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Causes of the American Revolution USH kkjerLPHS

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What reason did the American colonists give for protesting British taxes?

a)

They preferred to pay French taxes

b)

the British didn't help with the French and Indian War

c)

They didn't have representation in the British Parliament

d)

They were mostly German

e)

They didn't like the King

2.

What group formed in Boston in 1765 to protest British taxes and laws?

a)

Knights Templar

b)

Redcoats

c)

Loyal Knights of Uninterrupted Flatchulization

d)

Illuminati

e)

Sons of LIberty

3.

Which of the following was not a new law or tax imposed by the British on the American Colonies?

a)

Stamp Act

b)

Social Security Act

c)

Sugar Act

d)

Quartering Act

4.

What were many of the early colonists trying to escape from by leaving England?

a)

Religious Persecution

b)

Starvation

c)

War

d)

Slavery

e)

Bad Haircuts and funky Long neck Doilee collars

5.

It took several years and many events and violations of their rights before the colonist decided to fight for their independence.

a)

True

b)

False

6.

What did Patriots in Boston dump into the harbor in a 1773 protest?

a)

Wool

b)

english tax collectors

c)

Coffee

d)

Tea

7.

What was the name of the meeting between representatives of 12 of the 13 colonies in 1774

a)

Colonial Congress

b)

First Continental Congress

c)

American Parliament

d)

Konclave of the Sacred Eye and Pyramid

e)

House of Representatives

8.

What nickname did the conlonists give to a series of brutal new laws passed by the British to punish Boston for the Boston Tea Party?

a)

Horrible Acts

b)

Abominable Acts

c)

Really Suckee Acts

d)

Brutal Acts

e)

Intolerable Acts

9.

The increased laws placed on the American colonies divided the colonies further as many supported the British.

a)

True

b)

False

10.

What city did the British Blockade to punish the colonists?

a)

New York

b)

Baltimore

c)

Boston

d)

Charleston

e)

Washington DC

11.

What sign of British Tyranny did Patrick Henry see in his hometown that inspired him to fight the British?

a)

the shelling (bombing of Boston)

b)

the intolerable acts

c)

A preacher who had been whipped to death

d)

the hanging of American Spies

e)

The whipping of tax protesters

12.

For what cause did the man Whom Patrick Henry saw whipped give his life?

a)

No taxation without representation

b)

religious freedom, to preach the way he felt God led him to preach.

c)

the right of the colonies to elect their own represenatives

d)

Freedom from England

13.

Patrick Henry felt that: (Click all that apply)

a)

the british had committed many crimes against the colonists

b)

the British could be reasoned with, if they couldn't then we should go to war

c)

war has already come, why stand here doing nothing

d)

It is better to die than become a slave

e)

It is not man's right to disobey the King.

14.

The Declaration of Independence is:

a)

a love letter to His Majesty

b)

a set of laws by which the American people will live

c)

a Document of Divorce from England

d)

a last chance appeal to the king to see reason

15.

Patrick Henry is most famous for What words:

a)

"Don't fire until you see the Whites of their eyes!"

b)

"Wherever you're going, that's where you are."

c)

"Free man Stand or free man fall, let us do a deed!"

d)

"It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees!"

e)

"Give me Liberty, or give me death!"