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SS8H3ab Causes of the American Revolution

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Which document stated the reasons why the colonies wanted their freedom from Britain?
a)
Declaration of Independence
b)
U.S. Constitution
c)
Bill of Rights
d)
Articles of Confederation 
2.
This act was passed in 1765....it was a tax on all paper documents in the colonies such as newspapers, documents, and ship papers.
a)
Stamp Act
b)
Tea Act
c)
Paper Act
d)
Currency Act
3.
How did the Proclamation of 1763 impact the colonies?
a)
It required them to pay extra taxes and fees to France
b)
It prevented them from trading with Indian tribes. 
c)
It required them to house British Soldiers in their homes.
d)
It prevented them from expanding westward. 
4.
How did the French and Indian War (Seven Years War) contribute to the American Revolution? 
a)
France wanted revenge after losing the war and negotiated with the colonies to fight England.
b)
Indians that fought in the war supported the colonies and encouraged them to fight the British.
c)
England went into debt because of the war and decided to tax the colonies to get their money back.
d)
England was unhappy with the colonies performance in the war and punished them with taxes. 
5.
The French and Indian was was fought between the
a)
French against the Indians
b)
Indians against the Spanish
c)
French and British against the Indians
d)
The French and Indians against the British and the colonists.
6.

What effect did the end of the French and Indian War initially have on Georgia?

a)

It enraged Georgians because it made the colony smaller.

b)

It benefited the colony because it gave it more territory and made the colony more secure.

c)

It endangered the colony because Florida was now a British colony.

d)

It had little effect because no fighting ever occurred in Georgia.

7.

What does the following list describe?

  • Divided Florida into two British colonies
  • Expanded Georgia's territory
  • Angered colonists wanting to settle west of the Appalachian Mountains
a)

the Intolerable Acts

b)

the Stamp Act

c)

the Charter of 1732

d)

the Proclamation of 1763

8.

Who represented Georgia at the Second Continental Congress and signed the Declaration of Independence?

a)

Button Gwinnett, John Adams, and Benjamin Franklin

b)

Lyman Hall, George Walton, and Thomas Jefferson

c)

George Walton, Lyman Hall, and Button Gwinnett

d)

Button Gwinnett, George Walton, and James Madison

9.

Which of these was a major philosophy expressed in the Declaration of Independence?

a)

support for states' rights and slavery

b)

a belief in the natural rights of citizens

c)

the need for a federal system of government

d)

a belief in the benefits of a laissez-faire economy

10.

According to the Declaration of Independence, from where does government gets its power?

a)

from wealth

b)

power is inherited

c)

from the pursuit of happiness

d)

from citizens

11.

The List of Grievances were the part of the Declaration that

a)

detailed the colonists' complaints with King George.

b)

listed a man's natural rights.

c)

introduced the Declaration.

d)

concluded the Declaration, declaring America a free country.

12.
In the first part of the Declaration, Jefferson wrote that all men have rights.  These included "Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness".  What is the first part of the Declaration called?
a)
The Closing
b)
The Body
c)
The Phone Number
d)
The Preamble