WorksheetsUnit 3 The Declaration of Independence
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
What was the result of the French and Indian War?
Great Britain won but had war debts to pay
France won and gained control of land west of the colonies
The Indians won and were able to keep their land
The British needed to raise money to pay off the war debt so they taxed the colonists. How did the colonists feel about this?
Supportive
Angry
Neutral
Which sentence BEST supports the answer above?
Colonists were thankful Great Britain protected them during the French and Indian War.
Colonists were not represented in British Parliament and felt they did not deserve to be taxed without their representation.
Colonists needed the goods from Great Britain so they agreed to pay the taxes.
What is the slogan colonists used when taxes were imposed without consent of their colonial government?
“Don’t tax us, We won’t pay!”
“British Acts and Colonial Tax”
“No Taxation without Representation”
How did the colonists protest the Stamp Act?
Riots
Boycotts and violence towards tax collectors
Signed petitions
What Act placed taxes on British imports (glass, tea, lead, paint, and paper)
Townshend Act
Declaratory Act
The Import Act
The Townshend Acts led to British sending in troops and passing the Quartering Act. What are the Quartering Acts?
Colonists were required to house the troops
Colonists were required to give up a quarter of their public space
Colonists had to pay for hotels for the troops
The colonists grew more angry. Shots rang out killing 5 colonists. This is known as the
The Boston Murder Spree
The Boston Manslaughter
The Boston Massacre
Britain repealed the Townshend Acts, but passed this an act allowing only the British East India Company to sell this product...
Sugar
Tea
Paper
The Tea Act put a monopoly on tea. What does that mean?
Colonists could only buy Tea from the British East India Company
Colonists played a game of monopoly while drinking tea
Britain forced colonists to buy tea from the Monopoly Tea Company
Although tea prices lowered, colonists felt it was a trick. This led to the Boston Tea Party. What was the Boston Tea Party?
Daughters of Liberty wasted all the colonial tea in the Boston fountain
Sons of Liberty dressed in Indian costumes and dumped British tea into the Boston Harbor
The British dumped their own tea so the colonists could not buy any
In response, Parliament punished the rebels by passing the Intolerable Acts (Coercive Acts). What did the British do?
Imposed more taxes
Closed the Boston Harbor
Gave colonial land to the French
Why were the Boston Massacre and the Boston Tea Party so important?
These events united the colonies in support for independence
These events forced Britain to withdraw its troops
These events led to the Battle of Boston
How did the colonists respond to the Intolerable Acts?
Colonists united and sent delegates to the First Continental Congress
Colonists rebelled and declared war on Britain and the King
Colonists blocked all British ships from entering the ports
What is the Declaration of Rights?
An law giving the colonies a right to govern themselves
A law that declared Britain power over the colonies
Petition to the king, naming the colonial grievances
The colonial delegates at the Second Continental Congress met to discuss which of the following?
Partial independence from Britain
Total independence from Britain
Who was going to be the first president
What are the two main points of Lee’s Resolution?
Colonies are now independent states and have the rights to govern themselves
Colonies are still part of Britain but can govern themselves
Colonies are give government control to Britain but are independent states
The Founding Fathers RATIFIED the Declaration of Independence. What does that mean?
Declined
Typed
Approved
When was the Declaration of Independence approved?
July 2, 1775
July 4, 1776
June 7, 1777
In the Declaration of Independence it says we have unalienable rights. What does that mean mean?
Rights the government gives you
Rights the King gives you
Rights that can't be taken away from you
