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Road to Revolution Live Quiz

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
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
2.
"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
3.
_______ taxed all legal documents such as books, pamphlets, newspapers, and deck of cards
a)
Stamp Act
b)
Boston Tea Party
c)
Quartering Act
d)
Boston Massacre
4.
_______ forced colonists to provide housing, food, and supplies for British troops.
a)
Stamp Act
b)
Boston Tea Party
c)
Quartering Act
d)
Boston Massacre
5.
__________ was a refusal to buy goods in protest.
a)
Stamp Act
b)
Boston Tea Party
c)
Quartering Act
d)
Boycott
6.
The law that said the American colonists could not settle west of the Appalachian Mountains due to conflict with the Native Americans
a)
Proclamation of 2016
b)
Stamp Act
c)
Indian Lands Proclamation
d)
Proclamation of 1763
7.
Why did England impose taxes on the colonies?
a)
Pay for the cost of a new navy.
b)
Build roads to the Ohio River Valley.
c)
Show colonists who was in charge.
d)
Pay off debts owed from the French and Indian War.
8.
What is mercantilism?
a)
A system where a mother countries gains money and power from natural resources that come from its colonies.
b)
where colonies trade gold and silver with each other.
c)
Wars that start over money.
d)
Plantation colonies trading slaves for money.
9.

What was the role of the Committee of Correspondence?

a)

British representatives who kept the King informed about the colonists' actions

b)

Kept other colonies informed about colonial actions and protest and gained support for the Revolution.

c)

It was the newspaper publisher in the colonies

d)

Kept track of trade between the colonies and other countries.

10.

How did the colonial leaders use the Boston Massacre as propaganda?

a)

They wrote articles explaining that the colonists started the confrontation.

b)

They distributed pamphlets urging colonists to be nice to British troops.

c)

They created images and engravings making it look as through the blood thirsty redcoats were out to kill innocent colonists.

d)

They wrote letters persuading the King to get control of his soldiers.

11.

Which act lowered the tax on molasses, hoping the colonists would pay the tax rather than smuggling in goods?

a)

Sugar Act

b)

Stamp Act

c)

Declaratory Act

d)

Quartering Act

12.
What act prompted the Boston Tea Party?
a)
Stamp Act
b)
Quartering Act
c)
Tea Act
d)
Sugar Act
13.

What document officially ended the French & Indian War?

a)

Treaty of Ghent, 1814

b)

Magna Carta, 1215

c)

Declaration of Independence, 1776

d)

Treaty of Paris, 1763

14.

Which action by the colonists could be categorized as an act of civil disobedience?

a)

Colonists throwing British tea into Boston Harbor

b)

Placing restrictions on trade with Spain and France

c)

Paying the stamp tax to British tax collectors

d)

Firing guns at British soldiers at Lexington and Concord, Massachusetts

15.
Who was put in charge of the Continental Army? 
a)
Abraham Lincoln
b)
Alexander Hamilton
c)
George Washington
d)
Benjamin Franklin
16.
The ______ was sent to King George III to ask that the king protect colonists’ rights and tell him that the colonists do not want war. 
a)
List of Grievances
b)
Olive Branch Petition
c)
Declaration of Independence
d)
Magna Carter
17.
Which colony was not present at the first Continental Congress? 
a)
Massachusetts
b)
South Carolina
c)
Pennsylvania
d)
Georgia
18.
The "shot heard 'round the world" was which battle?
a)
Battle of Bunker Hill
b)
Battle of Lexington and Concord
c)
Battle of Trenton
19.
_______ was an incident where British soldiers panicked and shot and killed five colonists in Boston.
a)
Stamp Act
b)
Boston Tea Party
c)
Quartering Act
d)
Boston Massacre
20.

Colonists were especially upset with the British government because it did not allow the

a)

colonial business to support royal taxes

b)

colonists to have representation in Parliament

c)

powers of colonial legislatures to increase

d)

laws passed by parliament to govern the colonies