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7H Road to Revolution

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 26mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who did the British fight against over settlements in the Ohio River Valley?

a)

Native American Indians

b)

French and Native American Indians

c)

British

d)

Colonist

2.

What act taxed almost all printed materials in the colonies?

a)

Sugar Act

b)

Intolerable Acts

c)

Stamp Act

d)

Quartering Act

3.

What event is this artwork depicting?

a)

French and Indian War

b)

American Revolutionary War

c)

Bloody Massacre

d)

Join Or Die Cartoon

4.

The Proclamation of 1763 declared that colonial settlers could not go __________________ of the Appalachians Mountains.

a)

North

b)

South

c)

East

d)

West

5.

What slogan did the colonists use when they were speaking against the British?

a)

Join or Die

b)

No Taxation without Representation

c)

The British Are Coming....

d)

Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death

6.

What was the name of Britain's law-making assembly?

a)

Parliament

b)

Congress

c)

House of Representatives

d)

First Continental Congress

7.

Imposed as a punishment for the Boston Tea Party

a)

Tea Act

b)

Stamp Act

c)

Intolerable Acts

d)

Townshend Acts

8.

Refusal to buy imported goods

a)

boycott

b)

impose

c)

repeal

d)

militia

9.

Dressed up as Mohawk Indians and dumped tea in the Boston Harbor

a)

Loyalists

b)

Patriots

c)

Sons of Liberty

d)

Parliament

10.

British fired into a crowd of colonists, killing 5 during the...

a)

Boston Tea Party

b)

Boston Massacre

c)

French and Indian War

d)

Intolerable Acts

11.

The Proclamation Line of 1763 led to disagreement between the colonists and the British government because it —

a)

prohibited the colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains

b)

offered all lands west of the Appalachian Mountains to British nobles

c)

banned colonial trading with the American Indians

d)

surrendered control of the Great Lakes region to Canada

12.
What event put Britain in debt, so they decided to tax the colonies to pay off this debt?
a)
French & Indian War
b)
American Revolution
c)
War of 1812
d)
French Revolution 
13.
What word means: refuse to buy; stop buying; or refusing to give your business to a certain company or business. 
a)
boycott
b)
grievience
c)
tariff
d)
nullification 
14.
What act prompted the Boston Tea Party?
a)
Stamp Act
b)
Quartering Act
c)
Tea Act
d)
Sugar Act
15.
What law required the colonists to house and feed British troops in the American colonies?
a)
Quartering Act
b)
Townshend Acts
c)
Tea Act
d)
Stamp Act 
16.
Who was the first American to be shot and killed by British soldiers in the Boston Massacre?
a)
Crispus Attucks
b)
Bernardo de Galvez
c)
Marquis de Lafayette
d)
Haym Salomon
17.

How did mercantilist policies create tension between Great Britain and the colonies?

a)

By introducing indentured servitude to the middle colonies

b)

By requiring colonists to enlist in the military

c)

By limiting the amount of farmland each colonist could have

d)

By preventing colonists from trading with most other foreign countries

18.

In the decade following the French and Indian War, many American colonists believed that new British taxes were unfair because —

a)

tax rates were higher in some colonies than in others

b)

colonists were asked to pay higher taxes than those paid by people in England

c)

American colonists lacked representation in Parliament

d)

landowners paid higher taxes than merchants active in trade

19.

This political cartoon was created by Benjamin Franklin in 1754. What point of view does it express?

a)

The colonies must unite against the French or face destruction.

b)

The colonies must avoid conflict with Britain or face ruin.

c)

The colonies must stop the swarm of poisonous snakes.

d)

The colonies must obtain representation in the British Parliament.

20.

What is the name of the act that the British passed as punishment for the Boston Tea Party, which closed the port of Boston until damages from the Boston Tea Party were paid?

a)

The Quartering Act

b)

The Stamp Act

c)

The Townshend Act

d)

The Intolerable/ Coercive Acts

21.

Which of the following best completes this diagram?

a)

Colonists sought military support from France.

b)

Colonists organized boycotts of British goods.

c)

Colonists signed the Declaration of Independence

d)

Colonists dumped tea into Boston Harbor.

22.

In the American colonies, boycotts were an effective way of protesting British policies mainly because the boycotts -

a)

ended trade within the colonies

b)

kept out products from other European nations

c)

forced Britain to remove most troops

d)

caused economic hardships for British merchants

23.

The French and Indian War was a turning point in the relationship between American colonists and the British government because the war -

a)

increased French influence in North America

b)

ended Native American Indian attacks west of the Appalachian Mountains

c)

resulted in British debt and attempts to tax colonists

d)

created an alliance with Canada against the British

24.
___________ was an agreement to forbid colonists from crossing over to the Appalachian Mountains.
a)
Tea Act
b)
Stamp Act
c)
Quartering Act
d)
Proclamation of 1763
25.
What group of women protested British goods by peacefully weaving cloth?
a)
Sons of Liberty
b)
Daughters of Liberty
c)
National Women's party
d)
The Boston Tea Party
26.
"No taxation without representation" means?
a)
Colonists shouldn't be taxed if they had no one representing them in Parliament
b)
The representative can tax me
c)
Seize weapons right away
d)
None of the above
27.
______ were a group of men who boycotted British goods both peacefully and violently.
a)
Sons of Liberty
b)
Daughters of Liberty
c)
First Continental Congress
d)
Tax collectors
28.
________ was famous for the quote "the British are coming" and the Boston Massacre engraving
a)
Paul Revere
b)
John Hancock
c)
Herbie Hancock
d)
Samuel Adams
29.
_______ was when the Sons of Liberty dumped tea into Boston Harbor.
a)
Tea Act
b)
Boston Tea Party
c)
Quartering Act
d)
Boston Massacre
30.
_______ taxed all legal documents such as books, pamphlets, newspapers, and deck of cards
a)
Stamp Act
b)
Boston Tea Party
c)
Quartering Act
d)
Boston Massacre
31.

What was the purpose of the Proclamation of 1763?

a)

To keep colonists and Native Americans separate to avoid conflict

b)

The King wanted control over the colonists so he made the proclamation to anger them

c)

To keep the Spanish away from new British land

d)

It meant Britain declared war on France because they wanted Florida.

32.

What was the outcome of the French and Indian War?

a)

The British were kicked out of North America

b)

The French were kicked out of North America

c)

Spain won the war and gained control of the West

d)

America won because we are undefeated in all world wars

33.

Why did the British decide to repeal the Stamp Act?

a)

Colonist made fake stamps and the British could not tell the difference.

b)

The colonists boycott British goods so the British didnt make much tax money

c)

The British felt bad for the colonists so they repealed it

d)

The French defeated the British in Europe and demanded Enland remove the tax

34.

After the First Continental Congress the colonists sent a letter to the King telling him what was wrong and that they wanted peace. What was the response from the English?

a)

The King wrote back telling them he wanted to meet

b)

The King wrote back and denied the colonists what they wanted

c)

The British ignored the colonial grievances

d)

The British lost the paper but pretended they read it

35.
The law that required colonists to house & feed British soldiers?
a)
Quartering Act
b)
Sugar Act
c)
Tea Act
d)
Intolerable Acts
36.

American colonists who remained loyal to Britain and opposed war for Independence.

a)

Minutemen

b)

Patriots

c)

Loyalists

d)

Tories

37.

Ideas or information intentionally spread to harm or help a cause.

a)

Boycott

b)

Repeal

c)

Propaganda

d)

Preamble

38.

How did the British respond to the Boston Tea Party?

a)

Required colonists to clean up the mess

b)

closed the harbor and cut off supplies

c)

banned the Sons of Liberty from protesting

d)

Instigated the Boston Massacre

39.

What was the role of the Committee of Correspondence?

a)

British representatives who kept the King informed about the colonists' actions

b)

Kept other colonies informed about colonial actions and protest and gained support for the Revolution.

c)

It was the newspaper publisher in the colonies

d)

Kept track of trade between the colonies and other countries.

40.

How did the colonial leaders use the Boston Massacre as propaganda?

a)

They wrote articles explaining that the colonists started the confrontation.

b)

They distributed pamphlets urging colonists to be nice to British troops.

c)

They created images and engravings making it look as through the blood thirsty redcoats were out to kill innocent colonists.

d)

They wrote letters persuading the King to get control of his soldiers.

41.

Which of the following was NOT covered under the Coercive/Intolerable Acts of 1774?

a)

Tax on paper goods

b)

British troops ordered to live among the colonists

c)

Ban on town meetings

d)

Close harbor until all tea is paid for from the Boston Tea Party

42.

These groups led the rebellion against the British in the colonies.

a)

Loyalists

b)

Sons and Daughters of Liberty

c)

Tories

d)

Quakers

43.

Which vocabulary term refers to the fact that the British king and Parliament had allowed the colonists to govern and manage their colonies until the end of the French and Indian War?

a)

Repeal

b)

Salutary Neglect

c)

Taxation with Representation

d)

Writs of Assistance

44.

Which 1765 law placed a direct tax on newspaper, playing cards, shipping papers and other legal documents by requiring stamps on these printed materials?

a)

Sugar Act

b)

Stamp Act

c)

Paper Act

d)

Tea Act

45.
Samuel Adams is known for what part of the American Revolution?
a)
He fired the first shot at the Battles of Lexington and Concord
b)
He was the king of Great Britain during the American Revolution
c)
He was the leader of the Sons of Liberty
d)
He was a famous for the Boston Massacre engraving
46.
What group of women protested British goods by peacefully weaving cloth?
a)
Sons of Liberty
b)
Daughters of Liberty
c)
National Women's party
d)
The Boston Tea Party
47.
What was the first battle of the Revolutionary War?
a)
The Battle of Bunker Hill
b)
The Boston Massacre
c)
Battle of Saratoga
d)
Battles of Lexington and Concord
48.
Trained soldiers that were prepared to fire at a minutes notice were which of the following?
a)
Redcoats
b)
British soldiers
c)
Minutemen
d)
None of the above
49.
Before the French & Indian War was salutary neglect, why did government tighten control after?
a)
The British Government needed more money due to the debt.
b)
The British Government had more money and wanted it spent.
50.
This allowed the government officials to inspect a person's property for smuggled goods without giving a reason.  
a)
Writs of Assistance
b)
Effige
c)
Admiralty courts
d)
None of these are correct