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WorksheetsCauses of War Quiz
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 14mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The main source of income for the French was fur trading.
a)
True
b)
False
2.
What was one cause of the F & I War?
a)
Land
b)
Freedom
c)
Money
d)
Slavery
3.
When and where did the French and Indian War begin?
a)
The war started in 1776 in New England.
b)
The war started in 1754 in New England.
c)
The war started in 1754 in the Ohio River Valley.
d)
The war started in 1776 in the Ohio River Valley.
4.
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
5.
The French and Indian War was caused over trading rights in the Ohio River Valley.
a)
True
b)
Falso
6.
Which concern of the colonists led to the American Revolution?
a)
opposition to British tax policies
b)
Desire for greater religious freedom
c)
Fear of attacks by American Indians
d)
Increasing immigration from countries other than Britain
7.
Colonists protested the Stamp Act because they believed in what phrase?
a)
Live free or die
b)
All men are created equal
c)
Life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness
d)
No taxation with representation
8.
Sons of Liberty were a group of American colonists who worked to repeal the Stamp Act by doing what?
a)
Taking military action against the British
b)
Forming alliances with the enemies of Britain
c)
Meeting with Parliament in England
d)
Publicly protesting and organizing boycotts
9.
In response to the Tea Act, the colonists threw tea from the British ships into the Boston Harbor. This event is known as:
a)
Boston Tea Party
b)
Boston Riots
c)
Boston Massacre
d)
Boston Market
10.
Who was the King of Britain at the time of the Revolutionary War?
a)
King George III
b)
King George I
c)
King Henry IV
d)
King Henry VIII
11.
An angry crowd of workers surrounded a small group of British soldiers and were fired upon
a)
Boston Massacre
b)
Boston Rebellion
c)
Boston Treaty
d)
Boston Tea Party
12.
First person killed in the Boston Massacre.
a)
Samuel Adams
b)
Crispus Attucks
c)
Benjamin Franklin
d)
General Wolfe
13.
His engraving of the Boston Massacre is a great example of propaganda.
a)
Samuel Adams
b)
Paul Revere
c)
Benjamin Franklin
d)
George Washington
14.
What did the Townshend Acts bring about?
a)
direct taxes on legal documents
b)
indirect taxes on imported goods such as lead, paint, and glass, etc.
c)
relief from taxes on tea
d)
the closing of Boston Harbor
15.
How did colonists react to the Proclamation of 1763?
a)
They resisted the British regulation of colonial agriculture.
b)
They supported the right to manufacture goods within the colonies.
c)
They opposed the ban on colonial expansion into western lands.
d)
They accepted the presence of more British troops to protect the colonies.
16.
The purpose of the Committees of Correspondence was to_________.
a)
keep the different colonies in communication with each other prior to the Revolution
b)
organize the Boston Tea Party
c)
negotiate the Treaty of Paris 1763
d)
to oppose the activities of the Sons and Daughters of Liberty
17.
The Proclamation of 1763 prohibited colonial settlement west of a border that ran roughly along the
a)
Great Lakes
b)
Atlantic Ocean
c)
St. Lawrence River
d)
Appalachian Mountains
18.
As a result of the Boston Tea Party, the British Parliament passed a series of laws designed to punish Boston and Massachusetts known as___
a)
the Navigation Acts
b)
the Quartering Act
c)
the Coercive Acts (Intolerable Acts)
d)
the Stamp Act
19.
Which of the following is in correct chronological order?
a)
Boston Tea Party, Intolerable Acts, First Continental Congress
b)
Intolerable Acts, First Continental Congress, Boston Tea Party
c)
First Continental Congress, Boston Tea Party, Intolerable Acts
d)
First Continental Congress, Intolerable Acts, Boston Tea Party
20.
Which of the following men helped to found the Sons of Liberty?
a)
John Locke
b)
Samuel Adams
c)
George Washington
d)
Thomas Jefferson
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