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Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 15mins
What was the significance of Thomas Paine’s pamphlet Common Sense?
It presented a convincing case for independence, using plain language.
It counteracted the Great Awakening by arguing against religion.
It clearly described how increased trade could benefit the colonies.
It considered early arguments against using slave labor in America.
This cartoon was published by Benjamin Franklin in 1754. The cartoon encouraged
States to ratify the new Constitution.
Confederate states to organize a government.
American colonies to unite in their efforts.
Britain to establish more American Colonies.
Which of these conflicts gave the British Empire effective control over North America in the 18th century?
The War of 1812
The Napoleonic War
The War of Spanish Succession
The Seven Years/French & Indian War
After winning the French & Indian War, Great Britain passed the Proclamation of 1763 which made the colonists angry because
it did not allow them to settle on land west of the Appalachian mountains.
it passed a tax on items such as newspapers, wills and contracts.
it forced colonists to house and feed British soldiers.
it took away their representation in Parliament.
How did the Stamp Act, the Tea Act, and the Intolerable Acts encourage American colonists to consider revolution against British rule?
by representing an effort in Britain to end the slave trade in the colonies
by increasing conflict between the colonists and neighboring Indian tribes.
by revealing the British plan to expand the American colonies farther west on the continent
by raising taxes in the American colonies without granting the colonies any representation in Parliament
The cartoon printed in 1760 was most likely a protest against
pirates
food safety
British taxes
cruelty of British soldiers
Why did American colonists resent British taxes?
American colonists were unhappy that the high taxes were keeping the nobility in luxury.
Unlike American colonists, people who lived in Great Britain did not have to pay any duties .
Americans did not elect representatives to Parliament as people who lived in Great Britain did.
Great Britain did not offer the American colonists any protection from the French and the Indians.
The 1763 Treaty of Paris concluded a conflict between which two colonial powers?
England and Spain
France and England
Spain and Portugal
Portugal and France
In Common Sense, Thomas Paine made a case for American independence on which grounds?
British leaders had little regard for the best interests of the colonists.
British institutions were failing to provide sufficient aid to the colonists.
British leaders were overlooking the important contributions of colonists.
British institutions placed too many political responsibilities on the colonists.
What was the MAIN purpose of the 1763 Treaty of Paris?
to formalize a military alliance between France and Spain against Great Britain
to formalize trading rights between the European powers and American Indians
to end the Revolutionary War by recognizing the independence of the United States
to end the French and Indian War and divide the colonial territories in North America
What event accounts for the decrease in French territory illustrated by these maps?
the American Revolution
the French and Indian War
the French Revolution
the Napoleonic Wars
Which of the following BEST describes Thomas Paine's argument in Common Sense?
Diplomacy with the British Parliament is the best way to settle differences.
The colonists have far more to lose by continuing to be a part of the British Empire.
Parliament is simply slow to respond so the colonists must be patient in seeking their goals.
Breaking free of English control will hurt the colonists' chances of gaining economic freedom.
Ended the French and Indian War and effectively kicked the French out of North America.
Treaty of Paris (1763)
Treaty of Paris (1783)
Declaration of Independence
U.S. Constitution
Stated that no colonists could settle in lands to the west of the Appalachian mountains-- made the colonists very upset.
Proclamation of 1763
Stamp Act
Townshend Act
Quartering Act
A group of colonists who formed a secret society to oppose British policies at the time of the American Revolution. These men could often be violent!
Sons of Liberty
Daughters of Liberty
Stamp Act Congress
Committees of Correspondence
Law passed by parliament allowing the British East India Company to sell its low-cost tea directly to the colonies - undermining colonial tea merchants; led to the Boston Tea Party
Tea Act
Townshend Act
Intolerable Acts
Stamp Act
series of laws passed in 1774 to punish Boston for the Tea Party
Intolerable Acts
Townshend Acts
Quartering Act
Sugar Act
What is the name of the group that formed communication among the colonies?
Sons of Liberty
Committees of the Colonies
Committees of Correspondance
Correspondence of the Colonies
After the colonists carried out the Boston Tea Party, what new laws and policies did the British respond with?
Sugar Act
Stamp Act
Intolerable Acts
Boycotts, General Unrest, written protests, destruction of property. What do all of these have in common?
British reaction to Parliament
Colonial reaction to British Parliament
What group was formed with the intentions of protecting those who are being punished by unfair taxes?
Sons of Liberty
Sons of Anarchy
The Wild Walls
What major economic policy was reversed in order to raise taxes for war debt?
Salutary Neglect
Quartering Act
Who lost the majority of their territory after the French and Indian War? Who acquired this land?
Britain Lost, France won
France lost, Britain won
Spain lost, Britain won
Which three countries were involved in the signing of the Treaty of Paris?
Britain, France, America
Britain, France, Cuba
Britain, France, Spain
After the British Parliament passed the Stamp Act, all of these angered the colonist except-
Forms Committee of Correspondence
Samuel Adams organized the Sons of Liberty
Merchants and consumers boycott British goods
Boycotting French Goods
