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US history- colonial independence

Total questions: 26

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Treaty of Paris 1763

a)

Ended French and Indian War- basically kicked France out of North America. Land east of the Mississippi went to the British. West of Mississippi to Spain

b)

Passed at the same time that the Stamp Act was repealed; declared that Parliament had the power to tax the colonies "in all cases whatsoever" & that the colonists possessed virtual representation. Also British Parliament had absolute power over the colonial legislatures.

c)

Extended Quebec's boundary to the Ohio River, recognized Catholicism as its official religion, and established a non-representative government for its citizens.

Colonists resented the expansion of its borders into territory to which they had been denied access by the Proclamation of 1763 and worried about that type of government being pushed on them

d)

a leader of the American Revolution and a famous orator who spoke out against British rule of the American colonies (1736-1799)

Sons of Liberty (1765 and after)

A radical political organization for colonial

2.

Passed at the same time that the Stamp Act was repealed; declared that Parliament had the power to tax the colonies "in all cases whatsoever" & that the colonists possessed virtual representation. Also British Parliament had absolute power over the colonial legislatures.

a)

declaratory act

b)

stamp act

c)

quebeck act

d)

treaty of paris

3.

when was the quebeck act passed

a)

1764

b)

1774

c)

1919

d)

1765

4.

Quebec Act (1774)

a)

A radical political organization for colonial independence which formed in 1765 after the passage of the Stamp Act. They incited riots and burned the customs houses where the stamped British paper was kept. After the repeal of the Stamp Act, many of the local chapters formed the Committees of Correspondence which continued to promote opposition to British policies towards the colonies. The Sons leaders included Samuel Adams and Paul Revere.

b)

no more french

c)

Extended Quebec's boundary to the Ohio River, recognized Catholicism as its official religion, and established a non-representative government for its citizens.

Colonists resented the expansion of its borders into territory to which they had been denied access by the Proclamation of 1763 and worried about that type of government being pushed on them

d)

queen of britain

5.

a leader of the American Revolution and a famous orator who spoke out against British rule of the American colonies (1736-1799)

a)

john adams

b)

george wahington

c)

patric henry

d)

not here

6.

A radical political organization for colonial independence which formed in 1765 after the passage of the Stamp Act. They incited riots and burned the customs houses where the stamped British paper was kept. After the repeal of the Stamp Act, many of the local chapters formed the Committees of Correspondence which continued to promote opposition to British policies towards the colonies. The Sons leaders included Samuel Adams and Paul Revere.

a)

sons of liberty

b)

dauters of liberty

c)

commitie of corrospondence

d)

boston tea party

7.

Townshend Acts

a)

1767

b)

1776

c)

1756

d)

1987

8.

Committee of Correspondence (1772 and after)

a)

Colonial protest to the Tea Act; colonists - dressed as Native Americans- boarded British ships and dumped the tea into Boston Harbor

Historical Significance:

Led to the Intolerable Acts.

b)

Organization founded by Samuel Adams consisting of a system of communication between patriot leaders in New England and throughout the colonies. They provided the organization necessary to unite the colonies in opposition to British Parliament.

Boston Tea Party (1773)

c)

British Response to the Boston Tea Party: 1. port act closed the port of Boston until the tea was paid for. 2. reduced the power of the MA legislature while increasing the power of the royal governor. 3. Allowed royal officials accused of crimes to be tried in England instead of the colonies. 4. expanded the quartering act to enable British troops to be quartered in private homes--applied to all colonies.

d)

george

9.

Boston Tea Party (1773)

a)

British Response to the Boston Tea Party: 1. port act closed the port of Boston until the tea was paid for. 2. reduced the power of the MA legislature while increasing the power of the royal governor. 3. Allowed royal officials accused of crimes to be tried in England instead of the colonies. 4. expanded the quartering act to enable British troops to be quartered in private homes--applied to all colonies.

b)

Colonial protest to the Tea Act; colonists - dressed as Native Americans- boarded British ships and dumped the tea into Boston Harbor

Historical Significance:

Led to the Intolerable Acts.

c)

tea

d)

dressed as natives, threw coke into the boston harbor

10.

Coercive Acts/Intolerable Acts (1774)

a)

British Response to the Boston Tea Party: 1. port act closed the port of Boston until the tea was paid for. 2. reduced the power of the MA legislature while increasing the power of the royal governor. 3. Allowed royal officials accused of crimes to be tried in England instead of the colonies. 4. expanded the quartering act to enable British troops to be quartered in private homes--applied to all colonies.

b)

Came together to protest the Intolerable Acts. The congress, voted for a boycott of British imports, and sent a petition to King George III, agreeing that Parliament had the power to regulate commerce but disagreeing taxation and unfair judicial system.

c)

boston tea party

d)

opened boston harbor

11.

Wrote a pamphlet called Common Sense (1776) to encourage the colonies to seek independence. It spoke out against the unfair treatment of the colonies by the British government and was instrumental in turning public opinion in favor of the Revolution.

a)

george washington

b)

johns adams

c)

thomas paine

d)

thomas jefferson

12.

King of England during the American Revolution

a)

george 3

b)

goerge 2

c)

goerge 4

13.

information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote a particular political cause or point of view. Ideas spread to influence public (the people's )opinion

a)

bias

b)

ads

c)

news

d)

propaganda

14.

American Revolutionary leader and patriot, Founder of the Sons of Liberty and one of the most vocal patriots for independence; signed the Declaration of Independence

a)

samual adams

b)

gorege washingtom

c)

new guy

d)

tom jeff

15.

the crime of betraying one's country is

(a)  

16.

Was a rejected plan to create a unified government for the Thirteen Colonies

a)

new albany plan of union

b)

fundamental orders of conneticut

c)

constitution

17.

(1754-1763) War fought in the colonies between the English and the French for possession of the Ohio Valley area. The English won, but put Britain in heavy debt.

a)

french and natives war

b)

french and indian war

c)

iran war

d)

american revolution

18.

law forbidding English colonists to settle west of the Appalachian Mountains

a)

Proclamation line of 1763

b)

Proclamation line of 1764

c)

Proclamation line of 1773

d)

Proclamation line of 1783

19.

A refusal to buy goods is a

(a)  

20.

First law passed by Parliament that raised tax revenues in the colonies for the crown. It increased duty (tax) on foreign sugar imported from the West Indies.

a)

Quartering Act of 1765

b)

Stamp Act of 1765

c)

Sugar Act of 1764

d)

Daughters of Liberty (1765 and after)

21.

law that taxed printed goods, including: playing cards, documents, newspapers, etc.

a)

quartering act

b)

stamp act of 1765

c)

minutemen

d)

no answer here

22.

an act passed by the British that allowed British troops to live in the homes of the colonists

a)

Quartering Act of 1765

b)

james otis

c)

stamp act

d)

minutemen

23.

Daughters of Liberty (1765 and after)

a)

This organization supported the boycott of British goods. They urged Americans to wear homemade fabrics and produce other goods that were previously available only from Britain. They believed that way, the American colonies would become economically independent.

b)

Law passed by parliament allowing the British East India Company to sell its low-cost tea directly to the colonies - undermining colonial tea merchants; led to the Boston Tea Party

c)

A colonial lawyer who spoke out against the Sugar Act "Taxation without representation is tyranny"

d)

Member of a militia during the American Revolution who could be ready to fight in sixty seconds

24.

Law passed by parliament allowing the British East India Company to sell its low-cost tea directly to the colonies - undermining colonial tea merchants; led to the Boston Tea Party

a)

Tea Act of 1773

b)

James Otis

c)

qurtering act

d)

james otis

25.

A colonial lawyer who spoke out against the Sugar Act "Taxation without representation is tyranny"

a)

James otis

b)

tom jefferson

c)

george washington

d)

samual adams

26.

Member of a militia during the American Revolution who could be ready to fight in sixty seconds

a)

armorer

b)

minutemen

c)

secondman

d)

army