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Road to Revolution

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This permitted the British to search colonial property for illegal goods?

a)

boycott

b)

duty

c)

writs of assistance

2.

The colonists organized ______ to protest Britain's Stamp Act.

a)

boycotts

b)

petitions

c)

wars

3.

Parliament passed the Sugar Act in 1764, which put an import tax on sugar. What is another term for tax?

a)

boycott

b)

duty

c)

stamp

4.

This Act required colonists to feed and house British troops.

a)

Sugar Act

b)

Stamp Act

c)

Quartering Act

d)

Intolerable Act

5.

What group was set up in various colonies to spread information about British actions?

a)

Committees of Liberty

b)

Committees of Correspondence

c)

Committees of Freedom

6.

Samuel Adams was the leader of the

a)

Sons of Liberty

b)

Sons of Anarchy

c)

Sons of Freedom

d)

The Avengers

7.

Why did Great Britain tax the colonies?

a)

They didn't like the colonies

b)

They were in debt from the French and Indian War

c)

For fun

8.

Parliament repealed all the Townshend Act duties, except the one on _____?

a)

I-phones

b)

stamps

c)

tea

9.

The Proclamation of 1763 banned colonists from

a)

Settling east of the Appalachian Mountains

b)

Settling west of the Appalachian Mountains

c)

selling tea

10.

Who was the leader of the Ottawa Nation?

a)

Pontiac

b)

Samuel Adams

c)

Squanto

11.

This is a written request to a government.

a)

boycott

b)

duty

c)

petition

12.

He defended the British soldiers after the Boston Massacre.

a)

George Washington

b)

John Adams

c)

Thomas Jefferson

13.

This put a tax on items like molasses.

a)

Sugar Act

b)

Tea Act

c)

Quartering Act

14.

How many colonists were killed at the Boston Massacre?

a)

10

b)

20

c)

5

15.

He was an African American sailor who was killed at the Boston Massacre.

a)

Christmas Attucks

b)

Crispus Attucks

c)

Christian Atix

16.

This is an official end of a law

a)

repeal

b)

monopoly

17.

Total control of a market for a certain product is called....(hint: also the name of a popular board game)

a)

repeal

b)

monopoly

c)

chutes and ladders

18.

These were citizen soldiers ready to fight on short notice

a)

minutemen

b)

mountain men

c)

The Justice League

19.

This Act was intended to help the British East India Company.

a)

Stamp Act

b)

Tea Act

c)

Coffee Act

20.

Who were the Sons and Daughters of Liberty?

a)

colonial anti-British protesters

b)

colonists who loved the British

c)

Native Americans who sided with the British

21.

What was the "the shot heard 'round the world"?

a)

First shot of the Boston Massacre

b)

First shot of the Boston Tea Party

c)

First shot of the American Revolution

22.

What Act cut the powers of the Massachusetts town meetings?

a)

Intolerable Act

b)

Tea Act

c)

Not the correct answer

23.

The Patriots who held the Boston Tea Party disguised themselves as

a)

Ninja Turtles

b)

Native Americans

c)

Former Kings and Queens of England

24.

Where did the First Continental Congress meet?

a)

Philadelphia

b)

New York

c)

Boston

25.

The First Continental Congress demanded an end to the __________.

a)

Boston Tea Party

b)

French Revolution

c)

The Intolerable Acts

26.

Which side fired the first shot of the American Revolution?

a)

Colonists

b)

British

c)

Nobody knows

27.

What was significant about the Stamp Act?

a)

It was the first time Great Britain taxed the colonies

b)

It was the first time stamps were ever used on envelopes

c)

The British were out of debt after it

28.

Which of the following was part of the Intolerable Acts?

a)

Boston was given more rights

b)

the port of Boston was closed

c)

there was a new tax on paper products

29.

Which of the following was true about the Tea tax?

a)

tea prices were actually lowered

b)

the colonists could buy tea from anywhere

c)

this made colonists happy because they hated tea

30.

Who created the famous Boston Massacre drawing?

a)

Ben Franklin

b)

George Washington

c)

Paul Revere