WorksheetsTest: Causes of the American Revolution
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 3600secs
What was the cause of the French and Indian War?
Land disputes between French and English Colonists in the Ohio River Valley
The British were taxing the French in Canada
The French were taking over Native American lands
The French were taxing the Native Americans
Who won the French and Indian War?
France
England
Indians
Pilgrims
Since France lost the French and Indian War, the result was
France had no more land claims in North America
England received the Ohio River Valley
England received all of Canada
All of the above
The Currency Act of 1764 would not allow colonists to print their own
Money
Newspapers
Stamps
Business cards
The __________________________ Act made the colonists pay taxes on lead, glass, tea, paint, and paper imported from Britain.
Stamp
Tea
Townshend
Navigation Acts
Before the revolution, the British thought it was fair to tax the colonists to help pay the expenses they had run up fighting which of the following?
Spanish and French
Spanish and Indians
French and Indians
Colonists and Indians
Many of the protests and demonstrations that followed the Stamp Act and Intolerable Acts were examples of which of the following?
destruction
civil disobedience
unalienable rights
natural rights
The graphic above represents one of the grievances that caused the American Revolution. Which of the following BEST completes the graphic organizer and was enforced by the Navigation Acts? (remember: trading only with the “mother country”)
salutary neglect
mercantilism
free enterprise
westward expansion
In 1765, Samuel Adams helped to start an organization called the Sons of Liberty to protest the British passage of the Stamp Act. The Stamp Act was one reason the colonists finally rebelled against Britain in the American Revolution. The Stamp Act –
Placed a tax on all mail coming into the colonies
Placed a tax on all printed material in the colonies including newspapers, pamphlets, wills, and playing cards
Required a stamp and tax on all beer produced in the colonies
Placed a tax requiring a British government stamp on tea
Who was the leader of the Boston Tea Party? (He was also the leader of the Sons of Liberty.)
John Hancock
Benjamin Franklin
Samuel Adams
Thomas Jefferson
The American colonists opposed the Stamp Act and the Townshend Acts because they
Made it illegal to own certain items
Forced the colonists to pay taxes
Referred to the colonists as “Englishmen”
Supported the Church of England
British colonists objected to the Proclamation of 1763 because they –
Feared it would provoke attacks from American Indians
Did not want to share control of the fur trade with France
Resented the limits it imposed on westward expansion
Wanted to be able to trade freely with foreign nations
First said by James Otis, what phrase became a rallying cry of the colonists before the American Revolution?
“No taxation without representation”
“We the People”
“Give me liberty or give me death”
“Independence without representation”
What was the act of civil disobedience described in the box that so angered the English king and Parliament and helped lead to the American Revolution?
The destruction of the house of the royal governor of Boston
The closing of Boston Harbor to protest the Stamp Act
The Boston Tea Party
The Boston Massacre
Because the colonists viewed the Coercive Acts as harsh and cruel, they called the acts…
The Intolerable Acts
The Torture Acts
The Stamp Act
The Tea Party Act
Along with preventing colonists to hold town meetings, the Intolerable (or Coercive) Acts also strengthening the Quartering Act, which required colonists to…
Give British soldiers quarters and dimes
Provide British soldiers with housing and food
Provide British soldiers with horses
Provide British soldiers with free internet
On March 5, 1770 a fight broke out between Boston Colonists and British soldiers. As the townspeople advanced on the soldiers, throwing anything at hand, the redcoats panicked and fired into the crowd. Five colonists died in what came to be called the ___________________________.
Boston Massacre
Boston Tea Party
Battle of Lexington
French and Indian War
The first person of the five people killed at the Boston Massacre was an African American man. His name was
George Grenville
Thomas Rolfe
Crispus Attucks
Samoset Massasoit
Ben Franklin drew this cartoon (above) in 1754 in response to the colonies’ refusal to accept the Albany Plan. The drawing reappeared in 1765 as a result of the Stamp Act and again in 1774 just before the beginning of the American Revolution. What is the significance of the drawing?
Franklin is comparing the British government to a poisonous snake
Franklin is urging the colonists to unite against a foreign enemy – first the French, then the British.
Franklin wants the colonists to settle west of the Appalachian Mountains in spite of dangerous Indian attacks
Franklin is calling for volunteers to join an expedition to explore along the Mississippi River.
The famous work of art above was created by ____________ in response to the ________________ and has lived throughout the ages as tangible evidence of the abuses of British power. Others throughout the years have questioned the accuracy of all the details in the engraving.
Which terms complete the paragraph above?
Patrick Henry...Boston Tea Party
Paul Revere...Boston Massacre
Sam Adams...Boston Tea Party
John Trumbull...Lexington and Concord
