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WorksheetsEvents Leading to the American Revolution
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 8mins
What was the First Continental Congress?
September 1774, delegates from twelve colonies sent representatives to Philadelphia to discuss a response to the Intolerable Acts
series of laws passed in 1774 to punish Boston for the Tea Party.
working together for a common purpose
important
Great Britain passed series of laws passed in 1774 to punish Boston for the Tea Party. This was called:
Declaration of Rights
Intolerable Acts
First Continental Congress
Battle of Bunker Hill
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?
significant
coordinated
militia
Loyalists
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:
significant
coordinated
militia
Boston Tea Party was:
incident in 1770 in which British troops fired on and killed American colonists
working together for a common purpose
A 1773 protest against British taxes in which Boston colonists disguised as Mohawks dumped valuable tea into Boston Harbor.
a document written by the First Continental Congress that stated the main concerns and wishes of the colonies
Thomas Gage:
Was the commander of all British troops in America during the early years of the war
rode through the countryside warning local militias of the approach of the British troops prior to the Battles of Lexington and Concord.
Colonista who wanted independence from Britain
Paul Revere and William Dawes
Were the commanders of all British troops in America during the early years of the war.
Colonists who supported the British
Rode through the countryside warning local militias of the approach of the British troops prior to the Battles of Lexington and Concord.
Colonists who wanted independence from Britain are called:
Patriots
Loyalists
volunteer army
Boston Massacre
The incident in 1770 in which British troops fired on and killed American colonists:
First Continental Congress
Intolerable Acts
Boston Tea Party
Boston Massacre
A document written by the First Continental Congress that stated the main concerns and wishes of the colonies:
Shot heard round the world
Declaration of Rights
Boston Massacre
A milita is:
A 1773 protest against British taxes in which Boston colonists disguised as Mohawks dumped valuable tea into Boston Harbor.
A volunteer army
The commander of all British troops in America during the early years of the war.
series of laws passed in 1774 to punish Boston for the Tea Party.
TRUE OR FALSE: Colonists who wanted independence from Britain were called Patriots, while colonists who supported the British were called Loyalists.
True
False
The first battle of the American Revolution was called:
Battle of Bunker Hill
Boston Massacre
Boston Tea Party
Shot heard round the world was:
In 1775, first major battle of the revolution
The first shot fired of the Revolutionary War at Lexington and Concord when a group of armed minutemen confronted a British column.
Colonists who wanted independence from Britain
They rode through the countryside warning local militias of the approach of the British troops prior to the Battles of Lexington and Concord.
