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2.1 causes of the revolution staar review

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

propaganda during the Revolutionary Era was used to.... (choose 2)

a)

provide information about current events

b)

convince other colonists to rebel against the British

c)

mislead the courses of events to promote a political agenda

d)

help people write speeches over the slavery

2.

Which of the following caused the American Colonists to join together at a congress in order to draft a boycott on British goods.

a)

Committee of correspondents

b)

sugar act

c)

stamp act

d)

Townshend Acts

3.

Which of the following men was known as the "first death of the revolution"

a)

Crispus attucks

b)

Sam Adams

c)

Thomas Paine

d)

John Adams

4.

Which of the following men was known for being a leader of the Sons of Liberty and drafting the "Committing of Correspondence"

a)

Crispus attucks

b)

Sam Adams

c)

Thomas Paine

d)

John Adams

5.

Which of the following men was known for drafting a propaganda pamphlet called "common sense" in order to convince more colonists that it was common sense to leave great britain?

a)

Crispus attucks

b)

Sam Adams

c)

Thomas Paine

d)

John Adams

6.

• Intolerable Acts imposed

• First Continental Congress convened

• Thomas Paine’s Common Sense published


All the events listed above occurred during —

a)

the era of westward expansion

b)

the Era of Good Feelings

c)

the Revolutionary era

d)

the Jacksonian era

7.

These acts contributed to the start of the Revolutionary War by —

a)

restricting colonial trade with American Indians

b)

imposing regulations on colonial agriculture

c)

angering colonists who believed that their civil liberties had been violated

d)

punishing colonists for resisting the authority of Parliament

8.

Who were the two Nations that fought in the French and Indian War?

a)

Britain and France

b)

Britain and Spain

c)

Colonists and Britain

d)

Indians and French

9.

This tax was made for all paper products that the colonists bought from the British.

a)

Quarter Act

b)

Stamp Act

c)

Sugar Act

d)

Townshend Act

10.

What slogan was used by the colonists to explain their issues with the taxes Britain imposed on them?

a)

"We don't buy any of your British goods!"

b)

"The French are taking all of our money!"

c)

"Taxes are lame!"

d)

"No taxation without representation!"

11.

Why did the British begin taxing the colonists in 1764?

a)

The colonists were making too much money and they were jealous.

b)

The colonists asked them if they could pay more taxes.

c)

Britain was in debt after winning the French and Indian War.

d)

It was a social experiment.

12.

The British government issued the Proclamation of 1763 to limit the area British colonists were allowed to settle. Which geographic feature did the British use as the boundary of approved settlement?

a)

South East of Lake Michigan

b)

North of the Gulf of Mexico

c)

East of the Mississippi River

d)

West of the Appalachian Mountains

13.

How many Americans were killed in the Boston Massacre?

a)

5

b)

20

c)

100

d)

300

e)

900

14.

British colonists object to the Proclamation of 1763 because they -

a)

feared it would provoke attacks from American Indains

b)

did not want to share control of the fur trade with France

c)

resent the limits it imposed on westward expansion

d)

wanted to be able to trade freely with foreign nations

15.

Taxes are an example of-

a)

an economic policy

b)

a government overreach

c)

religious freedom

d)

a politcal agenda

16.

Which of the Following was the government in Great Britain that made the laws?

a)

Parliament

b)

Congress

c)

The Queen

d)

The Redcoats

17.

Which of the following does NOT relate to civil disobedience-

a)

a peaceful protest

b)

boycott

c)

boston tea party

d)

the events before the Boston Massacre

18.

Which of the following men was known for drafting a propaganda pamphlet called "common sense"

a)

Crispus attucks

b)

Sam Adams

c)

Thomas Paine

d)

John Adams

19.

An american Colonist that supported the gaining independence from Great Britain was called a -

a)

Torie

b)

Patriot

c)

Loyalist

d)

Yankee

20.

Which of the following does not describe the intolerable acts?

a)

also known as the coercive acts

b)

included a provision that allowed British soldiers to be housed in colonists homes

c)

was a response to the sons of liberty dumping tea in the boston harbor

d)

placed the first tax on glass and molasses