WorksheetsCh. 10 Tensions Grow Between the Colonies & Britain
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Which of these laws made colonists provide British soldiers with food, transportation, and housing?
the Proclamation of 1763
the Quartering Act
the Coercive Acts (Intolerable Acts)
the Stamp Act
The Townshend Act put a tax on what?
all imported British goods
only food items grown in the south
paper products
items colonists were exporting
Why was the French & Indian War fought?
Spain was trying to move north into British land
France & the Indians were fighting over forts
Britain & the Indians were fighting over land
France & Britain were fighting over land control
How did colonists react to the Stamp Act?
They disliked it but went along with it.
They considered it a fair tax.
They protested until it was repealed.
They ignored it.
Which of these was an outcome of the French & Indian War?
Relations between the colonists and Great Britain improved.
France defeated Great Britain
The British went deeply into debt to fight in the war.
British territory was reduced.
What did the colonists call the laws that were passed to punish them after the Boston Tea Party?
the Stamp Act
the Intolerable Acts
the Quartering Acts
the Boston Massacre
What was the purpose of the Proclamation of 1763?
to reward American Indians
to punish the settlers
to make money for the war
to protect the colonists
How did a group of colonists express their anger about the Tea Act?
They burned crates of British tea along Dorchester Bay.
They forced American Indians to destroy the British tea.
They boarded British ships and dumped tea into the Boston Harbor.
They secretly switched out all the tea with coffee.
How did the British Parliament react to the Boston Tea Party?
It passed the Coercive Acts to force colonies to obey Britain.
It passed laws that closed down all of the colonies.
It allowed colonists to send representatives to Parliament.
It declared war against its own colonies.
What happened at the Boston Massacre?
Panicking British soldiers killed five colonists in an unplanned burst of violence.
Colonial sharpshooters killed dozens of British soldiers in a surprise attack.
Colonists killed twenty-six British soldiers in a formal battle on Boston Common.
The British army killed hundreds of colonists in a brutal day-long battle.
