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Causes of Revolutionary War

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

After the British won the French and Indian War, King George would not allow the colonists to move west of the Appalachian Mountains. This was called the:

a)

Stamp Act

b)

Proclamation of 1763

c)

Intolerable Acts

d)

Declaration of Independence

2.

After the Boston Tea Party, King George closed the Boston Harbor. The colonists called this punishment the:

a)

Intolerable Acts

b)

Proclamation of 1763

c)

Stamp Act

d)

Townshend Acts

3.

The colonists felt it was wrong to be taxed without a say, and this common phrase was used:

a)

No Representation without Taxation

b)

Intolerable Acts

c)

No Taxation without Representation

d)

Proclamation of 1763

4.

This event was when the colonists dumped 342 chests of tea into the Boston Harbor:

a)

Boston Massacre

b)

Boston Tea Party

c)

Stamp Act

d)

Declaration of Independence

5.
Closing Boston Harbor, General Thomas Gage taking over control of Boston, and no town meetings were all examples of the ____________________________.
a)
Townshend Acts
b)
Quartering Act
c)
First Continental Congress
d)
Intolerable Acts
6.
"Give me liberty, or give me death!" were the famous words spoken by this famous speech writer and patriot.
a)
Paul Revere
b)
Patrick Henry
c)
George Washington
d)
Benjamin Franklin
7.

Which of the following made it illegal for the colonists to move west of the Appalachian Mountains?

a)

Stamp Act

b)

Intolerable Acts

c)

Proclamation of 1763

d)

Townshend Act

8.
England forced the colonies to pay taxes in order to pay off the debt from which war?
a)
French and Indian War
b)
Revolutionary War
c)
Civil War
d)
World War I
9.
This act put a tax on paper goods, such as newspapers, wills, and playing cards.
a)
Tea Act
b)
Stamp Act
c)
Intolerable (Coercive) Acts
d)
Quartering Act
10.
What is the meaning of taxation without representation?
a)
When people are taxed, but they have no say in the government
b)
When people are taxed twice on the same item
c)
When some people get taxed and others don't
d)
When people in the Colonies are taxed, but no one in England is
11.

a law the increased the price of sugar and molasses.

a)

stamp act

b)

sugar act

c)

townshend acts

d)

Patrick Henry

12.

placed a tax on imported paint, lead, glass, and tea

a)

stamp act

b)

sugar act

c)

townshend act

d)

proclamation of 1763

13.

a form of protest in which colonists poured hot tar on the body of the British agent and then threw feathers onto the British agent.

a)

Patrick Henry

b)

stamp act

c)

sugar act

d)

tarring and feathering

14.

made colonists only buy British Tea

a)

Proclamation of 1763

b)

stamp act

c)

sugar act

d)

tea act

15.

a series of acts such as closing the Boston Harbor, sending military troops to control the colonists, and forcing the colonists to house and feed British troops

a)

Proclamation of 1763

b)

Coercive/Intolerable acts

c)

stamp act

d)

sugar act