WorksheetsAmerican Revolution Review
Total questions: 37
Worksheet time: 20mins
What did the Quartering Act make colonists do?
Provide housing and food for British soldiers
Give British soldiers quarters
Give British soldiers a quarter of everything they owned
Donate money to British soldiers
What did the stamp act require of colonists?
To create stamps for the post office
They had to pay a tax on all paper products
They had to give stamps to soldiers
Stamps were more expensive
What was the Sugar Act?
Colonists had to pay a tax on sugar and molasses
Anything made with sugar was taxed
Merchants had to pay a tax on sugar and molasses
Colonists had to give up sugar
Who fought in the French and Indian War?
Germans and French
British and French
British and Americans
British, French, Native Americans
The first British settlement was called...
Plymouth
Roanoke
Jamestown
University City
How many regions were the colonies divided into?
3
4
2
5
Which region was NOT a colonial region?
New England colonies
Southern colonies
Middle colonies
Northern colonies
In which region did the most slavery take place?
Middle
New England
Southern
Which region was nicknamed the "breadbasket" because of the grain and wheat that they farmed?
Middle
New England
Southern
Which region was very strict on religious rules?
Middle
New England
Southern
What were the French and British fighting over during the French and Indian War?
Money
Farming
Territory and Trade
Slavery
What specific area were the French and British fighting over?
New England
Ohio River Valley
Jamestown
Florida
Who won the war?
Native Americans
British
French
Germans
What were the colonists mad about that caused the Boston Massacre?
Taxes
Land
Trading
Food
How many colonists died in the Boston Massacre?
3
6
5
2
The colonists liked King George III.
True
False
What year was the Boston Massacre?
1765
1601
1753
1770
The reason the British were taxing the colonists was because...
King George III needed money for his mansion
England was in debt from the French and Indian war
The colonists were mean to him so he was mean back
The colonists had too much money
The Tea Act and The Boston Tea Party took place in what year?
1765
1770
1773
1783
The colonists dressed as _______ and stormed the ships carrying tea in the Boston harbor.
Native Americans
Canadians
Mexicans
Santa Clause
What event sparked enough outrage between the colonists and the British to start the American Revolutionary war?
Quartering Act
Boston Tea Party
Boston Massacre
French and Indian War
What was the name of the African who protested against British taxes and was the first man shot at the Boston Massacre?
Christopher Columbus
Clint Christensen
George Washington
Crispus Attucks
340 chests, or 92,000 pounds of tea, were dumped into the Pacific Ocean.
True
False
The British imposed the Tea Act so that...
They could poison the colonists
They could make more money
People couldn't drink anything except for tea
They could sell more tea to merchants
The only company that was allowed to sell tea in the colonies was called...
The King George III Tea Company
The "We are in Debt" Tea Company
The British East India Tea Company
The American Tea Company
What were the results of the Boston Tea Party? (Hint: click more than one!)
The Boston port was shut down, no more ships could dock there
The British stopped taxing the colonists
The British stopped making tea
The American Revolutionary War began
The leader of the Sons of Liberty was named:
Sam Adams
John Adams
Paul Revere
Crispus Attucks
Loyalists were colonists that wanted to follow the British and agreed with the taxing. They did not want independence from King George III.
False
True
How many Africans were kidnapped from the shores of Africa?
1 million
100,000
10 million
12 million
How many Africans died on the journey to the colonies?
100
500
10,000
2 million
The Triangular Trade involved which contintents?
Asia, Australia, Africa
North America, Africa, Europe
North America, South America, Europe
Africa, Asia, North America
Click all that apply to what kidnapped Africans had to endure on the slave ships.
No toilet
No shower
Abuse
Forced to entertain the ship crew
Disease
In the Triangular Trade, Africans would have been traded for:
A Native American slave
Crops from North America
Clothing from Europe
Food
What was the Middle Passage?
The journey from one plantation to another
The journey from slavery in the South to freedom in the North
The journey from the slave market to the plantation
The journey across the Atlantic Ocean on a slave ship
A plantation is defined as:
(Hint: click 2 answers!)
A place to grow plants for food
A factory where crops are turned into goods
A large area of land meant for farming cash crops (sugar, corn, tobacco)
A place in the south where slaves were forced to work without pay before the Civil War
What was the document written by Abraham Lincoln that abolished slavery called?
Emancipation Proclamation
Declaration of Independence
The Constitution
The Bill of Rights
Ms. Swehla's favorite snack is
(a)
