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Road to Revolution

Total questions: 63

Worksheet time: 33mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What event does this image represent?

a)

French and Indian War

b)

Road to Revolution

c)

Albany Plan of Union

d)

Declaration of Independence

2.

Who introduced the Albany Plan of Union?

a)

Thomas Jefferson

b)

George Washington

c)

Benjamin Franklin

d)

Paul Revere

3.

The purpose of the Albany Plan of Union was for each colony to be separate, independent governments.

a)

True

b)

False

4.

What do the letters in the political cartoon represent?

a)

Great Britain

b)

British Colonies

c)

French Colonies

d)

United States

5.

Most likely this political cartoon suggests if the colonies did not join together, they most assuredly would fail separately.

a)

True

b)

False

6.

Did the colonists support the Albany Plan of Union?

a)

Yes

b)

No

7.

What event does this image represent?

a)

Boston Massacre

b)

Pontiac's War

c)

Proclamation of 1763

d)

French and Indian War

8.

What year did the French and Indian War begin?

a)

1754

b)

1763

c)

1776

d)

1787

9.

What year did the French and Indian War end?

a)

1754

b)

1763

c)

1776

d)

1787

10.

Who were the main players in the French and Indian War?

(multiple answers)

a)

French

b)

British

c)

Spanish

d)

Natives

11.

What was the MAJOR cause of the French and Indian War?

a)

Wealth

b)

Land

c)

Spices

d)

Food

12.

Who won the French and Indian War?

a)

French

b)

British

c)

Spanish

d)

Natives

13.

Which of the following were terms in the Treaty of Paris of 1763?

(multiple answers)

a)

French lost territory in North America, except for a sugar producing island.

b)

British claimed land east of the Mississippi River, including Spanish Florida.

c)

Spanish claimed land west of the Mississippi River.

d)

Colonies were forced to pay war debt.

14.

Colonies were not allowed to settle west of the Appalachian Mountains.

a)

Proclamation of 1763

b)

Quartering Act

c)

Townshend Act

d)

Intolerable Acts

15.

Tax on foreign molasses and other luxuries.

a)

Sugar Act

b)

Stamp Act

c)

Townshend Act

d)

Tea Act

16.

Tax on all printed material. All printed material had to be stamped and the stamp had to be placed by British officials.

a)

Sugar Act

b)

Stamp Act

c)

Townshend Act

d)

Intolerable Acts

17.

Colonists had to provide shelter and food for the British soldiers.

a)

Stamp Act

b)

Quartering Act

c)

Townshend Act

d)

Intolerable Acts

18.

Representatives from 9 colonies met and declared that only their elected officials could approve taxes.

a)

Proclamation of 1763

b)

Stamp Act Congress

c)

Quartering Act

d)

Boston Tea Party

19.

Tax on imported tea, glass, and paper.

a)

Sugar Act

b)

Stamp Act

c)

Townshend Act

d)

Intolerable Acts

20.

Tax on tea, colonists were only allowed to buy tea from Great Britain.

a)

Sugar Act

b)

Stamp Act

c)

Tea Act

d)

Intolerable Acts

21.

Sons of Liberty dressed up like Native Americans and destroyed 342 chests of tea by throwing them into the harbor.

a)

Stamp Act Congress

b)

Boston Massacre

c)

Boston Tea Party

d)

Intolerable Acts

22.

Due to the Boston Tea Party what punishments were included in the Intolerable Acts?

(multiple answers)

a)

Trial without jury

b)

Closing the harbor

c)

Quartering

d)

Banning town meetings

23.

What event does this image represent?

a)

French and Indian War

b)

Boston Massacre

c)

Boston Tea Party

d)

Intolerable Acs

24.

Which word means a person in the American colonies who wanted the colonies to become independent from Great Britain?

a)

Loyalists

b)

Neutral

c)

Patriot

d)

Tory

25.

Which word means a person in the American colonies who opposed independence and wanted the colonies to remain under the control of the King and Great Britain?

a)

Colonist

b)

Loyalist

c)

Neutral

d)

Patriot

26.

The American colonies should have their own representation and determine their own taxes.

a)

Loyalist

b)

Patriot

27.

Fighting the King makes you a traitor, colonists should obey.

a)

Loyalist

b)

Patriot

28.

The Sons of Liberty were an organization of men established to rebel against British taxes, meaning...

a)

Consent

b)

Quarter

c)

Boycott

d)

Revolution

29.

No taxation without representation is a protest slogan against British taxes and demanding colonial consent.

a)

True

b)

False

30.

What event does this image represent?

a)

Boston Tea Party

b)

Boston Massacre

c)

French and Indian War

d)

Pontiac's War

31.

Who created the Boston Massacre engraving?

a)

Thomas Jefferson

b)

Benjamin Franklin

c)

Paul Revere

d)

John Adams

32.

Propaganda is information spread for the purpose of promoting some cause and it is always the truth.

a)

True

b)

False

33.

The purpose of this image was to elevate a tragic event to increase Loyalists support throughout the colonies.

a)

True

b)

False

34.

Who was chosen to draft the Declaration of Independence?

a)

Samuel Adams

b)

George Washington

c)

Benjamin Franklin

d)

Thomas Jefferson

35.

Where was the Declaration of Independence written and signed?

a)

Washington DC

b)

Boston

c)

Jamestown

d)

Philadelphia

36.

What date was the Declaration of Independence signed?

a)

July 4, 1776

b)

July 6, 1776

c)

July 4, 1677

d)

July 4, 1787

37.

Which word means introduction?

a)

Liberty

b)

Grievances

c)

Usurpations

d)

Preamble

38.

In which of the following are the four sections of the Declaration of Independence in the correct order?

a)

1 - Preamble

2 - Rights

3 - Grievances

4 - Proclamation

b)

1 - Preamble

2 - Grievances

3 - Rights

4 - Proclamation

c)

1 - Proclamation

2 - Rights

3 - Grievances

4 - Preamble

d)

1 - Rights

2 - Grievances

3 - Proclamation

4 - Preamble

39.

Which of the following were ideas by the philosopher John Locke and influenced the Declaration of Independence?

(multiple answers)

a)

Life

b)

Liberty

c)

Happiness

d)

Property

40.

What does the word unalienable mean?

a)

Non Transferable

b)

Unlimited Power

c)

Rights of the Citizens

d)

Unjust use of Power

41.

Plan passed by any legislature that becomes a law.

a)

Convention

b)

Parliament

c)

Petition

d)

Act

42.

Stop buying goods as a protest.

a)

Boycott

b)

Intolerable

c)

Prohibit

d)

Revolution

43.

A small group of citizens ready to fight.

a)

Boycott

b)

Militia

c)

Patriot

d)

Quartering

44.

Goods that are imported or exported illegally.

a)

Prohibit

b)

Contraband

c)

Grievances

d)

Quartering

45.

A large meeting of delegates.

a)

Representative

b)

Tyrant

c)

Convention

d)

Parliament

46.

A complaint about a wrong doing.

a)

Intolerable

b)

Grievance

c)

Revolution

d)

Repeal

47.

State of owing something, especially money.

a)

Boycott

b)

Tax

c)

Debt

d)

Tariff

48.

Incapable of being put up with.

a)

Grievances

b)

Tyrant

c)

Loyalist

d)

Intolerable

49.

Impose or collect a tax, fee, or fine.

a)

Tax

b)

Treaty

c)

Levied

d)

Debt

50.

Legislative assembly or law making body.

a)

Convention

b)

Representative

c)

Act

d)

Parliament

51.

Formal written request, often bearing signatures.

a)

Petition

b)

Act

c)

Constitution

d)

Resolution

52.

Formally forbid something by law, rule, or authority.

a)

Repeal

b)

Prohibit

c)

Contraband

d)

Withdraw

53.

Requiring to offer lodging, food, drink to troops.

a)

Housing

b)

Convention

c)

Grievances

d)

Quartering

54.

To cancel or withdraw.

a)

Petition

b)

Repeal

c)

Prohibit

d)

Treaty

55.

To settle or find a solution.

a)

Petition

b)

Resolve

c)

Prohibit

d)

Treaty

56.

To put or change into an improved form or condition.

a)

Reform

b)

Repeal

c)

Prohibit

d)

Treaty

57.

Person elected by voters to represent their interests.

a)

Representative

b)

Congress

c)

Parliament

d)

Patriot

58.

Forcible overthrow of a government or social order.

a)

Revolution

b)

Intolerable

c)

Convention

d)

Parliament

59.

Charge or fee a government imposes on citizens.

a)

Debt

b)

Credit

c)

Tax

d)

Bill

60.

Written agreement between two sides.

a)

Prohibit

b)

Tariff

c)

Agreement

d)

Treaty

61.

Cruel and oppressive dictator.

a)

Tyrant

b)

Democracy

c)

Parliament

d)

Loyalist

62.

The power or right to give orders and make decisions.

a)

Consent

b)

Authority

c)

Parliament

d)

Convention

63.

Permission for something to happen or an agreement to do something.

a)

Consent

b)

Authority

c)

Parliament

d)

Convention