WorksheetsInstigating a Revolution
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
The main purpose of the Navigation Acts passed by England was to
Limit the size of ships in English waters
Ensure that England benefited from Colonial trade
Train sailors for the British navy
Limit manufacturing in Colonial America
The period of beneficial neglect that allowed the colonies to create their own society is called which of the following?
Good neglect
Helpful neglect
Planned ignoring
Salutary Neglect
The belief that colonies existed to benefit the mother country is known as which of the following?
Profit
Making the Queen/King happy
Winning!!!!
Mercantilism
Before the French and Indian War, both the British and the French wanted to build a fort near which geographic feature?
Forks of Ohio
Forks of Mississippi
Quebec of St. Lawrence
Forks of Missouri
Which of the following WAS NOT part of the Navigation Acts?
Trade has to happen with colonial or English built ships
Slaves can only come from West Africa
Fur, rice, indigo, cotton and tobacco can only be shipped to England
Colonies can only trade with approved countries or they are taxed on the products
Which of the following caused the British to lose multiple battles during the French and Indian war?
Iroquois allies
Strong navy
More people
Fighting style
What did England get from the French and Indian War?
Land
Debt
Land and Debt
None of the above
The Albany Plan of Union called for
One general government among the colonies
Additional soldiers
One general defense
Representation for all citizens of America
The French and Indian War is the "war with two names" What is the war called in Europe?
The Native War
The 10 Year War
The 7 Year War
The French and Indian War
In order to make a profit, colonists frequently did which of the following in regards to the Navigation Acts?
Followed the laws completely - they benefited the colonies
Smuggled products and bribed British officials
Made their own laws
None of the above
Under the Quartering Act, what could military commanders do?
House soldiers in colonists homes
Tax residents for the support of the soldiers
Take over hotels
Build new homes to shelter soldiers
This act was passed to avoid war with the Native Americans.
Sugar Act
Quartering Act
Proclamation of 1763
Writs of Assistance
This act taxed legal documents, newspapers, almanacs & pamphlets in the colonies to raise revenue.
Townshend Acts
Sugar Act
Tea Act
Stamp Act
The Boston Tea Party took place to protest
Quartering British soldiers in private homes
Boston Massacre
The high price of tea
The tax on tea that lowered the price of tea
Actions taken by the British because of the Boston Tea Party.
Writs of Assistance
Townshend Acts
Intolerable Acts
Declaratory Act
One of the best forms of propaganda the colonists had to sway people to the patriot side was which event?
Boston Massacre
Stamp Act
First Continental Congress
Boston Tea Party
The Proclamation of 1763, the Sugar Act & the Quartering Act were all easily ignored because of which of the following?
They didn't care what Britain thought
The laws were complicated
The colonists didn't understand the laws
They didn't affect all colonists
Which of the following battles was known as "The Shot Heard 'Round the World?"
Lexington and Concord
Boston Massacre
Battle of Bunker Hill
The Stamp Act, the Townshend Act and the Boston Massacre all had the effect of doing what for the colonies?
They were all easy to ignore
They divided the colonies
They united the colonies
None of the above
This law taxed paint, glass paper, lead and tea.
Stamp Act
Sugar Act
Townshend Acts
There was no law to tax these items
How many people died as a result of the Boston Massacre?
3
5
8
11
"Many of the colonial storekeepers couldn't give away any of the British goods on the stores' shelves. It was as if the colonists had agreed not to buy any English products."
What idea is being described?
Boycott
Tariff
Tax
Strike
The Sugar Act and the Townshend had what in common?
They both lowered taxes on the items
They both raised taxes on the items
They were both a direct tax
They were both an indirect tax
The British were attempting to capture rebel leaders and colonial ammunition.
Boston Massacre
Lexington and Concord
Quartering Act
The British never did this
Which of the following was NOT part of the Intolerable Acts?
Ships searched upon entry to Boston Harbor
British officials tried of crimes in England
Reinstate the Quartering Act
Stopped Massachusetts assemblies from meeting
