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Causes of the American Revolution (Period 1A)

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Punishment for the Boston Tea Party, including the closing of Boston Harbor and the removal of the legislature.

a)

Proclamation of 1763

b)

Sugar Act

c)

Intolerable Acts

d)

Townshend Act

2.

To protest the increased price on tea, rebellious colonists held a "party", dumping tea into the harbor.

a)

Boston Massacre

b)

Boston Tea Party

c)

Townshend Act

d)

Intolerable Act

3.

Violent protest involving name calling and snowballs and the death of five colonists.

a)

Proclamation of 1763

b)

Boston Tea Party

c)

Boston Massacre

d)

Intolerable Acts

4.

Fight for the Ohio River Valley between Britain and France

a)

French and Indian War

b)

War of 1812

c)

Revolutionary War

d)

Civil War

5.

Prohibited colonists from settling on land west of the Appalachian Mountains.

a)

French and Indian War

b)

Townshend Acts

c)

Intolerable Acts

d)

Proclamation of 1763

6.

Tax placed on glass, lead, tea, and paint. "No taxation without representation" became the theme of colonial protests.

a)

Sugar Act

b)

Townshend Acts

c)

Intolerable Acts

d)

Stamp Act

7.

Tax enforced following the French and Indian War. Tax on paper products.

a)

Townshend Acts

b)

Sugar Act

c)

Stamp Act

d)

Boston Tea Party

8.

Where was the Declaration of Independence written?

a)

New York City

b)

Washington, D. C.

c)

Philadelphia

d)

Pittsburgh

9.

This documented listed the grievances (complaints) of the colonists.

a)

Intolerable Acts

b)

Townshend Act

c)

U.S. Constitution

d)

Declaration of Independence

10.

Who was the main author of the Declaration of Independence?

a)

Benjamin Franklin

b)

Alexander Hamilton

c)

John Adams

d)

Thomas Jefferson

11.

According to the Declaration of Independence, the government gets its power from____________.

a)

Parliament

b)

the President

c)

the people

d)

the King

12.

According to the Declaration of Independence, what can the people do if the government is not protecting their rights?

a)

Find a new king

b)

Move to another country

c)

Not have a government

d)

Overthrow or eliminate that government and then start a new government

13.

This was the only tax NOT repealed from the Townshend Acts.

a)

Tea

b)

Paper

c)

Glass

d)

Lead

14.

This image represents which event?

a)

Boston Tea Party

b)

Proclamation of 1763

c)

Lexington and Concord

d)

Boston Massacre

15.

Tax collectors in the colonies represented which country?

a)

France

b)

England

c)

Spain

d)

America

16.

Colonists were forced to house British soldiers through this act.

a)

Quartering Act

b)

Tea Act

c)

Stamp Act

d)

Intolerable Acts