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Social Studies Chapter 10 Review

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What were the three countries that clashed over territory in the 1600's and 1700's?

a)

Spain, Great Britain, France

b)

Great Britain, Greenland, Asia

c)

North America, South America, Alaska

d)

Asia, Germany, Australia

2.

What was the land called that both Great Britain and France attempted to claim?

a)

Ohio River Valley

b)

Ohio State Buckeyes

c)

Cleveland, Ohio

d)

Appalachian Mountains

3.

Who fought alongside the British soldiers during the French and Indian War?

a)

Colonists and some Native Americans

b)

Christopher Columbus

c)

Only Colonists

d)

Only Native Americans

4.

What was the major battle won by Great Britain which was the turning point in the French and Indian War?

a)

Quebec City

b)

Virginia

c)

Louisiana

d)

Florida

5.

Great Britain gained land with their victory in the war, but with the land came large amounts of _____________________.

a)

Debt

b)

Food

c)

Housing

d)

Disease

6.

After the French and Indian War, nearly 2,000 settlers and soldiers died at the hands of the Native Americans because ______________________.

a)

The British settlers tried moving west onto the Native American lands

b)

The Native Americans were hungry

c)

The French were controlling the Native Americans with magic

d)

The Native Americans just wanted to

7.

What law was written in an attempt to protect and stop the settlers from moving westward into Native American lands?

a)

The Proclamation of 1763

b)

The Stamp Act

c)

The Quartering Act

d)

The Best Law Ever Written

8.

What was the reaction to the Proclamation of 1763 by the settlers?

a)

The ignored it and moved west anyways

b)

The were not happy about it but did what they were told

c)

The were happy about and praised King George

d)

They were neither happy nor upset

9.

How did Great Britain protect their new lands?

a)

They left thousands of soldiers in North America due to the Quartering Act

b)

They built a huge fence

c)

They put the invisibility cloak over it

d)

They asked the French to guard the lands as British servants

10.

In order to pay for the troops, the British ____________________ passed a new law in 1765 called the Quartering Act.

a)

Parliament

b)

Congress

c)

President

d)

Senate

11.

The Quartering Act ordered colonists to provide _______________, _________________, _________________, and _______________.

a)

Housing, Food, Fuel, Transportation

b)

Weapons, Cars, Money, Land

c)

Soldiers, Books, Water, Planes

d)

Land, Crops, Books, Rice

12.

What was the act passed in 1765 where a tax was paid on printed papers?

a)

The Stamp Act

b)

The Paper Act

c)

The Intolerable Act

d)

The Quartering Act

13.

What did the colonists do in opposition to the Stamp Act?

a)

Obey the law

b)

Protest the law

c)

Absolutely nothing

d)

Buy printed papers

14.

After protests by the colonists over the Stamp Act, what did the British Parliament do?

a)

Repealed the law

b)

Taxed more goods

c)

Ignored the colonists

d)

Resorted to violence

15.

What was the nickname the colonists gave the British soldiers due to their red coats?

a)

Lobsterback

b)

Hackysack

c)

Cherry Blossom

d)

King Crab

16.

On March 5, 1770 violence erupted as colonists threw _______________ & _________________ at the British soldiers.

a)

Snowballs, stones

b)

Shoes, stones

c)

Books, bags of tea

d)

Shoes, coins

17.

What did the one British soldier hear that made him shoot his musket into the crowd of colonists?

a)

"Go!"

b)

"Fire!"

c)

"Shoot!"

d)

"Don't!"

18.

Who engraved an image of the Boston Massacre into metal, unrealistically showing the colonists doing nothing wrong?

a)

Paul Revere

b)

John Adams

c)

George Washington

d)

Captain Preston

19.

What was John Adams' role in the Boston Massacre?

a)

He was one of the crazy colonists

b)

He was part of the British troops that fired on the colonists

c)

He attempted to get Captain Preston convicted of his crimes

d)

He represented Captain Preston as his defense in court

20.

What types of committees were set up in 1760, after the Boston Massacre?

a)

Committees of Correspondence

b)

Committees of Chaos

c)

Committees of Colonists

d)

Committees of War

21.

What is the name of the leader of protests against the British who started the permanent Committee of Correspondence in 1772?

a)

John Adams

b)

Samuel Adams

c)

Paul Revere

d)

George Washington

22.

What was Parliament's reaction to the Boston Massacre?

a)

They repealed all taxes on the colonists

b)

They repealed all taxes on the colonists, besides the tax on tea

c)

They kept all taxes on the colonists

d)

The did not have any reaction to the massacre

23.

The largest British tea company, the British East India Company, lost a great deal of money due to the boycott on tea, so Parliament passed the ________________ in 1773.

a)

Tea Act

b)

Go Green Act

c)

Drink Tea Act

d)

Earl Grey Act

24.

The Tea Act of 1773 said that _____________________________.

a)

The British East India Company was the only company that could sell tea to the colonists

b)

Everyone needed to drink tea

c)

Anyone could sell tea to the colonists

d)

There would be no more tax on tea as long as the colonists bought tea from the British East India Company

25.

Why were the colonists still upset with the Tea Act, even though it lowered the price of tea?

a)

It was another unfair law passed without the approval of the colonists

b)

They voted no to the act

c)

The act did not lower the price of tea

d)

The colonists could not buy their favorite flavor of tea anymore

26.

What occurred on the night of December 16, 1773 in the Boston Harbor?

a)

The Sons of Liberty dressed up as American Indians, boarded British ships, and dumped tea into the water

b)

The Daughters of Liberty, dressed as lobsterbacks, boarded British ships and drank all of the tea

c)

A group of men dressed in all black boarded ships and stole all of the tea

d)

A group of women dressed as American Indians boarded ships and fought with British soldiers

27.

What acts did Parliament pass immediately after the Boston Tea Party?

a)

The Coercive Acts

b)

The Tea Acts

c)

The Stamp Act

d)

The Quartering Act

28.

What was the name that the colonists gave to the Coercive Acts?

a)

The Intolerable Acts

b)

The Terrible Acts

c)

The Divisive Acts

d)

The Congressional Acts

29.

What act halted all trade and closed the ports in Boston until they paid for the lost tea?

a)

The Boston Port Act

b)

The No Ships Act

c)

The Boston Ship Act

d)

The Port Closing Act

30.

In 1774, the First Continental Congress was held, where leaders from every colony except Georgia met in Philadelphia to _______________________.

a)

Discuss their complaints about the British and decide to fight back against the Boston Port Act and the Intolerable Acts

b)

Play a large game of monopoly

c)

Discuss how they were going to surrender to the British

d)

Talk about how they were going to overthrow the British Parliament once and for all