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Causes of the American Revolution

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
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
2.

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 without representation

3.
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
4.
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
5.
The _______________ were passed by Parliament to punish the colonists for the Boston Tea Party.
a)
Navigation Acts
b)
Intolerable Acts
c)
Stamp Acts
d)
Final Acts
6.
Due to the widespread anger against the Stamp Act and Townshend Acts, Parliament eventually ____________the laws.
a)
Returned
b)
Rewrote
c)
Repealed
d)
Returned
7.
Why did the king begin to tax the colonists?
a)
He wanted more money to make England look better
b)
He needed money to pay off war debts from the French and Indian War
c)
He needed money to pay for Boston soldiers
d)
He hated the colonists' guts
8.
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
9.
What was the name of the meeting of colonial leaders where all the colonies agreed to boycott British goods and wrote a letter to the King voicing their complaints?
a)
Committees of Correspondence
b)
The Declaration of Independence
c)
The Revolutionary War
d)
First Continental Congress
10.
What did the Intolerable Acts do?
a)
Created a monopoly on tea trade
b)
Closed Boston's port and took away their government leaders
c)
Taxed all paper goods
d)
Was a meeting where colonists planned to rebel
11.

___ and ___ fought against each other in the French and Indian War.

a)

French and Indians

b)

Britain and France

c)

Britain and Indians

d)

France and Belgium

12.

Britain and France both wanted control of the _____.

a)

Great Lakes

b)

13 Colonies

c)

Rocky Mountains

d)

Ohio River Valley

13.

Who were allies to both the British and French?

a)

Native Americans

b)

British

c)

French

d)

Canadians

14.

Why did the French want control over the Ohio River Valley?

a)

for agriculture (growing crops)

b)

for fur trade

c)

the land was better for building houses

d)

to prove they were more powerful than the British

15.

The king required the colonists to pay ____ in order to help pay for the French and Indian War.

a)

with tea

b)

with a credit card

c)

taxes

16.

__ required colonists to pay a tax on paper goods such as newspapers and playing cards.

a)

Stamp Act

b)

Sugar Act

c)

Tea Act

17.

The ___ required colonists to pay taxes on goods such as sugar, coffee, cloth, indigo, and wine.

a)

Stamp Act

b)

Sugar Act

c)

Tea Act

18.

During the ____, the Sons of Liberty dressed up as Mohawk Indians, boarded ships in the Boston Harbor, and dumped crates of tea overboard.

a)

Boston Massacre

b)

Boston Tea Party

19.

Who made an angry speech about the Stamp Act and said, "Give me liberty or give me death!"?

a)

Patrick Henry

b)

Benjamin Franklin

c)

Thomas Paine

d)

George Washington

20.

Parliament sent _____________ to Boston to protect tax officials against angry colonists.

a)

soldiers

b)

Parliament

c)

merchants

d)

goods

21.

In 1773, Parliament passed the Tea Act in which the colonists could purchase cheap tea from the East India Tea Company, but they would still be paying ___________.

a)

British tax

b)

money

c)

coercive

d)

rent

22.

Lord Frederick North passed the ______________ Acts to punish Boston fort the Boston Tea Party.

a)

Intolerable

b)

Sugar

c)

Stamp

d)

Tea

23.

The First Continental Congress met in _________________ to write a letter to King George III stating that colonists should have the same rights as British citizens.

a)

Philadelphia

b)

London

c)

Boston

d)

Lexington and Concord

24.

Which side shot the first bullet that started the American Revolution?

a)

French

b)

British

c)

colonists

d)

No one knows

25.

What was the first shot of the American Revolution called?

a)

"the shot heard 'round the world"

b)

"the first shot"

c)

"the Coercive Acts"

d)

"The Battle of Lexington and Concord"

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