse to buy

a)

boycott

b)

repeal

c)

monopoly

d)

grievance

8.

complete control of a good or service in and area to one person or group

a)

quarter

b)

revolution

c)

monopoly

d)

preamble

9.

sudden, complete change of government

a)

quarter

b)

alliance

c)

revolution

d)

commander in chief

10.

giving food and housing to the soldiers

a)

commander in chief

b)

grievance

c)

quarter

d)

independence

11.

leader of all military forces

a)

General Custer

b)

Commander in Chief

c)

master and commander

d)

admiral

12.

ancient symbol of peace

a)

peace sign

b)

olive branch

c)

yin and yang

d)

broken sword

13.

the freedom to govern themselves

a)

resolution

b)

declaration

c)

independence

d)

first amendment

14.

Created the Albany Plan of Union

a)

Phillis Wheatley

b)

Patrick Henry

c)

Abraham Lincoln

d)

Benjamin Franklin

15.

Chased out tax collectors from the colonies and sometimes put tar and feathers on them.

a)

Daughters of Liberty

b)

Sons of Liberty

c)

minutemen

d)

tea partiers

16.

Helped the boycott by making their own thread and cloth.

a)

sons of liberty

b)

seamstress

c)

daughters of liberty

d)

Mary Poppins

17.

Set up a Committee of Correspondence in Boston and possibly planned the Boston Tea Party.

a)

Adams family

b)

Samuel Adams

c)

John Adams

d)

Samuel L Jackson

18.

A delegate from Massachusetts that suggested George Washington as Commander in Chief.

a)

John Hancock

b)

John Adams

c)

Samuel Adams

d)

John Dickinson

19.
A former slave, he was the first of 5 people to die in the Boston Massacre
a)
Crispus Attucks
b)
John Adams
c)
Sam Adams
d)
Abigail Adams
20.
The leader of England during the French and Indian War and during the Revolutionary War.  The colonists listed their grievances against him when they declared their independence.
a)
Ben Fraknlin
b)
George Washington
c)
King George III
d)
Mercy Otis Warren
21.
Author of the Declaration of Independence and 3rd President of the United States.
a)
Mercy Otis Warren
b)
Thomas Jefferson
c)
John Adams
d)
Ian McPhail
22.
First signer of the Declaration of Independence 
a)
John Hancock
b)
Benjamin Franklin
c)
Paul Revere
d)
Thomas Paine
23.

April 19, 1775 is day that will be remembered for the event that signaled the beginning of the Revolutionary War it also had the "shot heard around the world". What event was it? 

a)
THe Boston Massacre
b)
The Battles at Lexington and Concord
c)
The election of George Washington as president
d)
The Boston Tea Party
24.
Samuel Adams and Paul Revere led members of the Sons of Liberty in this protest against taxes.
a)
First Continental Congress
b)
Boston Massacre
c)
Boston Tea Party
d)
Stamp Act Congress
25.
Which battle was fought on a hill so that the Patriots could be in cannon distance to their enemy?
a)
Yorktown
b)
Saratoga
c)
Lexington and Concord
d)
Bunker Hill
26.

This act required colonists to pay for an official seal whenever they bought paper products.

a)

Townshend Acts

b)

Intolerable Acts

c)

Stamp Act

d)

Quartering Act

27.

This act lowered the tax on molasses in order to stop colonial smuggling.

a)

The Townshend Acts

b)

The Sugar Act

c)

The Coercive Acts

d)

The Proclamation of 1763

28.

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

29.

These acts placed a tax only on imported goods like paper, glass, tea, and lead.

a)

The Intolerable Acts

b)

The Coercive Acts

c)

The Townshend Acts

d)

Writs of Assistance

30.

These very harsh acts were designed after the Boston Tea Party and included closing Boston Harbor until the colonists paid for the ruined tea.

a)

The Townshend Acts

b)

The Stamp Act

c)

The Sugar Act

d)

The Coercive Acts

31.
When and where did the French and Indian War begin?
a)
The war started in 1776 in New England.
b)
The war started in 1754 in New England.
c)
The war started in 1754 in the Ohio River Valley.
d)
The war started in 1776 in the Ohio River Valley.