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Causes of the American Revolution

Total questions: 9

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This created a temporary border at the Appalachian Mountains, restricting the movement of the colonists

a)

Appalachian Line of 1769

b)

Proclamation of 1763

c)

Northwest Ordinance of 1767

d)

Treaty of Paris 1763

2.

Why did the American colonists protest against the Stamp Act?

a)

Because they already paid high taxes such as income tax to the British government.

b)

Because they thought they should not have to pay any taxes at all.

c)

Because they were being taxed without any representation in the government.

d)

All of the above.

3.

What did the colonists call the laws that were passed as a punishment for the Boston Tea Party?

a)

The Boston Massacre

b)

The Intolerable Acts

c)

The Stamp Act

d)

The Quartering Act

4.

Why did England start placing taxes on the colonies?

a)

To pay the cost for new buildings

b)

To show colonists who is in charge

c)

To build roads in the Ohio River Valley

d)

To pay for the cost of the French and Indian War

5.

This act required colonists to feed and shelter British troops.

a)
Quartering Act (1765)
b)
Proclamation of 1763
c)
Missouri Compromise of 1820
d)
Land Ordinance (1787)
6.

Which heading best completes the partial outline below?

I. ___________________________________

A. House of Burgesses

B. Mayflower Compact

C. New England town meetings

a)

Colonial Efforts at Self-Government

b)

Colonial Responses to the Policy of Mercantilism

c)

British Attempts to Control Colonial Government

d)

British System of Government in North America

7.

In the Colonial Era, developments such as the New England town meetings and the establishment of the Virginia House of Burgesses represented

a)

colonial attempts to build a strong national government

b)

efforts by the British to strengthen their control over the colonies

c)

steps in the growth of representative democracy in colonies

d)

early social reform movements

8.

“...no person or persons...professing to believe in Jesus Christ, shall from henceforth be anyways troubled, Molested or discountenanced for or in respect of his or her religion nor in the free exercise thereof within this Province...”

What was the Maryland Toleration Act of 1649?

a)

Religious Freedom

b)

Forced Catholics to convert

c)

Passed the intolerable act of 1850

d)

A law that persecuted Non-Puritan believers

9.

What did Common Sense convince the colonists to demand from the "Mother Country" (Britain)?

a)

Money

b)

Seperation

c)

Love

d)

Peace