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Road to the Revolution Test

Total questions: 38

Worksheet time: 10hrs 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Which group of colonists were responsible for the Boston Tea Party?
a)
Daughters of Liberty
b)
Sons of Liberty
c)
Mohawk Native Americans
d)
Algonquin Native Americans
2.
What was the Boston Tea Party?
a)
March 5, 1770-Captain Preston and his Redcoat soldiers shot and killed 5 colonists
b)
April 19, 1774-Redcoat soldiers, looking for arms, were attacked at the Concord Bridge
c)
September 1774-The Delegates or Representatives from ALL 13 colonies (except Georgia), met to discuss the Intolerable Acts
d)
December 16, 1773-50 Sons of Liberty, dressed up as Mohawks, dumped tea from 3 British tea ships into the harbor. 
3.
Which of the following was a reason the Boston Tea Party occurred?
a)
Non-Importaion Agreement was violated
b)
The tax on tea was too expensive
c)
Mohawk Native Americans hated Parliament
d)
To punish Parliament for the Intolerable Acts
4.
Why did the Redcoats travel to Concord, Massachusetts?
a)
To find and confiscate (take over) arms of the Militia
b)
To bend the arms of the Militia
c)
To win a decisive battle over the Militia
d)
To force colonists to pay the tax on tea
5.

What was the Albany Plan of Union?

a)

the need for the colonies to unite against the French

b)

British taxation without representation

c)

Early sign of alliances with Iroquois Native Americans

d)

Early sign of hatred towards Parliament

6.
What did the slogan, "No Taxation Without Representation" mean?
a)
Colonists did not want to pay expensive taxes
b)
Colonists did not want representation if that meant paying new taxes
c)
Colonists did not want a representative government
d)
Colonists did not feel it was fair to be taxed when they are not represented in Parliament
7.
Why were the Colonists were upset with the Writs of Assistance?
a)
It allowed officials to check cargo and invade the colonist's privacy
b)
It allowed Redcoats to live in the homes of colonists, invading their privacy
c)
It allowed for colonists wrists to be assisted
d)
It allowed Redcoats to smuggle taxed items into the colonies 
8.
Why did Paul Revere create the Boston Massacre Engraving?
a)
To accurately depict the event for those who were not there
b)
To make the colonists angry at the Redcoats
c)
To defend the principles of Freedom of Press
d)
To warn the militia, that the "Redcoats Were Coming!"
9.
Which of the following was NOT an Intolerable Act?
a)
Shut down port of Boston
b)
Soldiers would live in the "Common" areas
c)
Only one town meeting per year
d)
Redcoats arrested for major crimes would be tried in England
10.
The Boston Tea Party directly led to which event?
a)
Boston Massacre
b)
First Continental Congress
c)
Lexington and Concord
d)
Intolerable Acts
11.
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
a)
George Washington
b)
John Hancock
c)
John Adams
d)
Thomas Jefferson
12.

What was the major objection that the British colonies had to English rule?

a)

denied the rights to arm themselves for defense

b)

denied the rights citizens who lived in England

c)

forced to settle wilderness areas

d)

forced to farm crops ordered by England

13.
What document ended France as a power in North America?
a)
Treaty of Ohio River Valley
b)
Treaty of Paris
c)
Treaty of Britain
d)
Treaty of Versailles
14.
The Proclamation of 1763 said the colonists couldn't go past which physical feature?
a)
Appalachian Mts
b)
Mississippi River
c)
Rocky Mts
d)
Ohio River
15.

Laws passed to punish people of the Boston Tea Party.

a)

Boston Massacre

b)

Intolerable Acts

c)

Quartering Act

d)

Stamp Act

16.

Because of the _____, the British had debts to pay off.

a)

Intolerable Acts

b)

Sons of Liberty

c)

French and Indian War

d)

American Revolution

17.

The _____ prohibited the colonists from settling on the land they helped the British win.

a)

Proclamation of 1763

b)

Quartering Act

c)

Stamp Act

d)

American Revolution

18.

The ____ was a secret organization that fought against taxation by the British government.

a)

Traitor

b)

Sons of Liberty

c)

American Revolution

d)

Intolerable Acts

19.

This declared the U.S. was to be freed of British rule.

a)

Articles of Confederation

b)

American Revolution

c)

Declaration of Independence

d)

Constitutional Convention

20.

Under mercantilism, the 13 American colonies were expected to provide Great Britain with

a)

finished American made goods

b)

natural resources and markets for British products

c)

officials to represent colonial interests in Parliament

d)

laborers to work in British factories

21.

What was the purpose of the Navigation Acts?

a)

bring Africans to Americas as slaves

b)

protect English merchant ships

c)

regulate the colonial economy, by allowing goods to be sent only to England

d)

resolve disputes with Native Americans

22.

In a mercantile system, the mother nation gains a favorable balance of trade when

a)

it sells (exports) more products than it buys (imports)

b)

citizens can buy items for cheaper prices in other nations

c)

all of the citizens are employed

d)

there are no taxes

23.

Why did Native Americans side with the French during the French and Indian War?

a)

The French took advantage of the them

b)

the English destroyed their hunting grounds

c)

they wanted to expand their territory out west

d)

the French didn't tax Iroquois

24.

Why did the colonies reject the Albany Plan of Union?

a)

it would have forced the colonies to pay higher taxes to England

b)

England would have received control of all the lands west of the Mississippi River

c)

the colonies would have to give up some of their power

d)

it would have eliminated the triangular trade

25.

How did England's policy toward its colonies change after the French and Indian War?

a)

It no longer paid for voyages to the colonies for new settlers

b)

It granted the colonies more independnece

c)

It enacted many taxes to pay off the war debt

d)

It removed colonial administrators

26.

1. American colonists were asked to cover the

cost of the French and Indian War by paying _____.

a)

the monarch

b)

refunds

c)

taxes

27.

1. How did the colonists protest the Sugar Act?

a)

rioting

b)

smuggling

c)

Boycotting

d)

forming groups

28.
Sons of Liberty were a group of American colonists who worked to repeal the Stamp Act by doing what?
a)
Taking military action against the British
b)
Forming alliances with the enemies of Britain
c)
Meeting with Parliament in England 
d)
Publicly protesting and organizing boycotts
29.

Which act had colonists pay a tax on public documents such as newspapers, custom documents, legal papers, and licenses?

a)

Stamp Act

b)

Sugar Act

c)

Proclamation of 1763

d)

Quartering Act

30.

What were the Townshend Acts of 1767?

a)

laws that banned colonists from settling in the Ohio River Valley

b)

an attempt to enforce a national religion

c)

tax on glass, lead, paints, paper, and tea

d)

eliminating the colonial legislatures

31.

What was the incident in 1770 that involved the attack of 5 American colonists by British soldiers

a)

Boston Massacre

b)

Stamp Act Congress

c)

Pontiac's Rebellion

d)

Boston Tea Party

32.

Who started the Sons of Liberty to protest British grievances?

a)

Roger Williams

b)

Anne Hutchinson

c)

William Penn

d)

Samuel Adams

33.

What was the purpose of the Quartering Act?

a)

It declared colonial currency to be illegal

b)

it required colonists to pay a tax on all printed materials

c)

it forced colonists to provide housing for British soldiers

d)

it repealed the Tea Act

34.

Why was the First Continental Congress formed?

a)

In response to the harsh Intolerable Acts

b)

the battles of Lexington and Concord

c)

England's refusing to repeal the Stamp Act

d)

the colonists' actions in the Boston Tea Party

35.

Who is a loyalists?

a)

remained loyal to England and the king

b)

believed in the American Revolution

c)

didn't agree with the English crown

d)

believed that France owned the Ohio River Valley

36.

Why did Paul Revere and William Dawes ride to Lexington?

a)

to deliver military supplies

b)

spy on British troops

c)

warn Americans colonists the British soldiers were coming

d)

deliver news of the Patriot defeat at Bunker Hill

37.

The "shot heard round the world" refers to which of the following?

a)

the events at the battle of Lexington

b)

the final shot at the Battle of Yorktown

c)

the assassination of the king

d)

the defeat of the French

38.

Why did Thomas Paine write Common Sense?

a)

military plan to defeat England

b)

to convinced Americans to support independence

c)

new form of government

d)

adding a Bill of Rights

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