WorksheetsCauses of the American Revolution
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 19mins
Which of these would NOT have been taxed by the Stamp Act?
Tea
Paper
Playing Cards
Paper, paint, lead, and tea were taxed by the _____.
Townshend Acts
Tea Act
Stamp Act
Intolerable Acts
During the Boston Massacre, how many colonists were shot and killed by British soldiers?
5
10
50
100
Americans dressed as _____ before the Boston Tea Party.
Indians
Redcoats
Pirates
Soldiers
The British were mad at the colonists for the Boston Tea Party, so they passed the _____ to make them pay for it.
Intolerable Acts
Boston Massacre
Tea Act
Stamp Act
What was the name of the war fought between England and France over land in North America?
Civil War
French and Indian War
Revolutionary War
American War
The slogan colonists began to use to protest paying taxes to Great Britain and not having representatives in Parliament.
No more taxes!
We don't like taxes!
These taxes are unfair!
No taxation without representation!
The event in which the Sons of Liberty dumped tea into Boston Harbor as a protest.
Boston Tea Party
Boston Harbor
Boston Massacre
Boston, Massachusetts
After the French & Indian War, why did England start to tax the colonies more?
Just because it was more powerful
To pay off the debt for the cost of defending the colonies
It was part of the Mercantilism unfair trade
First Continental Congress
September 1774
The first great war with the native Americans
New British laws that made colonists pay for the tea they destroyed, kept them from having meetings, and allowed more soldiers to stay in the colonists' homes
12 colonies met in Philadelphia to represent the interest of the colonies and challenge British control
"No taxation without representation" was a statement the colonists made in regards to
Their hatred for King George
the lack of colonial representation in Parliament
the tax on tea
the French Indian War
All printed materials were taxed under the
Townshend Act
Quartering Act
Sugar Act
Stamp Act
A popular method of protesting British laws was to ______________________, or refuse to buy British goods.
tar and feather
burn effigies
boycott
threatening letters
In Britain, the Intolerable Acts are known as the _____________________.
Harboring Acts
Townshend Act
Coercive Acts
Punishment Acts
In an attempt to gather weapons from the colonists, British troops were sent to Lexington and _____________.
Concord
Washington D.C.
Boston
New York
The _____ Revolution began with the shots fired at Lexington and Concord.
British
Native American
American
French
What was the Boston Tea Party?
A party where the colonists all drank tea.
Colonists started growing their own tea.
Colonists dressed up as Native Americans and dumped British tea in the Boston Harbor.
The British stole tea from the colonists.
The group in Great Britain who was in charge of creating laws was called __________.
Congress
Parliament
Senate
House of Representatives
Some colonists joined a secret group that was formed because they wanted independence. They were called _____.
Secretary of State
Tea Party
Sons of Liberty
Parliament
What were the Colonists throwing at the British during the Boston Massacre?
snowballs
knives
eggs
tea
All of these men were in the Sons of Liberty except..
George Washington
Patrick Henry
Samuel Adams
Paul Revere
