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No Taxation Without Representation

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 19mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What Colony was the 1st to be settled in the Americas?

a)

Massachusetts

b)

New York

c)

Virginia

d)

Pennsylvania

2.

Who settled in Massachusetts?

a)

Puritans

b)

Pilgrims

c)

Quakers

d)

Protestants

3.

What was the name of the ship that settled in Plymouth Massachusetts?

a)

Nina

b)

Pinta

c)

Mayflower

d)

Santa Maria

4.

What was the name of America's 1st established town?

a)

Philadelphia

b)

New Amsterdam

c)

Boston

d)

Jamestown

5.

Who celebrated the 1st Thanksgiving?

a)

Quakers

b)

Pilgrims

c)

Catholics

d)

Puritans

6.

Who was King of England who changed England's official religion to benefit himself?

a)

Charles V

b)

Henry III

c)

Edward II

d)

Henry VIII

7.

Who was the 1st Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Company?

a)

Roger Williams

b)

Anne Hutchinson

c)

James Winthrop

d)

John Rolfe

8.

Thomas Hooker broke away from the Puritans in Massachusetts in 1636 to begin in colony in what is now?

a)

Connecticut

b)

Vermont

c)

New York

d)

Rhode Island

9.

What was the name of the first written constitution in America?

a)

Mayflower Compact

b)

Declaration of Independence

c)

Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

d)

Bill of Rights

10.

What was the name given to the mass migration of Europeans to the American continent?

a)

The Great Move

b)

English Evacuation

c)

The Great Migration

d)

Protestant Push

11.

Who founded the colony of Rhode Island?

a)

Roger Williams

b)

Anne Hutchinson

c)

William Penn

d)

James Oglethorpe

12.

What Country founded what is now New York?

a)

French

b)

British

c)

Netherlands

d)

German

13.

What group of people settled in Pennsylvania?

a)

Protestants

b)

Puritans

c)

Atheists

d)

Quakers

14.

William Penn settled his colony in Present Day Pennsylvania and established what city that became his Holy Experiment?

a)

Philadelphia

b)

Scranton

c)

Wilkes-Barrow

d)

Pittsburgh

15.

Delaware was established as an expansion of what already existing colony?

a)
Virginia
b)
New Jersey
c)

Maryland

d)
Pennsylvania
16.

Maryland was settled by Cecil Calvert as a safe haven for whom?

a)

Debtors

b)

Protestants

c)

Prisoners

d)

Catholics

17.

North and South Carolina were mainly populated by what group of people?

a)

Plantation Owners

b)

Catholics

c)

Yeoman Farmers

d)

Merchants

18.

What was the King Crop grown in the Southern States?

a)

Sugar Cane

b)

Corn

c)

Wheat

d)

Tobacco

19.

Who founded the colony of Georgia in 1733?

a)

John Rolfe

b)

John Wheelwright

c)

James Winthrop

d)

James Oglethorpe

20.

What was one thing that was outlawed in Georgia?

a)

Slaves

b)

Alcohol

c)

Gambling

d)

All the Above

21.

Which of these was not a Region that the colonies were broke into?

a)

New England Colonies

b)

Atlantic Colonies

c)

Southern Colonies

d)

Middle Colonies

22.

What is the other name that the French and Indian War is known as?

a)

Pre-Revolutionary War

b)

Civil War

c)

The French Always Lose War

d)

7 Years War

23.

What Treaty ended the French and Indian War?

a)

Treaty of Paris

b)

Adams-Onis Treaty

c)

Peace of Paris

d)

London Legislation

24.

What territory did England receive from France after the war?

a)

Canada

b)

Louisiana

c)

New Spain

d)

Ohio River Valley

25.

What law forbade the colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains?

a)

Quartering Act

b)

Proclamation of 1763

c)

Townshend Act

d)

Intolerable Act

26.

What was the biggest issue that the British faced after the French and Indian war?

a)

Depleted Military

b)

Expansion Issues

c)

Incompetent King

d)

Huge Debt

27.

Who was the King of England during the American Revolution?

a)

King George III

b)

King Charles II

c)

King Edward V

d)

King Peter IV

28.

This is a term that describes another name for income made by someone?

a)

Debt

b)

Loan

c)

Revenue

d)

Barter

29.

This concept allowed British soldiers to search merchant ships for smuggled goods?

a)

Writs of Assistance

b)

Boycott

c)

Effigy

d)

I Spy With My Little Eye

30.

What Act passed in 1764 put a tax on imported sugar and molasses?

a)

Stamp Act

b)

Splenda Act

c)

Sugar Act

d)

Sweet-N-Low Act

31.

What Act passed in 1765 forced colonists to begin to boycott British Goods?

a)

Sugar Act

b)

Stamp Act

c)

Salt Act

d)

Sister Act...Seriously a Good Movie

32.

What was the name of the Virginian Delegate who said that there must be no taxation without representation?

a)

George Washington

b)

Thomas Jefferson

c)

Patrick Henry

d)

John Hancock

33.

What was the name given to the organization who were Anti-British Protestors in Boston?

a)

Boston Buzzards

b)

Plymouth Patriots

c)

New England Riot

d)

Sons of Liberty

34.

Who was the leader and founder of the Sons of Liberty?

a)

Patrick Henry

b)

Sam Adams

c)

John Adams

d)

Benedict Arnold

35.

What famous founding father represented the British soldiers being tried for murder at the Boston Massacre?

a)
John Adams
b)
Samuel Adams
c)
Thomas Jefferson
d)
Benjamin Franklin
36.

This vocabulary word means to take away, or cancel

a)

Effigy

b)

Resolution

c)

Repeal

d)

Boycott

37.

What year did the Boston Massacre occur?

a)

1771

b)

1773

c)

1770

d)

1769

38.

Who member of the Sons of Liberty drew the cartoon depiction of the Boston Massacre that was spread throughout the colonies as propoganda?

a)

Sam Adams

b)

Paul Revere

c)

Benjamin Watson

d)

Thomas Prescott

39.

Who was given the claim to establish an English Colony in the Americas?

a)

Sir Francis Drake

b)

Sir Walter Raleigh

c)

Sir Thomas Wallace

d)

Sir Robert Timmons

40.

What was the name of the 1st English Colony that vanished and was unsuccessful?

a)

Raleigh

b)

Hampton

c)

Roanoke

d)

Croatoan

41.

What was the name of the 1st Colonial Assembly in the United States?

a)

House of Virginia

b)

House of Hampton

c)

Mayflower Compact

d)

House of Burgesses

42.

What was the name of the law passed in 1767 that put a tax on all imported and exported goods to the US?

a)

Declaratory Act

b)

Tea Act

c)

Stamp Act

d)

Townshend Act

43.

Who was said to have been the first man killed at the Boston Massacre?

a)

Thomas Gage

b)

Crispus Attucks

c)

Paul Revere

d)

Samuel Preston

44.

How many people were killed or wounded at the Boston Massacre?

a)

5

b)

4

c)

6

d)

11

45.

What was the name of the Native American who was said to have aided the Pilgrims in teaching them to grow crops?

a)

Powhatan

b)

Pocohantas

c)

Squanto

d)

Wampanoag

46.

What was carved on a tree on Roanoke Island?

a)
CROATOAN
b)

POWHATAN

c)

SQUANTO

d)

CRUSTINI

47.

Who was given credit for saving the people of Jamestown?

a)
Captain John Rolfe
b)
Governor William Bradford
c)
Sir Walter Raleigh
d)
Captain John Smith
48.

What was the name for the time period where half the settlers of Jamestown died?

a)
The Starving Time
b)
The Colonial Crisis
c)
The Hungry Winter
d)
The Founding Time
49.

What country introduced African Slaves to America?

a)

Netherlands

b)
England
c)
France
d)
Spain
50.

What young American General led troops who fired the first shot of the French and Indian War?

a)
Thomas Jefferson
b)
James Madison
c)
Alexander Hamilton
d)
George Washington