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Pre American Revolution timeline- kkjer2020

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was the main reason that the American Colonies rebelled against England?

a)

Wanted their own king

b)

didn't like the British People

c)

They like France better

d)

They were taxed without representation

2.

What year was the Declaration of Independence made?

a)

1775

b)

1776

c)

1780

d)

1750

3.

What was the purpose of the Declaration of Independence?

a)

To tell Britain that they needed to clean up their act and start being nice.

b)

To tell England that the colonies demanded the Vote.

c)

To Tell them off

d)

to break away from England or "Divorce them"

4.

The British needed to raise money from the colonists because:

a)

They had helped the colonist defend themselves during the Mexican American War

b)

they had paid for the French and Indian War.

c)

They needed to replace London Bridge, which had burned up in fire.

d)

Because the Sons of Liberty were causing too much damage.

5.

What was the colonist slogan as the revolution approached?

a)

No Justice, No Peace

b)

Slavery must End!

c)

Give me Liberty or give me death.

d)

No taxation without representation

e)

Better to die on your feet than live on your knees.

6.

click all that happened at the Boston Massacre of 1770

a)

British Soldiers kill 5 colonists

b)

British Soldiers kill 55 colonists

c)

a mob pelts British soldiers with rocks and other stuff

d)

John Adams defends the soldiers in court

e)

all Soldiers involved are hung for Murder

7.

What Black man was the first martyr of the Revolution

a)

Crispin Fallsworth

b)

Jackie Robinson

c)

Crispus Attucks

d)

Nigel Garrison

e)

William Lloyd Garrison

8.

The soldiers of the Boston Massacre were found

a)

Guilty

b)

Not Guilty, by reason of insanity

c)

Not Guilty

d)

It was a Mistrial because there was too much prejudice against them.

9.

The Sons of Liberty organized a group to protest a Tax by disguising themselves as Indians, sneaking onto a ship and dumping all the cargo from the ship into the harbor.

a)

Bunker Hill Breakout

b)

Paul Revere's Midnight Ride

c)

Indigenous People's Protest

d)

Boston Protest

e)

Boston Tea Party

10.

click all of the effects of the Boston Tea Party.

a)

American Revolution

b)

Intolerable Acts

c)

Quartering of Soldiers in colonial homes

d)

Government Disbanded

e)

Boston Harbor closed

11.

The intolerable acts included: (click all that apply)

a)

Closing of Boston Harbor

b)

Quartering of troops in Colonial Homes

c)

Government closed or disbanded

d)

All trials to be held in England

e)

All Guns were taken away in the colonies

12.

where were the first shots of the American Revolution fired?

a)

Cowpens, South Carolina

b)

Lexington

c)

Boston

d)

at Sea

13.

The first shot fired in the revolution at Lexington has come to be known as:

a)

The Big One

b)

The beginning of the end

c)

The shot heard 'round the World

d)

The shot to end all shots

e)

The shot that changed the world