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Road to Revolution Quiz Review

Total questions: 45

Worksheet time: 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

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

2.

What act taxed almost all printed materials in the colonies?

a)

Sugar Act

b)

Intolerable Acts

c)

Stamp Act

d)

Quartering Act

3.

What event is this artwork depicting?

a)

French and Indian War

b)

American Revolutionary War

c)

Bloody Massacre (Boston Massacre)

d)

Join Or Die Cartoon

4.

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

a)

North

b)

South

c)

East

d)

West

5.

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

6.

What was the name of Britain's law-making assembly?

a)

Parliament

b)

Congress

c)

House of Representatives

d)

First Continental Congress

7.

Which of the following was imposed as a punishment for the Boston Tea Party?

a)

Tea Act

b)

Stamp Act

c)

Intolerable Acts

d)

Townshend Acts

8.

Which of the following is referring to a refusal to buy imported goods?

a)

Boycott

b)

Impose

c)

Repeal

d)

Militia

9.

Who dressed up as Mohawk Indians and dumped tea in the Boston Harbor?

a)

Loyalists

b)

Patriots

c)

Sons of Liberty

d)

Parliament

10.

During which event did British soldiers fire into a crowd of colonists, killing five of them?

a)

Boston Tea Party

b)

Boston Massacre

c)

French and Indian War

d)

Intolerable Acts

11.

Why did the Proclamation Line of 1763 lead to disagreement between the colonists and the British government?

a)

It prohibited the colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains

b)

It offered all lands west of the Appalachian Mountains to British nobles

c)

It banned colonial trading with the American Indians

d)

It surrendered control of the Great Lakes region to Canada

12.
What event put Britain in debt, so they decided to tax the colonies to pay off this debt?
a)
French & Indian War
b)
American Revolution
c)
War of 1812
d)
French Revolution 
13.
What word means: refuse to buy; stop buying; or refusing to give your business to a certain company or business. 
a)
boycott
b)
grievience
c)
tariff
d)
nullification 
14.

What act prompted (led to) the Boston Tea Party?

a)
Stamp Act
b)
Quartering Act
c)
Tea Act
d)
Sugar Act
15.

What law required the colonists to house and feed British troops in the colonies?

a)
Quartering Act
b)
Townshend Acts
c)
Tea Act
d)
Stamp Act 
16.

Who was the first colonist to be shot and killed by British soldiers in the Boston Massacre?

a)
Crispus Attucks
b)
Bernardo de Galvez
c)
Marquis de Lafayette
d)
Haym Salomon
17.

In the decade following the French and Indian War, many American colonists believed that new British taxes were unfair because:

a)

Tax rates were higher in some colonies than in others

b)

Colonists were asked to pay higher taxes than those paid by people in England

c)

American colonists lacked representation in Parliament

d)

Landowners paid higher taxes than merchants active in trade

18.

This political cartoon was created by Benjamin Franklin in 1754. What point of view does it express?

a)

The colonies must unite against the French or face destruction.

b)

The colonies must avoid conflict with Britain or face ruin.

c)

The colonies must stop the swarm of poisonous snakes.

d)

The colonies must obtain representation in the British Parliament.

19.

Which of the following acts closed the port of Boston?

a)

The Quartering Act

b)

The Stamp Act

c)

The Townshend Act

d)

The Intolerable/ Coercive Acts

20.

In the colonies, boycotts were an effective way of protesting British policies mainly because the boycotts:

a)

Ended trade within the colonies

b)

Kept out products from other European nations

c)

Forced Britain to remove most troops

d)

Caused economic hardships for British merchants

21.

The French and Indian War was a turning point in the relationship between the colonists and the British government because the war:

a)

Increased French influence in North America

b)

Ended Native American Indian attacks west of the Appalachian Mountains

c)

Resulted in British debt and attempts to tax colonists

d)

Created an alliance with Canada against the British

22.
___________ 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
23.
What group of women protested British goods by peacefully weaving cloth?
a)
Sons of Liberty
b)
Daughters of Liberty
c)

National Women's Party

d)
The Boston Tea Party
24.

What does the slogan, "No taxation without representation," mean?

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
25.

Who was a group of men who protested British policies both peacefully and violently?

a)
Sons of Liberty
b)
Daughters of Liberty
c)
First Continental Congress
d)
Tax collectors
26.
_______ was when the Sons of Liberty dumped tea into Boston Harbor.
a)
Tea Act
b)
Boston Tea Party
c)
Quartering Act
d)
Boston Massacre
27.

Which of the following acts taxed all legal documents such as books, pamphlets, newspapers, and playing cards?

a)
Stamp Act
b)
Boston Tea Party
c)
Quartering Act
d)
Boston Massacre
28.

What was the purpose of the Proclamation of 1763?

a)

To keep colonists and Native Americans separate to avoid conflict

b)

The King wanted control over the colonists so he made the proclamation to anger them

c)

To keep the Spanish away from new British land

d)

It meant Britain declared war on France because they wanted Florida.

29.

What was the outcome of the French and Indian War?

a)

The British were kicked out of North America

b)

The French lost all of their lands in North America

c)

Spain won the war and gained control of the West

d)

America won because we are undefeated in all world wars

30.

Which of the following is referring to ideas or information intentionally spread to harm or help a cause?

a)

Boycott

b)

Repeal

c)

Propaganda

d)

Preamble

31.

What was the role of the Committee of Correspondence?

a)

British representatives who kept the King informed about the colonists' actions

b)

Kept other colonies informed about colonial actions/ protests and gained support for the Revolution

c)

It was the newspaper publisher in the colonies

d)

Kept track of trade between the colonies and other countries.

32.

How did the colonial leaders use the Boston Massacre as propaganda?

a)

They wrote articles explaining that the colonists started the confrontation

b)

They distributed pamphlets urging colonists to be nice to British troops

c)

They created images and engravings making it look as though the blood-thirsty redcoats were out to kill innocent colonists

d)

They wrote letters persuading the King to get control of his soldiers

33.

Which of the following terms is referring to the time period when the British did not tightly govern the colonies?

a)

Repeal

b)

Salutary Neglect

c)

Taxation with Representation

d)

Writs of Assistance

34.

Which of the following allowed British officials to inspect ships for smuggled goods without giving a reason?

a)
Writs of Assistance
b)
Effige
c)
Admiralty courts
d)
None of these are correct
35.

Who created the Albany Plan of Union?

a)

George Washington

b)

Benjamin Franklin

c)

John Adams

d)

Samuel Adams

36.

Why was the Albany Plan of Union created?

a)

To help the British defeat the French in the war

b)

To help the French defeat the British in the war

c)

To remove all individual power from the colonies and give to the British

d)

To move the nation's capital to the city of Albany

37.

Which of the following was NOT a way that the Sons of Liberty protested against the British and their policies?

a)

Mass spinning bees

b)

Tarring and feathering tax collectors

c)

Burning images of unpopular figures on Liberty Trees

d)

Hanging images of unpopular figures on Liberty Trees

38.

Which of the following was NOT a way that the Daughters of Liberty protested against the British and their policies?

a)

Parades

b)

Mass spinning bees

c)

Wrote petitions

d)

Tarring and feathering tax collectors

39.

Which of the following placed a tax on molasses?

a)

Sugar Act

b)

Stamp Act

c)

Tea Act

d)

Quartering Act

40.

Which of the following placed a tax on paper, paint, lead and tea?

a)

Sugar Act

b)

Stamp Act

c)

Quartering Act

d)

Townshend Acts

41.

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

a)

Boycott

b)

Biography

c)

Journal Entry

d)

Petition

42.

Who won the French and Indian War?

a)

The French

b)

The British

c)

It was a tie

43.

Why did the British pay little attention to their North American colonies before the French and Indian War?

a)

They did not like the colonists that moved to the New World

b)

The colonies were too far away and they were too concerned with fighting wars overseas

c)

They thought that it would be too expensive

d)

France told them that it would not be a good idea

44.

Why did the Albany Plan of Union fail?

a)

France withdrew themselves from the war

b)

The colonies did not want to give up their individual independence

c)

The Native Americans joined the British side

d)

Benjamin Franklin joined the French side

45.

Who drew the famous Bloody Massacre engraving showing the Boston Massacre?

a)

Paul Revere

b)

Samuel Adams

c)

John Adams

d)

Benjamin Franklin