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Road to Revolution

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was the ultimate goal of Benjamin Franklin’s Albany Plan of Union and Join or Die cartoon?

a)

to convince the colonies to unite against Britain

b)

to keep the colonies from exporting goods on their own

c)

To kill all snakes that you see

d)

to enable each colony to tax individually

2.

What act taxed almost all printed materials in the colonies?

a)

Sugar Act

b)

Intolerable Acts

c)

Stamp Act

d)

Quartering Act

3.

What event is this artwork depicting?

a)

French and Indian War

b)

American Revolutionary War

c)

Bloody Massacre

d)

Join Or Die Cartoon

4.

The Proclamation of 1763 declared that colonial settlers could not go __________________ of the Appalachians Mountains.

a)

North

b)

South

c)

East

d)

West

5.

The Proclamation of 1763 declared that colonial settlers could not go __________________ of the Appalachians Mountains.

a)

North

b)

South

c)

East

d)

West

6.

What slogan did the colonists use when they were speaking against the British?

a)

Join or Die

b)

No Taxation without Representation

c)

The British Are Coming....

d)

Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death

7.

What was the first tax passed to specifically raise money in the colonies?

a)

Stamp Act

b)

Sugar Act

c)

Coercive Act

d)

Tea Act

8.

How did colonial leaders use the Boston Massacre killings?

a)

as a call to war

b)

as propaganda

c)

as a reason to trust the British

d)

as a reason to tax Great Britain

9.

What is another name for the coercive acts?

a)

Intolerable Acts

b)

Quartering Acts

c)

Committee of Correspondence

d)

Sons of Liberty

10.
To refuse to do business or have contact with a person, group, or company.
a)
Loyalist
b)
boycott
c)
militia
d)
rivalry
11.

To get rid of or to cancel a law.

a)

militia

b)

boycott

c)

repeal

d)

tyranny

12.
A group of volunteers who fight in times of emergency.
a)
blockade
b)
boycott
c)
rivalry
d)
militia
13.
What was the first battle of the Revolutionary War?
a)
The Battle of Bunker Hill
b)
The Boston Massacre
c)
Battle of Saratoga
d)
Battles of Lexington and Concord
14.
Which series of Acts punished the town of Boston for the Boston Tea Party
a)
Intolerable Acts
b)
Quartering Acts
c)
Stamp Act
d)
Sugar Act
15.
"No taxation without representation" means?
a)
Colonists shouldn't be taxed if they had no one representing them in Parliament
b)
The representative can tax me
c)
Seize weapons right away
d)
None of the above
16.
_______ was when the Sons of Liberty dumped tea into Boston Harbor.
a)
Tea Act
b)
Boston Tea Party
c)
Quartering Act
d)
Boston Massacre
17.
_______ forced colonists to provide housing, food, and supplies for British troops.
a)
Stamp Act
b)
Boston Tea Party
c)
Quartering Act
d)
Boston Massacre
18.

To refuse to buy items in order to show disapproval or force acceptance of terms.

a)

Propaganda

b)

Repeal

c)

Boycott

d)

Rebellion