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Quiz 1

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 24mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What were the 3 regions of the 13 colonies?

a)

Southern

b)

Western

c)

New England

d)

Mid-Atlantic

e)

Northern

2.

In the French and Indian War, ____________ and ______________ went to war over the Ohio River Valley.

a)

France and Mexico

b)

Germany and The 13 Colonies

c)

Britain and France

d)

Ohio and Britain

3.

Britain started taxing the colonies in the 1760's to pay for the debts of the ____________ and ___________ War.

a)

French and Britain

b)

French and Indian

c)

New England and Southern

d)

Mid-Atlantic and Indian

4.

The sugar act taxed sugar, coffee, cloth, ________, and wine.

a)

Pop Its

b)

plastic

c)

indigo

d)

fur

5.

The Townshend acts taxed tea, _______, lead, paints, and paper.

a)

glass

b)

books

c)

pencils

d)

stamps

6.

Parliament removed the taxes on glass, lead, paints, and paper from the Townshend Acts. The tax on __________ remained.

a)

Dr. Pepper

b)

tea

c)

juice

d)

milk

7.

On March 5, 1770, a fight broke out between people in Boston and a British soldier. The crowd yelled and threw _______________ at the soldiers.

a)

teddy bears

b)

snowballs

c)

pencils

d)

Pop Its

8.

How many colonists were killed in the Boston Massacre?

a)

1

b)

7

c)

55

d)

5

9.

What company was allowed to sell tea in America at a cheap price?

a)

Starbucks

b)

Boston Tea Party

c)

East India Tea Company of Britain

d)

McDonald's

10.

What did colonists do to the unwanted tea?

a)

They drank all the tea.

b)

They shared the tea with King Charles III

c)

They kept the tea

d)

They dumped the tea into the Boston Harbor

11.

During the American Revolution, our nation was mainly divided into two groups:

a)

Native Americans and Puritans

b)

Patriots and Loyalists

c)

Pilgrims and Loyalists

d)

Quakers and Patriots

12.

When was The Declaration of Independence approved by U.S. leaders?

a)

Last week

b)

June 4, 1776

c)

July 4, 1776

d)

Cinco de Mayo