wayground logo

Free Printable Worksheets

Font size

S
M
L
XL
Worksheets

Road to Revolution Exam #1 (post 1st)

Total questions: 36

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The colonist dressed as Indians to dump tea in the Boston Harbor

a)

False

b)

True

2.

What wasn't a part of the Albany plan?

a)

Make all Indian treaties

b)

Create Writs of Assistance

c)

Create an army

d)

Build forts

e)

Collect taxes

3.

Which side did MOST of the Native Americans take during the French and Indian War?

a)

French

b)

British

c)

England

d)

Neither

4.

What did the French and Indians trade with each other?

a)

Guns

b)

Corn

c)

Fish

d)

Furs

5.

France and Britain signed the ______________ as an agreement for peace.

a)

Treaty of France

b)

Treaty of Britain

c)

Treaty of Paris

d)

Indian Peace Treaty

6.

Felt the best way to deal with the Indians after the French and Indian war was to stop giving them gun powder and send them blankets infected with smallpox.

a)

Benjamin Franklin

b)

George Washington

c)

General Braddock

d)

Pontiac

e)

Lord Jeffrey Amherst

7.

Who had more land going into the French and Indian War?

a)

French

b)

British

c)

Spain

8.

This Act ordered American colonist to allow British soldiers in their homes for shelter.

a)

Stamp Act

b)

Quartering Act

c)

Sugar Act

d)

Townshend Act

9.

British general who insisted on fighting in traditional English formations.

a)

George Washington

b)

William Pitt

c)

Jeffrey Amherst

d)

Braddock

10.

This act was repealed except for the tax on tea.

a)

Stamp act

b)

Townshend Act

c)

Quartering Act

d)

Sugar Act

11.

This was set up to stop colonist from moving west of the Mississippi after the French and Indian War.

a)

Stamp Act

b)

Proclamation of 1763

c)

Intolerable Acts

d)

Pontiacs Rebellion

12.

This act included the writs of assistance, allowing soldiers to enter your home looking for smuggled goods.

a)

Stamp Act

b)

Townshend Act

c)

Sugar Act

d)

Intolerable Acts

13.

This Act placed a tax on all legal documents and was later repealed.

a)

Stamp Act

b)

Sugar Act

c)

Townshend Act

d)

Quartering Act

14.

Who volunteered to take a message to the French asking asking them to leave or war.

a)

George Washington

b)

William Pitt

c)

Jeffrey Amherst

d)

Braddock

15.

What company was tea required to import tea to the colonies through the tea act?

a)

British Tea Company

b)

British East India Company

c)

East India Tea

d)

East England Tea Company

16.

Once the Iroquois finally choose sides in the French and India war, what side did they finally choose?

a)

British

b)

French

c)

Spanish

d)

Canadian

e)

Neither

17.

Where did the French and Indian war start?

a)

Plains of Abraham

b)

Ohio River Valley

c)

Quebec

d)

Along the Atlantic Coast

18.

Washington builds a fort after his meeting with the French, this fort will end up being attacked and he will have to surrender.

a)

Fort Duquesne

b)

Fort Pitt

c)

Fort Necessity

d)

Quebec

19.

Columbus sailed the ocean blue, he was in search of..

a)

being the first to sail around the world

b)

Find the fasted route to Asia/the Spice Islands

c)

North America/ The Caribbean

d)

A sea route from around Africa to India

20.

Magellan was best known to have

a)

been the first to sail around the world

b)

Find the fasted route to Asia/the Spice Islands

c)

found North America/Caribbean

d)

A sea route from around Africa to India

21.

Columbus died thinking he achieved his goals, however

a)

he died before he could sail around the world

b)

he found the fountain of youth in South American instead

c)

he found the Caribbean/ Haiti

d)

his voyage ended at the Cape of good hope

22.

The Columbian Exchange had deadly effects, such as


a)


bringing the bubonic plague and Black Death to Florence.


b)

spreading measles, smallpox, and typhus throughout Europe.


c)

infecting American Indians with new and deadly diseases. 

d)

robbing American Indians of corn, tomatoes, tobacco, and cocoa.


23.

What wasn't a reason why people went out exploring

a)

God

b)

Gold

c)

Power

d)

Glory

24.

What were the two main reasons why people were leaving England and heading to the New World?

a)

Economic and Jobs

b)

Religious and Economic

c)

God, Gold, and Glory

d)

Jobs and Religion

25.

After continued protests, the Townshend Act was mostly repealed. What was the only piece that was not?


a)

The tax on tea


b)

The tax on legal documents

c)

The tax in imports

d)

The tax on lead and glass

26.

This act included the writs of assistance

a)

Stamp

b)

Townshend

c)

Suagr

d)

Intolerable

27.

The colonist protested the Tea Act because

a)

Colonial merchants feared they would be out out of business

b)

The British had meant the act as an insult.

c)

The British had meant the act as an insult.

d)

The British had meant the act as an insult.

28.

What colony in North American was unsuccessful and disappeared

a)

Jamestown

b)

Roanoke

c)

Plymouth

d)

Massachusetts

29.

Samuel Adams formed Committees of Correspondence to


a)

Get letters published overseas, especially in Britain.

b)

Take the place of newspapers.

c)

Spread information about British threats to their rights

d)

Encourage Parliament to pay the salaries of governors

30.


What was put in place as a punishment to the Boston Tea party?

a)

Stamp

b)

Quartering

c)

Navigation

d)

Intolerable

31.

3 G's were... Gold, Gold, and

a)

Goal

b)

Gold

c)

Glory

d)

Goats

32.


How did the Columbian Exchange affect agriculture in Europe and the Americas?

a)

Some food and animals from Europe were difficult to raise in the Americas.

b)

People on both continents grew new varieties of foods and raised new types of animals.

c)


Most foods from the Americas could not be grown in Europe because of the harsh climate.

d)

People on both continents found that the new foods would not grow well in their different soils.

33.

What is the Columbian Exchange?

a)

The letters and ship's logs of Columbus

b)

The stocks and bonds of New York City

c)

The spread of coins (money) from Spain to the Americas

d)


The widespread transfer of plants, animals, technology, and culture between the Old World and the New World. 

34.

The French and Indian War was part of what larger war?

a)


The American Revolution

b)

The Seven Year War

c)

The Civil War

d)

The European War

35.

What was a main reason(s) for the fight over the land west of the Appalachian Mountains?

a)

Both France and Britain wanted control over the Ohio River Valley and France wanted to stop the British from going further.

b)

Spain wanted to ally with France to gain more land.

c)

Spain felt that Florida was too small for their trade routes.

d)

Britain wanted create an empire by building castles in North America.

36.

What fort was finally captured by the British and renamed Fort Pitt?

a)

Fort Duquesne

b)

Fort Necessity

c)

Plains of Abraham

d)

Fort Washington