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Unit 3A US

Total questions: 66

Worksheet time: 29mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What act prevented the colonists from moving west over the Appalachian mountains?

a)

The Townshend Act

b)

The Stamp Act

c)

The 1st Continental Congress

d)

The Proclamation of 1763

2.

What act put an indirect tax on glass, lead, paper, and tea?

a)

The Stamp Act

b)

The Townshend Act

c)

The Quartering Act

d)

The Tea Act

3.

Which act forced colonists to house British soldiers?

a)

The Townshend Act

b)

The Quartering Act

c)

The Boston Massacre

d)

The Coercive Acts

4.

Which act levied a tax on all printed materials?

a)

The Townshend Act

b)

The Coercive Act

c)

The Stamp Act

d)

The Quartering Act

5.

At which event did colonists destroy property as a form of protest?

a)

The Coercive Act

b)

The Boston Massacre

c)

The Boston Tea Party

d)

Lexington and Concord

6.

Five colonists were killed at this event.

a)

The Boston Tea Party

b)

The Boston Massacre

c)

Lexington and Concord

d)

The 1st Continental Congreaa

7.

What was the British response to the Boston Tea Party?

a)

The Stamp Act

b)

Lexington and Concord

c)

The Coercive Acts

d)

The Townshend Acts

8.

Representatives for 12 colonies met and wrote "The Declaration of Rights" at this meeting

a)

The Stamp Act Congress

b)

Lexington and Concord

c)

The 1st Continental Congress

d)

The Proclamation of 1763

9.

The first official battle of the American Revolution.

a)

French and Indian War

b)

The Boston Massacre

c)

Lexington and Concord

d)

The Battle for Liberty

10.

Group who led the Boston Tea Party.

a)

Daughters of Liberty

b)

Sons of Liberty

c)

Liberty Boys

d)

The Rebels

11.

Information, ideas, or rumors deliberately spread to help or harm a group or person.

a)

duty

b)

repeal

c)

propaganda

d)

monopoly

12.

Withdraw from commercial or social relations as a form of protest.

a)

levy

b)

boycott

c)

duty

d)

repeal

13.

The removal or reversal of a law.

a)

levy

b)

coercive

c)

duty

d)

repeal

14.

Legislative body of a country

a)

Propaganda

b)

Parliament

c)

Coercive

d)

Primary Source

15.
A group of volunteers who fight in times of emergency.
a)
blockade
b)
boycott
c)
rivalry
d)
militia
16.

To get rid of or to cancel a law.

a)

militia

b)

boycott

c)

repeal

d)

tyranny

17.
To refuse to do business or have contact with a person, group, or company.
a)
Loyalist
b)
boycott
c)
militia
d)
rivalry
18.

An official statement of a complaint over something believed to be wrong or unfair

a)

Declaration

b)

Grievance

c)

Cede

d)

Mercenary

19.

cruel and unreasonable use of power or control

a)

Constitution

b)

Monarch

c)

Tyranny

d)

Arbitrary

20.

Which of the following was NEW DEVELOPMENT occurring immediately after the French and Indian War?

a)

English settlers began to push west into Native Americans' territory.

b)

British colonists decided to break with Britain and become independent.

c)

English colonists began to question their place in the British Empire, as they felt they weren't respected as Englishmen.

d)

Native Americans organized to violently repel invading English settlers.

21.

Which of the following applied a NEW TAX to the colonists?

a)

The Navigation Acts of 1751 and 1760

b)

The Stamp Act

c)

The Declaratory Act

d)

The Proclamation of 1763

22.

Which is a correct interpretation of the British government's view toward the representation of the American colonists?

a)

The American colonists could not legally be represented in Parliament.

b)

The American colonists' colonial legislatures should identify a member of their group to speak with Parliament regularly.

c)

The American colonists had no right to be represented in Parliament as long as they continued to protest and cause trouble.

d)

The American colonists were represented in Parliament, just as all English subjects were.

23.

Which of these events, in the sequence of events that would lead to the Revolution, occurred EARLIEST?

a)

The Sugar Act

b)

The Declaration of Independence

c)

The Olive Branch Petition

d)

The non-importation movement

24.

Which of the following is most direct cause of the British applying the Stamp Act to the colonies?

a)

It was a punishment for the Boston Tea Party

b)

It was a punishment for earlier poor treatment of tax collectors

c)

It was intended to raise money to pay off debts from the French and Indian War

d)

It was intended to replace the failed Sugar Act

25.

How many colonists were "massacred" in the Boston Massacre?

a)

7

b)

28

c)

over 50

d)

about 120

26.

Of all of the below cities, which was the most active in protests against British authority in the years before the Revolution?

a)

New York City

b)

Quebec

c)

Boston

d)

Phladelphia

27.
___________ was an agreement to forbid colonists from crossing over to the Appalachian Mountains.
a)
Tea Act
b)
Stamp Act
c)
Quartering Act
d)
Proclamation of 1763
28.
What was the first battle of the Revolutionary War?
a)
The Battle of Bunker Hill
b)
The Boston Massacre
c)
Battle of Saratoga
d)
Battles of Lexington and Concord
29.
Which series of Acts punished the town of Boston for the Boston Tea Party
a)
Intolerable Acts
b)
Quartering Acts
c)
Stamp Act
d)
Sugar Act
30.
The Tea Act did which of the following?
a)
Forced colonists to house troops
b)
Forced colonists to buy tea from a certain company and had a tax on tea also
c)
Taxed sugar, dye, coffee, and wine
d)
Punished the town of Boston for the Boston Tea Party
31.
"No taxation without representation" means?
a)
Colonists shouldn't be taxed if they had no one representing them in Parliament
b)
The representative can tax me
c)
Seize weapons right away
d)
None of the above
32.
Trained soldiers that were prepared to fire at a minutes notice were which of the following?
a)
Redcoats
b)
British soldiers
c)
Minutemen
d)
None of the above
33.
______ were a group of men who boycotted British goods both peacefully and violently.
a)
Sons of Liberty
b)
Daughters of Liberty
c)
First Continental Congress
d)
Tax collectors
34.
________ was famous for the quote "the British are coming" and the Boston Massacre engraving
a)
Paul Revere
b)
John Hancock
c)
Herbie Hancock
d)
Samuel Adams
35.
_______ was when the Sons of Liberty dumped tea into Boston Harbor.
a)
Tea Act
b)
Boston Tea Party
c)
Quartering Act
d)
Boston Massacre
36.
_______ taxed all legal documents such as books, pamphlets, newspapers, and deck of cards
a)
Stamp Act
b)
Boston Tea Party
c)
Quartering Act
d)
Boston Massacre
37.
_______ was an incident where British soldiers panicked and shot and killed five colonists in Boston.
a)
Stamp Act
b)
Boston Tea Party
c)
Quartering Act
d)
Boston Massacre
38.
_______ forced colonists to provide housing, food, and supplies for British troops.
a)
Stamp Act
b)
Boston Tea Party
c)
Quartering Act
d)
Boston Massacre
39.
Taxed sugar, coffee, dye, and wine.
a)
Stamp Act
b)
Boston Tea Party
c)
Quartering Act
d)
Sugar Act
40.
__________ was a refusal to buy goods in protest.
a)
Stamp Act
b)
Boston Tea Party
c)
Quartering Act
d)
Boycott
41.

What act prevented the colonists from moving west over the Appalachian mountains?

a)

The Townshend Act

b)

The Stamp Act

c)

The 1st Continental Congress

d)

The Proclamation of 1763

42.

What act put an indirect tax on glass, lead, paper, and tea?

a)

The Stamp Act

b)

The Townshend Act

c)

The Quartering Act

d)

The Tea Act

43.

Which act forced colonists to house British soldiers?

a)

The Townshend Act

b)

The Quartering Act

c)

The Boston Massacre

d)

The Coercive Acts

44.

Which act levied a tax on all printed materials?

a)

The Townshend Act

b)

The Coercive Act

c)

The Stamp Act

d)

The Quartering Act

45.

At which event did colonists destroy property as a form of protest?

a)

The Coercive Act

b)

The Boston Massacre

c)

The Boston Tea Party

d)

Lexington and Concord

46.

Five colonists were killed at this event.

a)

The Boston Tea Party

b)

The Boston Massacre

c)

Lexington and Concord

d)

The 1st Continental Congreaa

47.

What was the British response to the Boston Tea Party?

a)

The Stamp Act

b)

Lexington and Concord

c)

The Coercive Acts

d)

The Townshend Acts

48.

Representatives for 12 colonies met and wrote "The Declaration of Rights" at this meeting

a)

The Stamp Act Congress

b)

Lexington and Concord

c)

The 1st Continental Congress

d)

The Proclamation of 1763

49.

Group who led the Boston Tea Party.

a)

Daughters of Liberty

b)

Sons of Liberty

c)

Liberty Boys

d)

The Rebels

50.

The first official battle of the American Revolution.

a)

French and Indian War

b)

The Boston Massacre

c)

Lexington and Concord

d)

The Battle for Liberty

51.

Information, ideas, or rumors deliberately spread to help or harm a group or person.

a)

duty

b)

repeal

c)

propaganda

d)

monopoly

52.

The removal or reversal of a law.

a)

levy

b)

coercive

c)

duty

d)

repeal

53.

Legislative body of a country

a)

Propaganda

b)

Parliament

c)

Coercive

d)

Primary Source

54.

The Stamp Act was a tax on all ________ goods

a)

Wood

b)

Plastic

c)

Printed

55.

Proclamation of 1763

a)

Told the Colonists the could NOT settle EAST of the Appalachian Mountains

b)

Told the Colonists the could NOT settle WEST of the Appalachian Mountains

56.

What was the effect of the French and Indian War?

a)

The British colonists gained independence from Britain

b)

Britain gained all of the land in North America

c)

The war put the British in debt so they taxed the colonists

57.

What city was the Sons of Liberty formed in?

a)

Philadelphia

b)

Boston

c)

Jamestown

d)

Charleston

58.

The Quartering Act required _________?

a)

Colonists to be Catholic

b)

Colonists to house and feed soldiers

c)

You to have a stamp on all paper goods

59.

How many Colonists died in the Boston Massacre?

a)

None

b)

5

c)

25

d)

100

60.

What was the major effect of the Boston Massacre?

a)

A large amount of people died

b)

The British took over Quebec

c)

It caused many Colonists to join the Revolutionary cause

61.

The primary source of the colonists' dissent with the British Parliament was---

a)

the ability to trade with Asia

b)

not being protected from the native attacks

c)

that they were not given a voice in Parliament

d)

being allowed to travel freely into French territory

62.

After the French and Indian War, Parliament passed new laws for the colonies. These laws were passed because Britain

a)

was afraid the French would support the colonies.

b)

was afraid many of the colonists would return to Britain.

c)

needed the colonists to help pay for the war.

d)

wanted the Native Americans to return to their lands.

63.

Some of the colonists were unhappy with "no taxation without representation". What does that mean?

a)

The colonists should not be taxed unless they were represented in Parliament.

b)

The colonists should not be taxed because they could not vote for the King.

c)

The colonists should not be taxed unless the taxes were used in the colonies.

d)

The colonists should not be taxed because no one should be taxed.

64.

Who said, "Give me liberty or give me death!"?

a)

Patrick Henry

b)

Benjamin Franklin

c)

Thomas Paine

d)

George Washington

65.

The Proclamation Line of 1763 forbid the colonists from-

a)

settling west of the Appalachian Mountains

b)

avoiding paying taxes on their land

c)

bringing slaves north of the Mason-Dixon line

d)

shooting Natives without a permit

66.

the "shot heard

round the world" started the American Revolution at

a)

Appomattox Court house

b)

New York

c)

Yorktown

d)

Lexington & Concord