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Road to Revolution

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 50mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

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.

2.

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

3.

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

4.
___________ 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
5.
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
6.
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
7.
"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
8.
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
9.
______ 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
10.
_______ was when the Sons of Liberty dumped tea into Boston Harbor.
a)
Tea Act
b)
Boston Tea Party
c)
Quartering Act
d)
Boston Massacre
11.
_______ 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
12.
_______ 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
13.
_______ forced colonists to provide housing, food, and supplies for British troops.
a)
Stamp Act
b)
Boston Tea Party
c)
Quartering Act
d)
Boston Massacre
14.
Taxed sugar, coffee, dye, and wine.
a)
Stamp Act
b)
Boston Tea Party
c)
Quartering Act
d)
Sugar Act
15.
__________ was a refusal to buy goods in protest.
a)
Stamp Act
b)
Boston Tea Party
c)
Quartering Act
d)
Boycott
16.

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

17.

Which act forced colonists to house British soldiers?

a)

The Townshend Act

b)

The Quartering Act

c)

The Boston Massacre

d)

The Coercive Acts

18.

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

19.

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

20.

Who did the British fight against over settlements in the Ohio River Valley?

a)

Native American Indians

b)

French and Native American Indians

c)

British

d)

Colonist

21.

The Proclamation of 1763 declared that colonial settlers could not go __________________ of the Appalachians Mountains.

a)

North

b)

South

c)

East

d)

West

22.

What slogan did the colonists use when they were speaking against the British?

a)

Join or Die

b)

No Taxation without Representation

c)

The British Are Coming....

d)

Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death

23.

Who engraved this artwork?

a)

KGIII

b)

Ben Franklin

c)

Patrick Henry

d)

Paul Revere

24.

How did the French and Indian War draw the colonists closer together but increase friction with Britain?

a)

King taxed the Colonist to raise money to pay the French and Indian war debts.

b)

King taxed fur trade.

c)

King took land from French, Indians, and Colonist.

d)

King taxed the Spanish Florida

25.

How does this artwork show BIAS?

a)

It shows BIAS by portraying the British as evil and the Colonist as innocent.

b)

It All Started in Boston Massachusetts

c)

Because I Am Slanted

d)

It was called the Bloody Massacre

26.
Who was the young military leader from Virginia who was sent to western Pennsylvania to fight the French?
a)
William Pitt
b)
Edward Braddock
c)
King George II
d)
George Washington 
27.
What is a group of civilians trained to fight in emergencies called?
a)
Navy
b)
Volunteers
c)
Militia
d)
Brigade
28.
What slogan did the colonists begin to use in order to express their frustrations with the British government?
a)
"No Taxation!"
b)
"We Need Representation!"
c)
"No Taxation without Representation!"
d)
"We Want Freedom!"
29.
Why were many colonists angry about the Proclamation of 1763?
a)
They were unhappy because they could not settle on new lands.
b)
They wanted to travel all the way west to California.
c)
They wanted to share the land with the Native Americans.
d)
They wanted their money back for the land.
30.

What was the mission of the British "Regulars" at Lexington and Concord?

a)

Restore law and order for the 2nd Continental Congress.

b)

Colonize the area West of the Appalachian Mountains.

c)

Take the Colonists leadership, guns and ammunition.

d)

Provide more opportunities for the colonists to quarter troops.

31.
April 19, 1775 is day that will be remembered for the event that signaled the beginning of the Revolutionary War. What event was it? 
a)
THe Boston Massacre
b)
The Battles at Lexington and Concord
c)
The election of George Washington as president
d)
The Boston Tea Party
32.
The List of Grievances were the part of the Declaration that
a)
detailed the colonists' complaints with King George.
b)
listed a man's natural rights.
c)
introduced the Declaration.
d)
concluded the Declaration, declaring America a free country.
33.
What is the connection between natural rights and government? 
a)
government is meant to provide services 
b)
people have the right to alter government 
c)
people have certain unalienable rights
d)
government is meant to protect rights
34.

What did the Colonists do after the Stamp Act?

a)

Boycott British goods

b)

Made their own goods

c)

Decided they didn't need goods

d)

Stopped paying all of their taxes

35.

What are unalienable rights?

a)

Rights that government cannot take away

b)

Rights that government takes away

c)

rights for aliens

d)

Government is needed to promote equality

36.
According to the Declaration,  what causes a government to be just? 
a)
powerful institutions
b)
a Bill of Rights 
c)
ease of altering 
d)
Consent of the people being governed
37.
How could the British have prevented the American Revolution? 
a)
By forcing King George III to give up the throne  
b)
By overruling the decisions of the colonial legislatures 
c)
By increasing taxes on the colonists 
d)
By allowing colonists to elect representatives to Parliament
38.

The Declaration of Independence is most like a what?

a)

Love Letter

b)

Treaty

c)

Break-up letter

d)

Constitution

39.

What is the purpose of the following lines from the declaration?

"He has dissolved our legislative assemblies"

“ He has kept among us, in times of peace, standing armies ” “For imposing taxes on us without consent”

“ For depriving us in many cases, of the benefits of trial by jury”

a)

To justify independence by giving examples of complaints about rights violated by King George and the British government

b)

To give examples of complaints against the American government, asking King George III to fix them

c)

To request that the king protect certain rights and complain about rights that colonists didn't have

40.

Why were the colonists being taxed so heavily?

a)

To pay for the French and Indian War

b)

Because the King felt like it

c)

Because they wanted a revolution

d)

They owed a lot of money to China

41.

An effect of the French and Indian War

a)

Quartering Act

b)

Colonists taxed to pay for the war

c)

Boycott of imported goods

d)

Boston Tea Party

42.
Which phrase became popular after passage of the Stamp Act?
a)
“The rights of Englishmen”
b)
“Give me liberty or give me death”
c)
“Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness”
d)
“No taxation without representation“
43.

This event occurred on March 5, 1770 when British soldiers in Boston opened fire on a group of American colonists killing five men.

a)

American Revolution

b)

Tea Act

c)

Boston Massacre

d)

riot

44.

What happened at the Boston Tea Party?

a)

Sons of Liberty threw all the tea in the ocean

b)

Patriots sat and had tea with King George

c)

Native Americans threw all the tea in the ocean

d)

King George had a sale on tea

45.

What is a boycott?

a)

an enemy

b)

a tax King George created

c)

protest in which all the people only bought British products

d)

protest in which people refused to buy British products

46.

How many colonists died at the Boston Massacre?

a)

500

b)

100

c)

5

d)

None

47.

What was included on the Intolerable Acts?

a)

stopped trade between Boston and Britain

b)

stopped town meetings

c)

gave Britain more control over the colony's government

d)

all of the above

48.
Which word means a person in the American colonies who wanted the colonies to become independent from Great Britain?
a)
loyalist
b)
patriot
c)
neutral
d)
tory
49.
Which word means a person in the American colonies who opposed independence and wanted the colonies to remain under the control of the king and Great Britain?
a)
Loyalist
b)
Patriot
c)
Neutral
d)
Colonist
50.
Which word means separation from or freedom from control by another country or government?
a)
treason
b)
independence
c)
tyrant
d)
resolution