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The King's Acts (Road to Revolution)

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

War between England and France over North American territory

a)

French & Indian War

b)

Revolutionary War

c)

Settler's War

d)

5 Years' War

2.

To refuse to buy goods from a certain source

a)

Boycott

b)

Tyranny

c)

Militia

d)

Townshend Acts

3.

American Colonists can not settle west of the Appalachian Mountains

a)

Stamp Act

b)

Townshend Acts

c)

Proclamation of 1763

d)

The Tea Act

4.

This act required colonists to house and feed British Troops

a)

Quartering Act

b)

Townshend Acts

c)

Intolerable Acts

d)

Proclamation of 1763

5.

This act required colonists to buy a stamp each time they registered a legal document, bought newspapers, pamphlets, and almanacs.

a)

Tea Act

b)

Sugar Act

c)

Intolerable Acts

d)

Stamp Act

6.

Tax on British goods such as paint, glass, lead, paper, and tea.

a)

Quartering Act

b)

Townshend Acts

c)

Tea Act

d)

Proclamation of 1763

7.

Clash between Boston rioters and British Troops that left 5 colonists dead.

a)

Boston Tea Party

b)

Intolerable Acts

c)

Boycott

d)

Boston Massacre

8.

British tax on American imports of only tea

a)

Tea Act

b)

Townshend Acts

c)

Boston Tea Party

d)

Boycott

9.

Series of Acts designed to punish Colonists for the Boston Tea Party

a)

Townshend Acts

b)

Martial Law

c)

Intolerable Acts

d)

Tyranny

10.

Americans who wanted to split from England

a)

Patriots

b)

Loyalists

c)

Rebels

d)

Revolutionaries

11.

The (a)   required colonist to provide shelter to soldiers.

12.

The Proclamation Line of 1763 led to disagreement between the colonists and the British government because it —

a)

prohibited the colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains

b)

offered all lands west of the Appalachian Mountains to British nobles

c)

banned colonial trading with the American Indians

d)

surrendered control of the Great Lakes region to Canada

13.
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 
14.
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 
15.
What act prompted the Boston Tea Party?
a)
Stamp Act
b)
Quartering Act
c)
Tea Act
d)
Sugar Act
16.
What law required the colonists to house and feed British troops in the American colonies?
a)
Quartering Act
b)
Townshend Acts
c)
Tea Act
d)
Stamp Act 
17.
Who was the first American 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
18.

How did mercantilist policies create tension between Great Britain and the colonies?

a)

By introducing indentured servitude to the middle colonies

b)

By requiring colonists to enlist in the military

c)

By limiting the amount of farmland each colonist could have

d)

By preventing colonists from trading with most other foreign countries

19.

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

20.

What is the name of the act that the British passed as punishment for the Boston Tea Party, which closed the port of Boston until damages from the Boston Tea Party were paid?

a)

The Quartering Act

b)

The Stamp Act

c)

The Townshend Act

d)

The Intolerable/ Coercive Acts