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Events Leading to the American Revolution

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was the First Continental Congress?

a)

September 1774, delegates from twelve colonies sent representatives to Philadelphia to discuss a response to the Intolerable Acts

b)

series of laws passed in 1774 to punish Boston for the Tea Party.

c)

working together for a common purpose

d)

important

2.

Great Britain passed series of laws passed in 1774 to punish Boston for the Tea Party. This was called:

a)

Declaration of Rights

b)

Intolerable Acts

c)

First Continental Congress

d)

Battle of Bunker Hill

3.

The colonists planned protests and worked together for a common purpose to resist the British.

What is a better word to replace the underlined phrase?

a)

significant

b)

coordinated

c)

militia

d)

Loyalists

4.

The most important result of the Intolerable Acts was the meeting of the First Continental Congress.

A synonym, or word that means the same, for the underlined word is:

a)

significant

b)

coordinated

c)

militia

5.

Boston Tea Party was:

a)

incident in 1770 in which British troops fired on and killed American colonists

b)

working together for a common purpose

c)

A 1773 protest against British taxes in which Boston colonists disguised as Mohawks dumped valuable tea into Boston Harbor.

d)

a document written by the First Continental Congress that stated the main concerns and wishes of the colonies

6.

Thomas Gage:

a)

Was the commander of all British troops in America during the early years of the war

b)

rode through the countryside warning local militias of the approach of the British troops prior to the Battles of Lexington and Concord.

c)

Colonista who wanted independence from Britain

7.

Paul Revere and William Dawes

a)

Were the commanders of all British troops in America during the early years of the war.

b)

Colonists who supported the British

c)

Rode through the countryside warning local militias of the approach of the British troops prior to the Battles of Lexington and Concord.

8.

Colonists who wanted independence from Britain are called:

a)

Patriots

b)

Loyalists

c)

volunteer army

d)

Boston Massacre

9.

The incident in 1770 in which British troops fired on and killed American colonists:

a)

First Continental Congress

b)

Intolerable Acts

c)

Boston Tea Party

d)

Boston Massacre

10.

A document written by the First Continental Congress that stated the main concerns and wishes of the colonies:

a)

Shot heard round the world

b)

Declaration of Rights

c)

Boston Massacre

11.

A milita is:

a)

A 1773 protest against British taxes in which Boston colonists disguised as Mohawks dumped valuable tea into Boston Harbor.

b)

A volunteer army

c)

The commander of all British troops in America during the early years of the war.

d)

series of laws passed in 1774 to punish Boston for the Tea Party.

12.

TRUE OR FALSE: Colonists who wanted independence from Britain were called Patriots, while colonists who supported the British were called Loyalists.

a)

True

b)

False

13.

The first battle of the American Revolution was called:

a)

Battle of Bunker Hill

b)

Boston Massacre

c)

Boston Tea Party

14.

Shot heard round the world was:

a)

In 1775, first major battle of the revolution

b)

The first shot fired of the Revolutionary War at Lexington and Concord when a group of armed minutemen confronted a British column.

c)

Colonists who wanted independence from Britain

d)

They rode through the countryside warning local militias of the approach of the British troops prior to the Battles of Lexington and Concord.