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WorksheetsCauses of the American Revolution
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 25mins
_____________: a tax on items the colonists needed (sugar, coffee, cloth)
Stamp Act
The Sugar Act
The Townshend Acts
The Intolerable Acts
After the war Britain wrote the _________________________________. The colonists were mad because this official statement would not let them move west of the Appalachian Mountains.
The Ten Commandments
The Treaty of Paris
The Declaration of Independence
Proclamation of 1763
A ________ is money that people pay to their government in return for services.
Dollars
Coins
Tax
Fee
Over what land did the British and the French Fight?
Columbus, Ohio
Boston, Massachusetts
The Ohio River Valley
The Great Plains
What were the THREE main effects of the French and Indian War?
England doubled the land they owned.
Britain blockaded the Boston Harbor.
The Treaty of Paris was signed.
Britain started to tax the colonists.
Who two countries fought in the French and Indian War?
The Indians and the French.
The French and the British
The Colonists and Britain
The Indians and the British.
Who won the French and Indian War?
The British
The Colonists
The Indians
The French
Those who wanted independence from England were called____________________.
Pilgrims
Patriots
Allies
Loyalist
Those who wanted to stay loyal to England and the King were ___________________.
Loyalists
Pilgrims
Colonists
Patriots
Taxes upset the colonists because they had no ___________________________ in parliaments , so they could not vote on the taxes.
Comrades
Representation
Allies
Friends
The colonists formed _____________________ groups for men and women.
Lunch
Protest
Recess
Social
The mens protest group was called ________________________________.
The Sons of Freedom
The Sons of Liberty
The Men of Liberty
The Men of Massachusetts
The lady protest group was called ____________________________________.
Women of Wonder
The Daughters of Freedom
The Girls of Greatness
The Daughters of Liberty
The Daughters of Liberty and the Sons of Liberty had to meet in _____________________, because the soldiers (or redcoats) were capture them.
Boats
Secret
Town
Safety
The _______________________ dressed up like Native Americans and dumped tea into the Boston Harbor to protest the Tea Act. This is known was the _________________________ Tea Party.
Boston
Sons of Liberty
Men of Massachusetts
British
Who made an engraving of the Boston Massacre?
John Adams
Paul Revere
Benjamin Franklin
Georgia Washington
The colonists disagreed with the Stamp Act. This was a tax on anything ______________________ on paper.
printed
scribbled
typed
drawn
What was the punishment for the soldiers who fired shots at the Boston Massacre?
Oyster shells and snowballs were thrown at them.
They were sent to jail.
They got a symbol on their hands.
Their thumbs got branded.
How many people died in the Boston Massacre?
Four
Five
Seven
Six
What TWO things did the Townshend Act put taxes on?
Sugar
Glass
Bread
Tea
What fort did England capture during the French and Indian War?
Fort Niagara
Fort New York
Fort Benning
Fort Necessity
What man helped lead Britain to victory in the French and Indian War?
Paul Revere
William Pit
George Washington
Mr. Bynum
Why did American colonists protest the taxes imposed by the British government?
Because they thought other items should be taxes
Because they had no money
Because they felt the taxes were too low to raise money
Because they had no representation in Parliament
When Britain block Boston's Harbor this was called ____________________________.
The Quartering Acts
The Stamp Acts
The Intolerable Acts
The Boston Massacre
What year did the Stamp Act take place?
1895
2019
2001
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