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Road to the Revolution

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 6mins

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Class
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1.

What is the difference between these two maps?

a)

The map on the left is before the Civil War, but the map on the right is after.

b)

The map on the left is before the American Revolution, but the map on the right is after.

c)

The map on the left is before the French and Indian War, but the map on the right is after.

d)

The map on the left is before the colonies were formed, but the map on the right is after.

2.

2. What caused the French & Indian War?

a)

the Stamp Act

b)

France and Britain were fighting each other over the Ohio River valley

c)

France & the Native Americans were fighting each other over land

d)

the Sons of Liberty

3.

3. Why were many colonists upset with King George III right after the French & Indian war?

a)

he made the Proclamation of 1763, which gave the land they won back to the Native Americans

b)

they lost the war

c)

they were forced to move back to Britain

d)

he didn't pay them for fighting in the war

4.

4. Why did the British government introduce new taxes on its North American colonies in the early 1760s?

a)

to raise money to buy land from American Indians

b)

to pay for defending the colonies from the Spanish

c)

to punish the colonies for printing their own money

d)

to pay war debts from the French and Indian War

5.

5. Which of the following statements represented American colonists' opposition to the British Stamp Act of 1765?

a)

"No new laws without due process"

b)

"No taxation without representation"

c)

"No billing without notice"

d)

"No direct taxation without reason"

6.

6. All of the following are examples of how the Sons and Daughters of Liberty helped set the stage for the American Revolution EXCEPT...

a)

attacking tax collectors

b)

burning down homes

c)

boycotting British goods

d)

spying on British soldiers

e)

making their own cloth

7.

7. What event is depicted in this image?

a)

The Stamp Act

b)

The Boston Tea Party

c)

The French and Indian War

d)

The Boston Massacre

8.

8. Using this same image, why did Paul Revere share this image so soon after it happened?

a)

to show what actually happened that day

b)

to convince people to go against Britain

c)

to convince people to say loyal to Great Britain

d)

to show everyone the colonists were aggressive

9.

9. What led to the Boston Tea Party?

a)

colonists were celebrating the tax on tea

b)

colonists were upset with the tax on tea and were boycotting the East India Tea Company

c)

British were upset with the tax on tea

d)

British punishing colonists for not buying tea from the East India Tea company

10.

10. What was the effect of the Boston Tea Party?

a)

Britain repealed the tax on tea

b)

Britain allowed other tea companies to sell tea to the colonists

c)

King George III punished the colonies by shutting down Boston Harbor

d)

the Sons of Liberty were arrested and put in jail