Worksheets2.1 causes of the revolution staar review
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 13mins
propaganda during the Revolutionary Era was used to.... (choose 2)
provide information about current events
convince other colonists to rebel against the British
mislead the courses of events to promote a political agenda
help people write speeches over the slavery
Which of the following caused the American Colonists to join together at a congress in order to draft a boycott on British goods.
Committee of correspondents
sugar act
stamp act
Townshend Acts
Which of the following men was known as the "first death of the revolution"
Crispus attucks
Sam Adams
Thomas Paine
John Adams
Which of the following men was known for being a leader of the Sons of Liberty and drafting the "Committing of Correspondence"
Crispus attucks
Sam Adams
Thomas Paine
John Adams
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?
Crispus attucks
Sam Adams
Thomas Paine
John Adams
• Intolerable Acts imposed
• First Continental Congress convened
• Thomas Paine’s Common Sense published
All the events listed above occurred during —
the era of westward expansion
the Era of Good Feelings
the Revolutionary era
the Jacksonian era
These acts contributed to the start of the Revolutionary War by —
restricting colonial trade with American Indians
imposing regulations on colonial agriculture
angering colonists who believed that their civil liberties had been violated
punishing colonists for resisting the authority of Parliament
Who were the two Nations that fought in the French and Indian War?
Britain and France
Britain and Spain
Colonists and Britain
Indians and French
This tax was made for all paper products that the colonists bought from the British.
Quarter Act
Stamp Act
Sugar Act
Townshend Act
What slogan was used by the colonists to explain their issues with the taxes Britain imposed on them?
"We don't buy any of your British goods!"
"The French are taking all of our money!"
"Taxes are lame!"
"No taxation without representation!"
Why did the British begin taxing the colonists in 1764?
The colonists were making too much money and they were jealous.
The colonists asked them if they could pay more taxes.
Britain was in debt after winning the French and Indian War.
It was a social experiment.
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?
South East of Lake Michigan
North of the Gulf of Mexico
East of the Mississippi River
West of the Appalachian Mountains
How many Americans were killed in the Boston Massacre?
5
20
100
300
900
British colonists object to the Proclamation of 1763 because they -
feared it would provoke attacks from American Indains
did not want to share control of the fur trade with France
resent the limits it imposed on westward expansion
wanted to be able to trade freely with foreign nations
Taxes are an example of-
an economic policy
a government overreach
religious freedom
a politcal agenda
Which of the Following was the government in Great Britain that made the laws?
Parliament
Congress
The Queen
The Redcoats
Which of the following does NOT relate to civil disobedience-
a peaceful protest
boycott
boston tea party
the events before the Boston Massacre
Which of the following men was known for drafting a propaganda pamphlet called "common sense"
Crispus attucks
Sam Adams
Thomas Paine
John Adams
An american Colonist that supported the gaining independence from Great Britain was called a -
Torie
Patriot
Loyalist
Yankee
Which of the following does not describe the intolerable acts?
also known as the coercive acts
included a provision that allowed British soldiers to be housed in colonists homes
was a response to the sons of liberty dumping tea in the boston harbor
placed the first tax on glass and molasses
