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Road to the American Revolution

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

group of colonial men who joined together to protest the British taxes and protect colonial liberties

a)

Sons of Liberty

b)

Parliament

c)

Sons of Anarchy

d)

British Officials

2.

British laws that taxed goods such as glass, paint, paper, silk, and tea.

a)

Stamp Act

b)

Sugar Act

c)

Townshend Act

d)

Glass Act

3.

England’s law making body

a)

Congress

b)

Senate

c)

The King

d)

Parliament

4.

Who was the British king during the American Revolution?

a)

George Washington

b)

King George III

c)

King Henry VII

d)

King Edward

5.
What is a boycott?
a)
Boycott is the name for Britain's law-making assembly.
b)
A boycott is a refusal to buy goods.
c)
A boycott is a tax on imported goods.
d)
A boycott is a volunteer army.
6.

Which 1765 law placed a direct tax on newspaper, playing cards, shipping papers and other legal documents by requiring stamps on these printed materials?

a)

Sugar Act

b)

Stamp Act

c)

Paper Act

d)

Tea Act

7.

Why did Britain pass the Stamp Act and the Townshend Acts?

a)

Britain needed help paying for the French and Indian War.

b)

Britain wanted to stop the colonists from selling newspapers.

c)

Britain wanted the colonists to open more post offices.

d)

Britain wanted to slow down trade between the colonists and England.

8.

Who is the man being tarred and feathered in the political cartoon shown?

a)

A tax protestor

b)

A British soldier

c)

King George III

d)

A tax collector

9.

Why were the main reason the colonists were so angry over the tax laws passed by Parliament?

a)

The taxes were so high and hurt the colonists' business?

b)

The taxes had to be paid or all the seaports in the colonies would be closed.

c)

The colonists did not have representatives in Parliament to help decide the tax laws.

d)

Parliament threatened death to smugglers who made it easy for colonists to stop paying taxes on imported goods.

10.

The Proclamation Line of 1763 led to disagreement between the colonists and the British government because it —

a)

prohibited the colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains

b)

offered all lands west of the Appalachian Mountains to British nobles

c)

banned colonial trading with the American Indians

d)

surrendered control of the Great Lakes region to Canada

11.

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

a)

Parliament

b)

Congress

c)

House of Representatives

d)

First Continental Congress

12.

The Proclamation of 1763...

a)

created a new colony.

b)

said colonists could live wherever they want.

c)

said colonists could not live west of the Appalachian Mountains.

13.
Who created this political cartoon?
a)
George Washington
b)
Benjamin Franklin
c)
Joseph Brant
d)
William Pitt
14.

Why were the colonists so angry about the taxes

a)

They could not afford to pay taxes

b)

They gave enough money to the king already

c)

They had no representation in parliament

d)

They were not angry!

15.
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
16.

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

17.

This person is loyal to the British monarchy.

a)

Neutralist

b)

Patriot

c)

Loyalist

18.
Which of the following statements is NOT true about the Boston Tea Party?
a)
it was a protest against the Tea Act 
b)
Colonists dressed like British soldiers 
c)
Colonists threw thousands of pounds of tea into the Boston 
d)
People in England were angered by this 
19.
Which patriot made an engraved picture of the Boston Massacre?
a)
Samuel Adams 
b)
Crispus Attucks 
c)
Paul Revere 
d)
John Adams 
20.
What were the nicknames for the British soldiers living in the colonies? 
a)
rednecks and lobster-backs 
b)
redcoats and red-heads 
c)
lobster-backs and red coats 
d)
loyalists and shrimp boys 
21.

What event is this artwork depicting?

a)

French and Indian War

b)

American Revolutionary War

c)

Boston Massacre

d)

Join Or Die Cartoon

22.

What is another name for the coercive acts?

a)

Intolerable Acts

b)

Quartering Acts

c)

Committee of Correspondence

d)

Sons of Liberty

23.

How does this artwork show BIAS?

a)

It shows BIAS by portraying the British as evil and the Colonist as innocent.

b)

It All Started in Boston Massachusetts

c)

Because I Am Slanted

d)

It was called the Bloody Massacre

24.

How many Colonists died in the Boston Massacre?

a)

None

b)

5

c)

25

d)

100

25.

During the American Revolution this woman was an enslaved person living in Boston who wrote poetry and became famous.

a)

Phyllis Wheatley

b)

Abagail Adams

c)

Martha Washington

d)

Sallie Hemmings