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Causes of the revolution review

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 5hrs 0mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What is mercantilism?
a)
the Stamp Act
b)
when the Mother Country (England) benefits off its colonies
c)
Policies that kept the colonists from housing British soldiers
d)
Merry's policies against British soldiers
2.
Colonists were dissatisfied with Great Britain because
a)
of the ecomomic policies imposed on the colonies following the French & Indian War. 
b)
of Ben Franklin's Join or Die cartoon.
c)
of the interference in the slave trade.
d)
of consequences of the Great Awakening. 
3.
Colonists disliked the Proclamation of 1763 because...
a)
it kept them from settling west of the Appalachian mountains. 
b)
it allowed them to settle West of the Appalachian mountains.
4.
Thomas Paine wrote
a)
the Bible
b)
The Declaration of Independence
c)
Common Sense
d)
the Midnight Ride of Paul Revere
5.
The Proclamation Line of 1763 was created to keep the _____ with the Native Americans. 
a)
love
b)
peace
c)
trade
d)
fur trapping
6.
Dispute over borders between British and French territory in America. Lead to British debt that the colonist had to pay.
a)
French and Indian War
b)
American Revolution 
c)
Tea Act
d)
Mercantilism 
7.
Mercantilism is when the colonists provide the British with money in the form of...
a)
Gold
b)
Raw materials 
c)
Manufactured goods
d)
a military 
8.
Co-author of the Declaration of Independence. Spent lots of time in France, trying to gain French support of America
       
a)
Adams 
b)
Locke
c)
Franklin
d)
Jefferson
9.
Imposed taxes on the colonists without giving them representation.
a)
Loyalists
b)
Patriots 
c)
King George III
d)
John Adams 
10.
Wrote the pamphlet Common Sense to advocate for Independence
a)
King George III
b)
Sam Adams 
c)
Thomas Paine
d)
Mercy Otis Warren 
11.

In 1754, war broke out between Great Britain and France. Both of these countries had colonies in North America and both wanted the same land in the Ohio Valley. This lead to what war?

a)

Civil War

b)

Ohio War

c)

Revolutionary War

d)

French and Indian War

12.

After the French and Indian War, new laws (also called Acts) were passed by British Parliament. These acts were mainly passed because Britain needed to:

a)

needed to pay off debt from the war

b)

was afraid France would steal their land back

c)

was afraid the colonists would return to England

d)

wanted Native Americans to return to their land in peace

13.
Network of exchanging raw materials, manufactured goods, and slave labor between England, the Colonies, and Africa 
a)
Smuggled Goods
b)
Boston Massacre
c)
Triangular Trade 
d)
Raw Material 
14.
Ended the French and Indian War and eliminated French influence in North America 
a)
Proclamation Line of 1763
b)
Declaratory Act
c)
Navigation Acts
d)
Treaty of Paris
15.
When a country has more exports than imports.
a)
Vice Admiralty Courts
b)
Purpose of a Colony
c)
Navigation Acts
d)
Favorable Balance of Trade
16.
Products produced from natural resources
a)
Sugar Act
b)
Stamp Act
c)
Raw Materials 
d)
Manufactured Goods
17.
Items that are sent out of the country.
a)
Export
b)
Triangular Trade
c)
Import
d)
Writs of Assistance 
18.
Early economic practice where the mother country creates wealth by controlling trade
a)
Export
b)
Triangular Trade
c)
Mercantilism 
d)
Writs of Assisstance
19.

The French and Indian War was between:

a)

The French and the Indians

b)

The colonists and the British

c)

The French and the British

d)

The Indians and the British

20.

The colonists were upset after the war because

a)

the British asked them to return to England

b)

the French took over their land

c)

the Indians started taxing them

d)

they were not able to settle in the Ohio River Valley