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WorksheetsRoad to Revolution
Total questions: 19
Worksheet time: 10mins
The Townshend Acts were:
British restrictions on trading
British taxes on everyday items colonists used
Colonists' reaction to British revenue policies
Acts of violence initiated by Charles Townshend due to lack of colonial representation.
Which describe the life of an indentured servant in colonial times?
viewed as someone's property for life
spent evenings reading or entertaining guests
legally bound to an employer for a set amount of time
Which item did the Stamp Act say that the colonists were supposed to buy a British stamp for?
every sheet of newspaper
every document
every playing card
all of the above
Which describes the major cause of the French and Indian War?
disagreements between the French and British over land claims and the fur trade
arguments about the rights of Indians in French North America
arguments about the prices Indians were paid for the furs they trapped for the British
disagreements between the French and the Indians over how to use the land and who owns the land
In which conflict were five colonists killed by British soldiers?
Paul Revere's Ride
Intolerable Acts
Boston Massacre
French and Indian War
Which Boston lawyer defended the British soldiers put on trial after the Boston Massacre?
Sam Adams
John Hancock
John Adams
Paul Revere
The American colonists felt that THIS was a violation of their civil liberties because they had no representation in British Parliament
Taxation
Dress Code
No Free Speech
Laws
This Law said that English colonists could NOT settle west of the Appalachian Mountains
The Stamp Act
The Tea Act
The Proclamation of 1763
The Great Migration
What group formed in Boston in 1765 to protest British taxes and laws? (The guys who planed the Boston Tea Party)
Sons of Liberty
Knights of Templar
Freemasons
Boys of Boston
Which Act was not imposed by the British on to the colonists?
Stamp Act
Social Security Act
Sugar Act
Quartering Act
Which of the following could be taxed under THE STAMP ACT
Tea
Playing Cards
Glass
Clothing
What did the Coercive Acts, or the Intolerable Acts do?
It created a monopoly so that tea could be sold cheaply, but only by one British tea company.
It closed the port of Boston and took away all their government leaders
It was a tax on all paper goods such as books, playing cards, and legal documents.
It was a meeting where representatives from each colony discussed what to do about the king’s action.
What does Quartering mean?
To allow troops to stay in your home
Hitting someone with a quarter
To give someone a quarter
Giving a quarter of your earnings to Britain
The Enlightenment is a period of time where "faith" is being replaced with what?
Water
Reason
Opinions
Science
John Locke believed these people had these types of rights?
No Rights
Freedom Rights
Natural Rights
Unnatural Rights
Baron de Montesquieu developed this idea for government
One House Congress
Checks and Balances
No House Congress
The President
According to Cesare Beccaria:
torture is necessary
the death penalty should always be an option
the punishment should fit the crime
trials should be private
Which of the following statements would most likely have been made by Voltaire?
"People should not be afraid to speak their minds."
"The government is made to protect our natural rights."
"Trials should not be private."
"The king needs absolute power."
If Baron de Montesquieu were to visit the United States today, he might be most pleased to see the
our Declaration of Independents
our Bill of Rights
a government-run tax system
the legislative, executive, and judiciary branches of our government
