WorksheetsCauses of the American Revolution
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
The Quartering Act was a British law that requited colonists to...
Buy tea from Britain.
Pay additional taxes on paper goods.
Pay a quarter for every item with a stamp.
Provide housing and food for British soldiers.
Colonists protested British acts in several ways. Which of the following is NOT a way the colonists protested?
Exported lumber and beaver furs to Britain.
Wrote letters and formed committees.
Boycotted British goods.
Attacked tax collectors.
Many colonists didn’t want to pay taxes because...
they thought the British had enough money.
they thought the money from the taxes was being wasted.
they had no representation in making the tax laws.
they didn’t have any money.
In response to being forced to buy British tea, colonists dressed up like Native Americans and dumped the British tea into the harbor. This event is known as...
The Boston Massacre
The Tea Act
The Boston Tea Party
The Sons of Liberty
What caused colonists to call themselves Patriots or Loyalists?
Whether they supported independence from Britain.
The colonial region in which they lived.
Whether they paid British taxes.
The country from which they or their ancestors came.
The British Parliament insisted the colonists pay a tax on paper goods. A tax is....
Money saved each pay check.
Money earned for working.
Money used to pay for government.
Money collected by a bank.
The Sons of Liberty were...
Sons of famous Americans (George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Patrick Henry).
A group of British soldiers who believed the colonists should be free from British rule.
members from each of the colonies.
A group of patriots who believed they should be free from British rule.
The Boston Massacre started because...
people wanted the British to supply soldiers to the Boston citizens.
Parliament passed the Tea Act.
John Adams took on the court case.
a crowd of angry colonist yelled and threw snowballs at a British soldier.
Britain made the Proclamation of 1763 to avoid fighting with the....
congress
Native Americans
French
colonists
1. The British ______ made laws for all British people.
king
Parliament
colonists
courts
What document said that the colonists could not move WEST of the Appalachian Mountain?
Declaration of Independence
Proclamation of 1763
Charter of 1732
The Bill of Rights
1. Colonists who supported the actions of the British
government were known as _____.
neutralists
loyalist
patriot
representative
Which BEST describes the beginning of the French and Indian War?
French and British fight over the Ohio River Valley.
British and Spanish fight over New Mexico.
Spanish and French fight over Florida.
French and Native Americans fight over the Great Lakes region.
