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4.2.CE The Beginnings of a New Nation

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was the name of the war fought between the French and English over the Ohio River Valley?

a)

Civil War

b)

Seven Years' War

c)

World War l

d)

American Revolution

2.

Who won the Seven Years' War?

a)

France and the Native Americans

b)

England and the colonists

c)

France and the colonists

d)

England and the Native Americans

3.

After the ___________________ , England began taxing the 13 colonies.

a)

Tea Act

b)

Stamp Act

c)

Seven Years' War

d)

Boycott

4.

Why did King George ll of England make the colonists start paying new taxes?

a)

England believed the colonists should pay for the debt accumulated from the Seven Years’ War.

b)

The King needed new shoes.

c)

The British wanted to make a new Navy.

d)

France wanted to build a new castle.

5.

One of the first Acts after the Seven Years’ War that placed a tax on all important papers was the

a)

Tax Act

b)

Tea Act

c)

Paper Act

d)

Stamp Act

6.

The ________ taxed goods such as paint, tea, glass, and lead.

a)

Stamp Act

b)

Tea Act

c)

Sugar Act

d)

Townshend Acts

7.

7. What was the name of the company that had the monopoly of tea sales after the Tea Act?

a)

Tetley Tea Company

b)

Sons of Liberty

c)

British East India Company

d)

French and Indian War

8.

Which act(s) closed Boston Harbor and took away the colony of Massachusetts’ right to govern itself?

a)

Coercive or Intolerable Acts

b)

Sugar Act

c)

Townshend Acts

d)

Tea Act

9.

Select the term that best fits the following definition: To refuse to buy any goods.

a)

Parliament

b)

Patriot

c)

Boycott

d)

Loyalist

10.

Select the term that best fits the following definition: A group formed to protest British tyranny.

a)

The Boston Tea Party

b)

Sons of Liberty

c)

Patriots

d)

Loyalists

11.

Select the term that best fits the following definition: The part of the British government that passed the new acts on taxes colonists had to pay.

a)

Sons of Liberty

b)

The Boston Tea Party

c)

Boycott

d)

Parliament

12.

A person who was loyal to the king.

a)

Loyalist

b)

Boycott

c)

Patriot

13.

An event where the Sons of Liberty dressed as Mohawk Indians tossed 92,000 lbs. of tea into the Boston Harbor.

a)

The Tea Act

b)

Parliament

c)

The Boston Tea Party

d)

The Boston Massacre

14.

A person who was against British rule.

a)

Boycott

b)

Parliament

c)

Sugar Act

d)

Patriot

15.

Why was the Seven Years’ War known as the French and Indian War to the colonists?

a)

They wanted the French and Native Americans to win.

b)

Because the French and Native Americans were fighting for the colonists’ independence.

c)

Because the colonists and England were fighting against the French and Native Americans.