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Road to the Revolution

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 24mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What event put Britain in debt, so they decided to tax the colonies to pay off this debt?

a)

French & Indian War

b)

American Revolution

c)

War of 1812

d)

French Revolution

2.
What word means: refuse to buy; stop buying; or refusing to give your business to a certain company or business. 
a)
boycott
b)
grievience
c)
tariff
d)
nullification 
3.

What act prompted, or caused, the Boston Tea Party?

a)

Stamp Act

b)

Quartering Act

c)

Tea Act

d)

Sugar Act

4.
What law required the colonists to house and feed British troops in the American colonies?
a)
Quartering Act
b)
Townshend Acts
c)
Tea Act
d)
Stamp Act 
5.
Who was the first American to be shot and killed by British soldiers in the Boston Massacre?
a)
Crispus Attucks
b)
Bernardo de Galvez
c)
Marquis de Lafayette
d)
Haym Salomon
6.

Which of these events would be placed on the timeline before 1763?

a)

French and Indian War

b)

Boston Massacre

c)

Battle of Saratoga

d)

U.S. Constitution

7.

What is the name of the act that the British passed as punishment for the Boston Tea Party, which closed the port of Boston until damages from the Boston Tea Party were paid?

a)

The Quartering Act

b)

The Stamp Act

c)

The Townshend Act

d)

The Intolerable/ Coercive Acts

8.

In the American colonies, boycotts were an effective way of protesting British policies mainly because the boycotts -

a)

ended trade within the colonies

b)

kept out products from other European nations

c)

forced Britain to remove most troops

d)

caused economic hardships for British merchants

9.

What was the name of Britain's law-making assembly?

a)

Parliament

b)

Congress

c)

House of Representatives

d)

First Continental Congress

10.

In the French and Indian War who fought against whom?

a)

British Colonies vs French & Indians

b)

Hobby vs Rawlinson

c)

French & Indians vs Spain

d)

French vs Indians

11.
Many colonists became angry because they did not have any representatives in the British government. What did the colonists call this unfair action?
a)
the Proclamation of 1763
b)
metaphor
c)
Stamp Act 
d)
taxation without representation 
12.
Which act required all items printed of paper were to be taxed and have a large blue design placed on them? 
a)
The Quartering Act 
b)
The Paint Act 
c)
The Stamp Act 
d)
The Stomp Act 
13.
Which of the following statements best describes how colonists reacted to the Stamp Act?
a)
they didn't like it, but went along with it 
b)
they thought it was fair and wanted to pay for printed goods 
c)
they protested against the Stamp Act until it was repealed
d)
they ignored the Stamp Act until Britain forgot about it 
14.
Who won the French and Indian War?
a)
France and the Native Americans 
b)
the Native Americans 
c)
the Spanish 
d)
Britain and the colonists 
15.
Which of the following was claimed by the British and the French during the French and Indian War?
a)
Virginia 
b)
Louisiana 
c)
Ohio River Valley 
d)
Italy 
16.

___________ was an agreement to forbid colonists from crossing over to the Appalachian Mountains formed after the French and Indian War.

a)

Tea Act

b)

Stamp Act

c)

Quartering Act

d)

Proclamation of 1763

17.
"No taxation without representation" means?
a)
Colonists shouldn't be taxed if they had no one representing them in Parliament
b)
The representative can tax me
c)
Seize weapons right away
d)
None of the above
18.

The Stamp Act Congress met and created what document?

a)

Declaration of Independence

b)

Declaration of Rights and Grievances

c)

A letter to Parliament

d)

Albany Plan of Union

19.

The Intolerable Acts were a result of what event?

a)

The Boston Tea Party

b)

The French and Indian War

c)

The Boston Massacre

d)

The First Continental Congress

20.

Which act put a tax on colonists favorite drinks?

a)

The Sugar Act

b)

The Townshend Acts

c)

The Tea Act

d)

The Stamp Act

21.

What was the colonists reaction to the Townshend Acts?

a)

Quartering Act

b)

a boycott on British goods

c)

a tax on tea

d)

the Intolerable Acts

22.

If the colonists broke the ___________ _________ they were forced to go to a special trial without a colonial jury.

a)

Tea Act

b)

Sugar Act

c)

Stamp Act

d)

Quartering Act

23.

What act was created to pay for the French and Indian War?

a)

Tea Act

b)

Sugar Act

c)

Stamp Act

d)

Intolerable Acts

24.

What did the Proclamation of 1763 do?

a)

taxed the colonists

b)

forced the closer of the Boston Harbor

c)

gave land to the natives west of the Appalachians

d)

forced a special trail in the colonies

25.

What was the Albany Plan of Union?

a)

a plan to boycott British goods

b)

a plan to unite the colonies

c)

a plan to create a document of grievances

d)

a plan to arm the colonies

26.

A secret political group formed after the Stamp Act

a)

Daughters of Liberty

b)

The Patriots

c)

Sons of Liberty

d)

Minutemen

27.

The _____________ _____________ ____________ _____________ held a monopoly on the Tea Trade.

(a)  

28.

Is an order from the leader of a country to its citizens

a)

Representation

b)

Proclamation

c)

Order

d)

Export

29.

unacceptable

a)

import

b)

boycott

c)

intolerable

d)

against

30.

Goods leaving a county

a)

import

b)

tea

c)

export

d)

boycott