Worksheets"Rebels" America the Story of US
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
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?
The Boston Revolution
The Boston Tea Party
The Boston Massacre
The Boston Battle
What did the British Government do in response to the Boston Tea Party?
Banned tea in the American colonies
Closed Boston Harbor
King George III came to visit the colonies
The British declared a war with the colonies
What is the name of the shot that started the American Revolutionary War?
"The First of Many"
"The Boston Massacre"
"The Shot Heard 'Round the World"
"The Freedom Bullet"
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
Find and Arrest any Militia who resited them
Confiscate the Weapons and supplies of anyone resisting them
Get Some Excercise
Have a training opportunity
Start a war
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.
True
False
American MILITIA-men were...
Well trained, well-prepared professional soldiers
Just Regular Men (butchers, bakers, candle-stick makers) who were ready to fight to protect their homes and freedom.
To get around the many taxes placed on them colonists often resorted to SMUGGLING.
True
False
After the Boston Massacre, The British Government revoked [took away] many taxes. Which one did they leave?
The stamp act.
The tea tax.
The sugar act.
The quartering act.
Choose the statement that describe the Battle of Lexington.
no one really knows who started the fight
The British succeeded in a surprise attack on the colonists.
The colonists lost the majority of their soldiers.
What was the colonist's response to the tea tax?
war
They sent all the tea back to England.
They protested by dumping crates of tea from British ships into the harbor.
They started only drinking water and coffee.
a Boycott
After Americans were killed at Lexington they ran away...
But they were able to harass British Soldiers near Concord with ____________ attacks.
Gorilla
Face to Face
Guerrilla
Counter strike
What did the Stamp Act Tax
Tea and Sugar
mail sent between england and the american Colonies
it was an income tax on colonial lawyers
printed materials like newspapers and legal Documents, even playing cards
Why did the British government begin increasing taxes on the American colonies?
to pay for the French and Indian War
To pay for a new palace for king George
To pay for a war against Spain
to pay for improvements in the city of London
to pay for new ships being built for the Royal Navy
How did the colonists protest against the Stamp Act?
choose all that apply
They began to unite and hold meetings
they boycotted british goods
They protested and burned the stamped paper in the streets
They dumped tea into Boston Harbor
None of these
This created a border at the Appalachian Mountains, that restricted colonists from any westward settlement
Appalachian Line of 1769
Proclamation of 1763
Northwest Ordinance of 1767
Colonial Border of 1763
Treaty of Paris 1763
