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Road to Revolution

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The Townshend Acts were:

a)

British restrictions on trading

b)

British taxes on everyday items colonists used

c)

Colonists' reaction to British revenue policies

d)

Acts of violence initiated by Charles Townshend due to lack of colonial representation.

2.

Which describe the life of an indentured servant in colonial times?

a)

viewed as someone's property for life

b)

spent evenings reading or entertaining guests

c)

legally bound to an employer for a set amount of time

3.

Which item did the Stamp Act say that the colonists were supposed to buy a British stamp for?

a)

every sheet of newspaper

b)

every document

c)

every playing card

d)

all of the above

4.

Which describes the major cause of the French and Indian War?

a)

disagreements between the French and British over land claims and the fur trade

b)

arguments about the rights of Indians in French North America

c)

arguments about the prices Indians were paid for the furs they trapped for the British

d)

disagreements between the French and the Indians over how to use the land and who owns the land

5.

In which conflict were five colonists killed by British soldiers?

a)

Paul Revere's Ride

b)

Intolerable Acts

c)

Boston Massacre

d)

French and Indian War

6.

Which Boston lawyer defended the British soldiers put on trial after the Boston Massacre?

a)

Sam Adams

b)

John Hancock

c)

John Adams

d)

Paul Revere

7.

The American colonists felt that THIS was a violation of their civil liberties because they had no representation in British Parliament

a)

Taxation

b)

Dress Code

c)

No Free Speech

d)

Laws

8.

This Law said that English colonists could NOT settle west of the Appalachian Mountains

a)

The Stamp Act

b)

The Tea Act

c)

The Proclamation of 1763

d)

The Great Migration

9.

What group formed in Boston in 1765 to protest British taxes and laws? (The guys who planed the Boston Tea Party)

a)

Sons of Liberty

b)

Knights of Templar

c)

Freemasons

d)

Boys of Boston

10.

Which Act was not imposed by the British on to the colonists?

a)

Stamp Act

b)

Social Security Act

c)

Sugar Act

d)

Quartering Act

11.

Which of the following could be taxed under THE STAMP ACT

a)

Tea

b)

Playing Cards

c)

Glass

d)

Clothing

12.

What did the Coercive Acts, or the Intolerable Acts do?

a)

It created a monopoly so that tea could be sold cheaply, but only by one British tea company.

b)

It closed the port of Boston and took away all their government leaders

c)

It was a tax on all paper goods such as books, playing cards, and legal documents.

d)

It was a meeting where representatives from each colony discussed what to do about the king’s action.

13.

What does Quartering mean?

a)

To allow troops to stay in your home

b)

Hitting someone with a quarter

c)

To give someone a quarter

d)

Giving a quarter of your earnings to Britain

14.

The Enlightenment is a period of time where "faith" is being replaced with what?

a)

Water

b)

Reason

c)

Opinions

d)

Science

15.

John Locke believed these people had these types of rights?

a)

No Rights

b)

Freedom Rights

c)

Natural Rights

d)

Unnatural Rights

16.

Baron de Montesquieu developed this idea for government

a)

One House Congress

b)

Checks and Balances

c)

No House Congress

d)

The President

17.

According to Cesare Beccaria:

a)

torture is necessary

b)

the death penalty should always be an option

c)

the punishment should fit the crime

d)

trials should be private

18.

Which of the following statements would most likely have been made by Voltaire?

a)

"People should not be afraid to speak their minds."

b)

"The government is made to protect our natural rights."

c)

"Trials should not be private."

d)

"The king needs absolute power."

19.

If Baron de Montesquieu were to visit the United States today, he might be most pleased to see the

a)

our Declaration of Independents

b)

our Bill of Rights

c)

a government-run tax system

d)

the legislative, executive, and judiciary branches of our government