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"Rebels" America the Story of US

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

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1.

In 1770, a group of "Redcoats" fired on a group of American protesters in the streets of Boston.

5 people were killed.

What was this "Bloody" event known as?

a)

The Boston Revolution

b)

The Boston Tea Party

c)

The Boston Massacre

d)

The Boston Battle

2.

What did the British Government do in response to the Boston Tea Party?

a)

Banned tea in the American colonies

b)

Closed Boston Harbor

c)

King George III came to visit the colonies

d)

The British declared a war with the colonies

3.

What is the name of the shot that started the American Revolutionary War?

a)

"The First of Many"

b)

"The Boston Massacre"

c)

"The Shot Heard 'Round the World"

d)

"The Freedom Bullet"

4.

The conflicts that erupted at Lexington and Concord were based on an attempt by British soldiers to squash Colonial Resistance.

British soldiers marched out of Boston to...

Choose all that apply

a)

Find and Arrest any Militia who resited them

b)

Confiscate the Weapons and supplies of anyone resisting them

c)

Get Some Excercise

d)

Have a training opportunity

e)

Start a war

5.

Boston was one of the busiest & wealthiest ports in Colonial America...

When it was shut down by the British government in response to the vandalism of the BOSTON TEA PARTY this was a HUGE cause of Colonial Anger against the British Government.

a)

True

b)

False

6.

American MILITIA-men were...

a)

Well trained, well-prepared professional soldiers

b)

Just Regular Men (butchers, bakers, candle-stick makers) who were ready to fight to protect their homes and freedom.

7.

To get around the many taxes placed on them colonists often resorted to SMUGGLING.

a)

True

b)

False

8.

After the Boston Massacre, The British Government revoked [took away] many taxes. Which one did they leave?

a)

The stamp act.

b)

The tea tax.

c)

The sugar act.

d)

The quartering act.

9.

Choose the statement that describe the Battle of Lexington.

a)

no one really knows who started the fight

b)

The British succeeded in a surprise attack on the colonists.

c)

The colonists lost the majority of their soldiers.

10.

What was the colonist's response to the tea tax?

a)

war

b)

They sent all the tea back to England.

c)

They protested by dumping crates of tea from British ships into the harbor.

d)

They started only drinking water and coffee.

e)

a Boycott

11.

After Americans were killed at Lexington they ran away...


But they were able to harass British Soldiers near Concord with ____________ attacks.

a)

Gorilla

b)

Face to Face

c)

Guerrilla

d)

Counter strike

12.

What did the Stamp Act Tax

a)

Tea and Sugar

b)

mail sent between england and the american Colonies

c)

it was an income tax on colonial lawyers

d)

printed materials like newspapers and legal Documents, even playing cards

13.

Why did the British government begin increasing taxes on the American colonies?

a)

to pay for the French and Indian War

b)

To pay for a new palace for king George

c)

To pay for a war against Spain

d)

to pay for improvements in the city of London

e)

to pay for new ships being built for the Royal Navy

14.

How did the colonists protest against the Stamp Act?

choose all that apply

a)

They began to unite and hold meetings

b)

they boycotted british goods

c)

They protested and burned the stamped paper in the streets

d)

They dumped tea into Boston Harbor

e)

None of these

15.

This created a border at the Appalachian Mountains, that restricted colonists from any westward settlement

a)

Appalachian Line of 1769

b)

Proclamation of 1763

c)

Northwest Ordinance of 1767

d)

Colonial Border of 1763

e)

Treaty of Paris 1763