WorksheetsCauses of the Revolution (SS8H3A)
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The 1765 act that taxed paper and printed goods in the colonies was the ___.
a)
Paper Act
b)
Stamp Act
c)
Tea Act
d)
Pamphlet Promotion
2.
What was the Boston Tea Party?
a)
It was a party held to celebrate the Tea Act.
b)
It was Boston's response to the Intolerable Acts.
c)
It was when colonists dumped 342 chests of tea into Boston Harbor to protest the Tea Act.
d)
It was when riders on fast horses delivered tea around Boston.
3.
What did the Proclamation of 1763 do?
a)
Forbade colonists from living west of the Appalachian Mountains
b)
Forbade colonists from living east of the Appalachian Mountains
c)
Forbade colonists from travelling along the Mississippi River
d)
Forbade colonists from trading with the British
4.
What is a petition?
a)
Another word for a riot
b)
A tax placed on colonists
c)
A formal law that is made
d)
A formal request that is submitted to an authority
5.
What is a boycott?
a)
A violent protest
b)
A written request
c)
Refusal to buy or use goods and service
d)
A product the British made better than anyone else
6.
Which concern of the colonists led to the American Revolution?
a)
opposition to British tax policies
b)
Desire for greater religious freedom
c)
Fear of attacks by American Indians
d)
Increasing immigration from countries other than Britain
7.
Colonists protested the Stamp Act because they believed in what phrase?
a)
Live free or die
b)
All men are created equal
c)
Life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness
d)
No taxation with representation
8.
Sons of Liberty were a group of American colonists who worked to repeal the Stamp Act by doing what?
a)
Taking military action against the British
b)
Forming alliances with the enemies of Britain
c)
Meeting with Parliament in England
d)
Publicly protesting and organizing boycotts
9.
Which of these statements describes a major reason for the conflict between Britain and France in the Ohio Valley?
a)
The English wanted the land and resources of the Ohio River Valley
b)
the series of forts the English built along the Ohio River
c)
the Spanish-French alliance against the English
d)
The French wanted the English to eat more croissants.
10.
Why was the war named the “French and Indian War”?
a)
England fought against France and its Indian allies.
b)
France fought against the Indians.
c)
England and France fought against the Indians.
d)
France fought against England and its Indian allies.
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