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AR: Important People, Dates, & Acts

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the name of the British government?

a)

Parliament

b)

Congress

c)

Supreme Court

d)

Government

2.

What was the protest in which colonists dumped British tea into Boston Harbor called?

a)

Boston Massacre

b)

Boston Tea Party

c)

Boston Celebration

d)

Boston Fiesta

3.

Who was an American intellectual, inventor, and politician who helped negotiate French support for the American Revolution?

a)

George Washington

b)

King George III

c)

Paul Revere

d)

Benjamin Franklin

4.

Who is famous for saying, "Give me liberty or give me death!"?

a)

Paul Revere

b)

Patrick Henry

c)

John Adams

d)

Benjamin Franklin

5.

Who was a patriot who helped warn colonists that the British were coming?

a)

Paul Revere

b)

Patrick Henry

c)

John Adams

d)

George Washington

6.

Name one of the five colonists killed at the Boston massacre.

a)

Crispus Attucks

b)

Christopher Columbus

c)

John Adams

d)

Samuel Adams

7.

Who was the leader of the Sons of Liberty?

a)

Samuel Adams

b)

John Adams

c)

John Hancock

d)

George Washington

8.

Punishment for the Boston Tea Party, including the closing of Boston Harbor and the removal of the legislature.

a)

Proclamation of 1763

b)

Intolerable Acts

c)

Sugar Act

d)

Townshend Act

9.

To protest the increased price on tea, rebellious colonists held a “party”, dumping tea into the harbor.

a)

Boston Massacre

b)

Townshend Act

c)

Boston Tea Party

d)

Intolerable Act

10.

Violent protest involving name calling

and snowballs and the death of five colonists.

a)

Proclamation of 1763

b)

Boston Tea Party

c)

Boston Massacre

d)

Intolerable Acts

11.

Prohibited colonists from settling on land west of the Appalachian Mountains.

a)

Proclamation of 1763

b)

Townshend Acts

c)

French and Indian War

d)

Intolerable Acts

12.

Tax enforced following the French and Indian War. Tax on paper products.

a)

Townshend Act

b)

Sugar Act

c)

Stamp Act

d)

Boston Tea Party

13.

This was the only tax not repealed from the Townshend Acts.

a)

Tea

b)

Glass

c)

Paper

d)

Lead

14.

Colonists were forced to house British soldiers through this act.

a)

Quartering Act

b)

Stamp Act

c)

Tea Act

d)

Intolerable Acts