WorksheetsRoad to Revolution Quiz Review
Total questions: 45
Worksheet time: 23mins
Who did the British fight against over settlements in the Ohio River Valley?
Native American Indians
French and Native American Indians
British
Colonist
What act taxed almost all printed materials in the colonies?
Sugar Act
Intolerable Acts
Stamp Act
Quartering Act
What event is this artwork depicting?
French and Indian War
American Revolutionary War
Bloody Massacre (Boston Massacre)
Join Or Die Cartoon
The Proclamation of 1763 declared that colonial settlers could not go __________________ of the Appalachians Mountains.
North
South
East
West
What slogan did the colonists use when they were speaking against the British?
Join or Die
No Taxation without Representation
The British Are Coming
Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death
What was the name of Britain's law-making assembly?
Parliament
Congress
House of Representatives
First Continental Congress
Which of the following was imposed as a punishment for the Boston Tea Party?
Tea Act
Stamp Act
Intolerable Acts
Townshend Acts
Which of the following is referring to a refusal to buy imported goods?
Boycott
Impose
Repeal
Militia
Who dressed up as Mohawk Indians and dumped tea in the Boston Harbor?
Loyalists
Patriots
Sons of Liberty
Parliament
During which event did British soldiers fire into a crowd of colonists, killing five of them?
Boston Tea Party
Boston Massacre
French and Indian War
Intolerable Acts
Why did the Proclamation Line of 1763 lead to disagreement between the colonists and the British government?
It prohibited the colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains
It offered all lands west of the Appalachian Mountains to British nobles
It banned colonial trading with the American Indians
It surrendered control of the Great Lakes region to Canada
What act prompted (led to) the Boston Tea Party?
What law required the colonists to house and feed British troops in the colonies?
Who was the first colonist to be shot and killed by British soldiers in the Boston Massacre?
In the decade following the French and Indian War, many American colonists believed that new British taxes were unfair because:
Tax rates were higher in some colonies than in others
Colonists were asked to pay higher taxes than those paid by people in England
American colonists lacked representation in Parliament
Landowners paid higher taxes than merchants active in trade
This political cartoon was created by Benjamin Franklin in 1754. What point of view does it express?
The colonies must unite against the French or face destruction.
The colonies must avoid conflict with Britain or face ruin.
The colonies must stop the swarm of poisonous snakes.
The colonies must obtain representation in the British Parliament.
Which of the following acts closed the port of Boston?
The Quartering Act
The Stamp Act
The Townshend Act
The Intolerable/ Coercive Acts
In the colonies, boycotts were an effective way of protesting British policies mainly because the boycotts:
Ended trade within the colonies
Kept out products from other European nations
Forced Britain to remove most troops
Caused economic hardships for British merchants
The French and Indian War was a turning point in the relationship between the colonists and the British government because the war:
Increased French influence in North America
Ended Native American Indian attacks west of the Appalachian Mountains
Resulted in British debt and attempts to tax colonists
Created an alliance with Canada against the British
National Women's Party
What does the slogan, "No taxation without representation," mean?
Who was a group of men who protested British policies both peacefully and violently?
Which of the following acts taxed all legal documents such as books, pamphlets, newspapers, and playing cards?
What was the purpose of the Proclamation of 1763?
To keep colonists and Native Americans separate to avoid conflict
The King wanted control over the colonists so he made the proclamation to anger them
To keep the Spanish away from new British land
It meant Britain declared war on France because they wanted Florida.
What was the outcome of the French and Indian War?
The British were kicked out of North America
The French lost all of their lands in North America
Spain won the war and gained control of the West
America won because we are undefeated in all world wars
Which of the following is referring to ideas or information intentionally spread to harm or help a cause?
Boycott
Repeal
Propaganda
Preamble
What was the role of the Committee of Correspondence?
British representatives who kept the King informed about the colonists' actions
Kept other colonies informed about colonial actions/ protests and gained support for the Revolution
It was the newspaper publisher in the colonies
Kept track of trade between the colonies and other countries.
How did the colonial leaders use the Boston Massacre as propaganda?
They wrote articles explaining that the colonists started the confrontation
They distributed pamphlets urging colonists to be nice to British troops
They created images and engravings making it look as though the blood-thirsty redcoats were out to kill innocent colonists
They wrote letters persuading the King to get control of his soldiers
Which of the following terms is referring to the time period when the British did not tightly govern the colonies?
Repeal
Salutary Neglect
Taxation with Representation
Writs of Assistance
Which of the following allowed British officials to inspect ships for smuggled goods without giving a reason?
Who created the Albany Plan of Union?
George Washington
Benjamin Franklin
John Adams
Samuel Adams
Why was the Albany Plan of Union created?
To help the British defeat the French in the war
To help the French defeat the British in the war
To remove all individual power from the colonies and give to the British
To move the nation's capital to the city of Albany
Which of the following was NOT a way that the Sons of Liberty protested against the British and their policies?
Mass spinning bees
Tarring and feathering tax collectors
Burning images of unpopular figures on Liberty Trees
Hanging images of unpopular figures on Liberty Trees
Which of the following was NOT a way that the Daughters of Liberty protested against the British and their policies?
Parades
Mass spinning bees
Wrote petitions
Tarring and feathering tax collectors
Which of the following placed a tax on molasses?
Sugar Act
Stamp Act
Tea Act
Quartering Act
Which of the following placed a tax on paper, paint, lead and tea?
Sugar Act
Stamp Act
Quartering Act
Townshend Acts
Which of the following is a formal written request to someone in a position of authority that is signed by a group of people? Many of these were written to the King of England/Parliament by the colonists
Boycott
Biography
Journal Entry
Petition
Who won the French and Indian War?
The French
The British
It was a tie
Why did the British pay little attention to their North American colonies before the French and Indian War?
They did not like the colonists that moved to the New World
The colonies were too far away and they were too concerned with fighting wars overseas
They thought that it would be too expensive
France told them that it would not be a good idea
Why did the Albany Plan of Union fail?
France withdrew themselves from the war
The colonies did not want to give up their individual independence
The Native Americans joined the British side
Benjamin Franklin joined the French side
Who drew the famous Bloody Massacre engraving showing the Boston Massacre?
Paul Revere
Samuel Adams
John Adams
Benjamin Franklin
