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Road to Revolution Unit Test

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which groups were battling in the French & Indian War?

a)

French vs. Indians

b)

French vs. British

c)

British vs. Colonists

2.

Who helped the French try to keep control of the Ohio Valley?

a)

King George III

b)

the Colonists

c)

the Native Americans

3.

Which two countries claimed the Ohio Valley territory?

a)

France and Spain

b)

Spain and England

c)

France and England

4.

When the French lost the French and Indian War, they surrendered all of their ________ claims in North America.

a)

land

b)

money

c)

tax

5.

What did Ben Franklin want this image to encourage the colonies to do?

a)

join together against the French

b)

hunt snakes together

c)

read newspapers together

6.

Many colonists thought that the proclamation of 1763 showed that King George III _________.

a)

sided with the Indians

b)

wanted the colonists to leave the colonies

c)

wished the French had won the French and Indian War

7.

The Committees of Correspondence were formed to _______________.

a)

spread rumors about King George III

b)

share information about what the colonies were doing to resist the British

c)

ask for lower taxes

8.

How did the colonists react to the Townsend Acts?

a)

They threw a tea party.

b)

They created the Stamp Act.

c)

They boycotted the taxed items.

9.

Which is NOT a part of the Coercive (Intolerable) Acts?

a)

Blockade of Boston Harbor

b)

Closing of the Massachusetts Legislature

c)

Quartering Act

d)

Boston Tea Party

10.

British soldiers were marching to Lexington and Concord for two reasons. First, they wanted to capture rebel leaders, John Hancock and Samuel Adams. Second, they wanted to _______________________.

a)

destroy colonial weapons.

b)

collect taxes from colonists.

c)

start the American Revolution.

11.

Describe the actions of the minutemen while the British were retreating (marching) back to Boston.

a)

The minutemen were marching in straight lines.

b)

The minutemen hid behind walls, buildings, and trees and fired on the British soldiers.

c)

The minutemen helped the British carry their weapons.