WorksheetsNo Taxation Without Representation
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 19mins
What Colony was the 1st to be settled in the Americas?
Massachusetts
New York
Virginia
Pennsylvania
Who settled in Massachusetts?
Puritans
Pilgrims
Quakers
Protestants
What was the name of the ship that settled in Plymouth Massachusetts?
Nina
Pinta
Mayflower
Santa Maria
What was the name of America's 1st established town?
Philadelphia
New Amsterdam
Boston
Jamestown
Who celebrated the 1st Thanksgiving?
Quakers
Pilgrims
Catholics
Puritans
Who was King of England who changed England's official religion to benefit himself?
Charles V
Henry III
Edward II
Henry VIII
Who was the 1st Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Company?
Roger Williams
Anne Hutchinson
James Winthrop
John Rolfe
Thomas Hooker broke away from the Puritans in Massachusetts in 1636 to begin in colony in what is now?
Connecticut
Vermont
New York
Rhode Island
What was the name of the first written constitution in America?
Mayflower Compact
Declaration of Independence
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
Bill of Rights
What was the name given to the mass migration of Europeans to the American continent?
The Great Move
English Evacuation
The Great Migration
Protestant Push
Who founded the colony of Rhode Island?
Roger Williams
Anne Hutchinson
William Penn
James Oglethorpe
What Country founded what is now New York?
French
British
Netherlands
German
What group of people settled in Pennsylvania?
Protestants
Puritans
Atheists
Quakers
William Penn settled his colony in Present Day Pennsylvania and established what city that became his Holy Experiment?
Philadelphia
Scranton
Wilkes-Barrow
Pittsburgh
Delaware was established as an expansion of what already existing colony?
Maryland
Maryland was settled by Cecil Calvert as a safe haven for whom?
Debtors
Protestants
Prisoners
Catholics
North and South Carolina were mainly populated by what group of people?
Plantation Owners
Catholics
Yeoman Farmers
Merchants
What was the King Crop grown in the Southern States?
Sugar Cane
Corn
Wheat
Tobacco
Who founded the colony of Georgia in 1733?
John Rolfe
John Wheelwright
James Winthrop
James Oglethorpe
What was one thing that was outlawed in Georgia?
Slaves
Alcohol
Gambling
All the Above
Which of these was not a Region that the colonies were broke into?
New England Colonies
Atlantic Colonies
Southern Colonies
Middle Colonies
What is the other name that the French and Indian War is known as?
Pre-Revolutionary War
Civil War
The French Always Lose War
7 Years War
What Treaty ended the French and Indian War?
Treaty of Paris
Adams-Onis Treaty
Peace of Paris
London Legislation
What territory did England receive from France after the war?
Canada
Louisiana
New Spain
Ohio River Valley
What law forbade the colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains?
Quartering Act
Proclamation of 1763
Townshend Act
Intolerable Act
What was the biggest issue that the British faced after the French and Indian war?
Depleted Military
Expansion Issues
Incompetent King
Huge Debt
Who was the King of England during the American Revolution?
King George III
King Charles II
King Edward V
King Peter IV
This is a term that describes another name for income made by someone?
Debt
Loan
Revenue
Barter
This concept allowed British soldiers to search merchant ships for smuggled goods?
Writs of Assistance
Boycott
Effigy
I Spy With My Little Eye
What Act passed in 1764 put a tax on imported sugar and molasses?
Stamp Act
Splenda Act
Sugar Act
Sweet-N-Low Act
What Act passed in 1765 forced colonists to begin to boycott British Goods?
Sugar Act
Stamp Act
Salt Act
Sister Act...Seriously a Good Movie
What was the name of the Virginian Delegate who said that there must be no taxation without representation?
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
Patrick Henry
John Hancock
What was the name given to the organization who were Anti-British Protestors in Boston?
Boston Buzzards
Plymouth Patriots
New England Riot
Sons of Liberty
Who was the leader and founder of the Sons of Liberty?
Patrick Henry
Sam Adams
John Adams
Benedict Arnold
What famous founding father represented the British soldiers being tried for murder at the Boston Massacre?
This vocabulary word means to take away, or cancel
Effigy
Resolution
Repeal
Boycott
What year did the Boston Massacre occur?
1771
1773
1770
1769
Who member of the Sons of Liberty drew the cartoon depiction of the Boston Massacre that was spread throughout the colonies as propoganda?
Sam Adams
Paul Revere
Benjamin Watson
Thomas Prescott
Who was given the claim to establish an English Colony in the Americas?
Sir Francis Drake
Sir Walter Raleigh
Sir Thomas Wallace
Sir Robert Timmons
What was the name of the 1st English Colony that vanished and was unsuccessful?
Raleigh
Hampton
Roanoke
Croatoan
What was the name of the 1st Colonial Assembly in the United States?
House of Virginia
House of Hampton
Mayflower Compact
House of Burgesses
What was the name of the law passed in 1767 that put a tax on all imported and exported goods to the US?
Declaratory Act
Tea Act
Stamp Act
Townshend Act
Who was said to have been the first man killed at the Boston Massacre?
Thomas Gage
Crispus Attucks
Paul Revere
Samuel Preston
How many people were killed or wounded at the Boston Massacre?
5
4
6
11
What was the name of the Native American who was said to have aided the Pilgrims in teaching them to grow crops?
Powhatan
Pocohantas
Squanto
Wampanoag
What was carved on a tree on Roanoke Island?
POWHATAN
SQUANTO
CRUSTINI
Who was given credit for saving the people of Jamestown?
What was the name for the time period where half the settlers of Jamestown died?
What country introduced African Slaves to America?
Netherlands
What young American General led troops who fired the first shot of the French and Indian War?
