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Colonial Unrest

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which event included the King drawing a line on the Appalachian Mountains and telling the colonists they could not move west of it?

a)

Boston Massacre

b)

Stamp Act

c)

Quartering Act

d)

Proclamation of 1763

e)

Boston Tea Party

2.

Which event was inaccurately named and was really a riot. However, this led to 5 unarmed colonists being killed by British soldiers.

a)

Boston Massacre

b)

Stamp Act

c)

Quartering Act

d)

Proclamation of 1763

e)

Boston Tea Party

3.

Which event made some colonists begin to attack tax collectors because they were so outraged by this tax on paper products.

a)

Boston Massacre

b)

Stamp Act

c)

Quartering Act

d)

Proclamation of 1763

e)

Boston Tea Party

4.

Which event forced colonists to house and feed British soldiers. To make this even more awkward, the colonists didn't even want the soldiers in the colonies, let alone their homes.

a)

Boston Massacre

b)

Stamp Act

c)

Quartering Act

d)

Proclamation of 1763

e)

Boston Tea Party

5.

A group of Patriots boarded a ship full of British cargo waiting to unload and sell to colonists. This cargo was dumped in the harbor to protest a tax on this item. This event outraged the king.

a)

Boston Massacre

b)

Stamp Act

c)

Quartering Act

d)

Proclamation of 1763

e)

Boston Tea Party

6.

What is the best definition for a colony.

a)

A far away place

b)

A distant land governed by another country

c)

Many countries working together

d)

Another planet controlled by Earth

7.

What state was not once a colony?

a)

New York

b)

Oregon

c)

Pennsylvania

d)

Massachusetts

8.

How many colonies were in the American Colonies?

a)

3

b)

5

c)

10

d)

13

9.

What part of the now United States were the colonies located?

a)

Northern portion

b)

Southern portion

c)

West Coast

d)

East Coast

10.

What Ocean separated England from the colonies?

a)

Arctic Ocean

b)

Pacific Ocean

c)

Atlantic Ocean

d)

Indian Ocean

11.

What country controlled the American Colonies?

a)

England

b)

Russia

c)

Australia

d)

India

12.

What year did the American Colonies declare independence?

a)

1774

b)

1775

c)

1776

d)

1778

13.

What month and day did the American Colonies declare independence?

a)

June 3

b)

July 4

c)

August 5

d)

September 6

14.

Which states was not an original colony?

a)

New Hampshire

b)

New York

c)

California

d)

Georgia

15.

This was the first battles of the American Revolution. The British won the first battle. The Americans won the second battle.

a)

Boston Massacre

b)

Stamp Act

c)

Quartering Act

d)

Lexington and Concord

e)

Boston Tea Party