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Causes of the Revolution

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What did the Proclamation of 1763 do?

a)

Forbade colonists from living west of the Appalachian Mountains

b)

Forbade colonists from living east of the Appalachian Mountains

c)

Forbade colonists from travelling along the Mississippi River

d)

Forbade colonists from trading with the British

2.

What is a boycott?

a)

A violent protest

b)

A written request

c)

Refusal to buy or use goods and service

d)

A product the British made better than anyone else

3.

What does it mean to repeal something?

a)

Approve

b)

Cancel

c)

Extend

d)

Fight

4.

What was the famous slogan colonists used to portray their unhappiness with Parliament?

a)

It's My Money and I want It Now!

b)

No Way Without a Say!

c)

No Taxation Without Representation

d)

The British are Coming!

5.

Who were the Sons of Liberty?

a)

A patriot group formed to protest British taxes

b)

A covert military group during the Revolution

c)

A militia outfit

d)

Women who wrote to newspapers anonymously

6.

What did the Stamp Act do?

a)

This was not an actual law that was passed

b)

Taxed paper documents by requiring an official stamp be placed on them t be legal

c)

Taxed paper documents not produced in Britain

d)

Required farmers to "stamp", or label, their livestock and equipment

7.

Which of these laws made colonists provide British soldiers with food, transportation and housing?

a)

the Stamp Act

b)

the Quartering Act

c)

the Coercive Acts

d)

the Proclamation of 1763

8.

What did the colonists call the laws that were passed to punish them after the Boston Tea Party?

a)

the Boston Massacre

b)

the Intolerable Acts

c)

the Quartering Act

d)

the Stamp Act

9.
What was the Boston Tea Party?
a)
It was a party held to celebrate the Tea Act.
b)
It was Boston's response to the Intolerable Acts.
c)
It was when colonists dumped 342 chests of tea into Boston Harbor to protest the Tea Act.
d)
It was when riders on fast horses delivered tea around Boston.
10.

What was the Boston Massacre?

a)

It was when British soldiers marched to "seize and destroy" the Patriot's military supplies.

b)

It was an area of Boston that was occupied by British soldiers.

c)

It was when British soldiers panicked and fired into a crowd of angry colonists.

d)

It was when Patriots drank tea near Boston Harbor.

11.

King of England during the Revolutionary War era.

a)

King George III

b)

King Charles II

c)

King George II

d)

King Ferdinand

12.

2. Which event caused the British to raise taxes on American colonists?

a)

French and Indian War

b)

Revolutionary War

c)

War of 1812

d)

Civil War