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The Road to the Revolution Test

Total questions: 48

Worksheet time: 47mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
The French and Indian War was was fought between the
a)
French and the Indians
b)
Indians and the Spanish
c)
French and British against the Indians
d)
The French and Indians against the British and the colonists.
2.
The Treaty of Paris 1763 marked the end of the French and Indian War.
a)
True
b)
False
3.
What did the Proclamation of 1763 say?
a)
France owned the land west of the Appalachian Mountains
b)
Natives owned the land west of the Appalachian Mountains
c)
Colonists could move west of the Appalachian Mountains
d)
Colonists could not move west of the Appalachian Mountains
4.
Who was Britain's King who issued the Proclamation of 1763?
a)
George III
b)
George Washington 
c)
Edward Braddock
d)
Hendrick
5.
What was a cause of the Proclamation of 1763?
a)
The Native Americans were asking for more money.
b)
The British did not want to keep on fighting with the Native Americans.
c)
The King was bored and wanted to make a new law.
d)
The King wanted to control his settlers so he made this Proclamation.
6.
Why were many colonists angry about the Proclamation of 1763?
a)
They were unhappy because they could not settle on new lands.
b)
They wanted to travel all the way west to California.
c)
They wanted to share the land with the Native Americans.
d)
They wanted their money back for the land.
7.
During the French and Indian War, the British and French were fighting over control of which area?
a)
Mississippi River Valley
b)
Ohio River Valley
c)
Connecticut River Valley
d)
Pennsylvania River Valley
8.

Who did the King feel should pay for the war?

a)

British

b)

colonists

c)

Spain

9.

What famous phrase did the colonists come up with?

a)

Ain't nobody got time for that

b)

No Taxation without Representation

c)

Free the people

d)

British people SMELL

10.

The colonists hope that the tax would be taken away, or ____________

a)

repealed

b)

lost

c)

given

d)

refocused

11.

Why did the british government decide to tax colonies?

a)

to pay for the French and Indian War

b)

To pay for a new palace for king George

c)

To pay for a war against Spain

d)

to pay for improvements in the city of london

e)

to pay for new ships being built for the Royal Navy

12.

What did the merchants do in response to the taxes?

a)

held a boycott of british goods

b)

protested in the streets

c)

Wrote the king a letter

d)

had colonist sign a petition

13.

Who Started the Sons of liberty?

a)

Sam Adams

b)

John White

c)

George Washington

d)

the colonist

14.

Which of the following would NOT be taxed under the Stamp Act?

a)

paper

b)

magazines

c)

pens

d)

birth certificate

15.

Why were the colonists so angry about taxes?

a)

they could not afford to pay the taxes

b)

they gave enough money to the King already

c)

they thought England should be responsible for their debt

d)

they had no representation in parliament

16.

What did the Stamp Act Tax?

a)

stamps

b)

mail

c)

paper goods like newspapers, legal documents, and playing cards

17.

Who WON the French & Indian War

a)

Britain

b)

Germany

c)

France

d)

Spain

18.

Why was it so important that the colonies establish lines of communication with one another?

a)

to hide from British troops

b)

travel

c)

to share information and news

d)

to start a war

19.

What was the purpose for establishing the Committees of Correspondence?

a)

To maintain communication with one another

b)

To start a war

c)

To communicate with King George III

d)

To invent the telephone

20.

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

21.

What did the Boston Committee of Correspondence suggest withholding from the British troops?

a)

tea, paper, glass

b)

money, paper, stamps

c)

sugar, stamps, clothes

d)

labour, straw, timber

22.

What did the Townshend Acts do?

a)

put a restriction on storage

b)

give everyone a curfew

c)

tax all imports

d)

color the town

23.

(2) Trade slowed down because colonists _________________ British goods.

a)

boycotted

b)

repealed

c)

responsible

d)

taxation

24.
What event does this drawing show?
a)
Tarring and feathering
b)
Boston Tea Party
c)
Boston Massacre
d)
American Revolution
25.
Hundreds of people died during the Boston Massacre.
a)
True
b)
False
26.
What was thrown at soldiers to start the Boston Massacre?
a)
Manure
b)
Snowballs
c)
Paper
d)
Hay
27.
The crowd of colonists was peaceful.
a)
True
b)
False
28.
When people refused to buy certain goods:
a)
Boycott
b)
Repeal
c)
Monopoly
d)
Bias
29.
Information that is spread with the purpose of supporting a cause
a)
Boycott
b)
Propaganda
c)
Monopoly
d)
Bias
30.
Who Organized the Boston tea Party?
a)
Colonists
b)
Sons of Liberty
c)
The British
31.
What Act was passed after the Boston Tea Party?
a)
Stamp Act
b)
Tea Act
c)
Sugar Act
d)
Intolerable Act
32.
Why were the Intolerable acts created?
a)
To Kill everyone
b)
To punish the colonist for throwing tea in the boston harbor 
c)
to stop the boson massacure
33.
How meany acts did the Intolerable acts have?
a)
3
b)
5
c)
4
d)
7
34.
What was The other name for the Intolerable Act?
a)
Stamp act
b)
Coercive Act
c)
Sugar Act 
d)
Military Act
35.
Who did the colonists dress up as when they boarded the ships in protest
a)
British Redcoats
b)
Sailors
c)
Mohawk Indians
d)
Frenchmen
36.
What was the main reason that the colonists were protesting?
a)
They didn`t like the type of tea that was shipped to them
b)
They wanted the ships to leave
c)
They thought the tea was priced too high
d)
They felt they were being taxed unfairly without being represented in the government
37.

What was the result of the Boston Tea Party?

a)

United States gained territory

b)

Treaty was signed

c)

Intolerable Acts

38.

Which Act required Colonist to house British Soldiers

a)

The Quebec Act

b)

The Tea Act

c)

The Townsend Acts

d)

The Quartering Act

39.
The Shot Herd Round the World was fired at 
a)
Lexington 
b)
Concord 
c)
Boston 
d)
Yorktown 
40.

King George punished the colonist in 1774 with the ________________Acts.

a)

Boston

b)

evil

c)

intolerable

d)

kingly

41.

The colonist met in ________________ to decide how t fight back against King George.

a)

Atlanta, Georgia

b)

New York

c)

Philadelphia

d)

Washington D.C.

42.
Who was put in charge of the Continental Army? 
a)
Abraham Lincoln
b)
Alexander Hamilton
c)
George Washington
d)
Benjamin Franklin
43.
Which colony was not present at the first Continental Congress? 
a)
Massachusetts
b)
South Carolina
c)
Pennsylvania
d)
Georgia
44.
Why did the soldiers march to Concord?
a)
They  marched to Concord to burn houses
b)
They didn't march to Concord
c)
They marched to Concord to destroy weapons
45.
Lexington and Concord were the first battles in what war?
a)
Revolutionary War
b)
World War I
c)
War of 1812
46.
Who jumped on the horse to warn the colonist that the British were coming?
a)
Paul Revere
b)
King George III
c)
John Adams
47.
Where did the colonist hide their weapons?
a)
Boston
b)
Lexington
c)
Concord
48.
The battle of Lexington was the result of…
a)
Boston Tea Party
b)
Boston Massacre
c)
General Gage ordering troops to get colonial weapons

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