WorksheetsRoad to Revolution
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 1hrs 3mins
Prior to the French and Indian War which of the following countries claimed the land in the Ohio River Valley?
Denmark & Belgium
France & Spain
Spain & England
England & France
What group of people assisted the French in their attempt to maintain control of the Ohio River Valley during the French & Indian War?
Native Americans
The Spanish
The English
The Portuguese
When the French lost the French & Indian War, they surrendered all of their (a) in North America.
Ben Franklin created a segmented snake in his primary source, " (a) or Die," to encourage the colonies to unite together.
The Proclamation of 1763 was a royal announcement by (a) that forbid colonists from (b) west of the Appalachian Mountains.
The Sugar Act was an attempt to raise money in the colonies to pay for the French and Indian War. Colonists did not want to pay the extra money for the tax on sugar. However, they were more angry about a larger issue. What were the colonists so angry about?
They were tired of the Canadians telling them what to do
Paying such a high price for sugar
Taxation without Representation
They wanted a steady supply of sugar and were willing to pay any price
The Stamp Act was a tax on all ______ items.
paper
metal
shiny
liquid
Representatives from nine colonies met in New York City in 1765 in a meeting called (a) . They declared that the colonies should (b) taxed by Parliament. The only (c) they would accept would have to come from the assemblies elected by the colonists themselves.
The Committees of (a) were formed to share information about what the colonies were doing to (b) the (c) .
The first Committee of Correspondence was formed by ____?
Paul Revere
George Washington
Samuel Adams
John Hancock
The Townshend Acts placed a tax on _____?
glass, paper, tea, and fabric
glass, tea, paper, paint
lions, tigers, and bears....oh my!
glass, paper, paint, lumber
The Boston (a) was a clash between the British (b) and the (c) .
On December 16, 1773, 342 crates of tea were tossed into Boston Harbor in an act of rebellion. This act is known as....?
The Boston Tea Party
The Boston Massacre
The Boston Ship Attack
The Boston Mohawk Tea Raid
True or False: Colonists were angry about the Tea Act because England gave the East India Company a monopoly on tea sales in the colonies.
True
False
England punished the colonists for the Boston Tea Party by creating the ____.
First Continental Congress
Townshend Acts
Coercive (Intolerable) Acts
Match the following "Acts" on the Road to Revolution.
Sugar Act
the first direct tax Parliament imposed on the American Colonies
Stamp Act
required that a stamp must be purchased to be placed on many paper items
Tea Act
East India Company granted a monopoly on tea sales in the colonies
Coersive (Intolerable) Acts
Massachusetts Legislature no longer allowed to meet.
Townshend Act
placed a tax on items imported from England, such as paper, glass, paint, and tea.
The Coercive ( (a) ) Acts had multiple parts. Fill in the blanks for these 3 parts.
1. Boston (b) was closed until payment was made for the tea destroyed by the colonists.
2. The Massachusetts Legislature was no longer allowed to (c) .
3. The (d) Act forced the colonists to house the British soldiers in their (e) .
The First Continental Congress was a meeting of colonial leaders. They sent a petition to King George III stating that ____.
They were separating from England immediately.
Parliament's taxation of the colonies without representation was unfair.
Colonists were no longer willing to be British citizens.
King George III was not nice (so take that King George).
The colonists' new slogan was: "No (a) without (b) !"
British soldiers were marching to (a) and Concord for two reasons. 1) They wanted to capture rebel leaders John (b) and Samuel (c) . 2) They wanted to destroy colonial (d) .
The Battles of Lexington and Concord signaled the beginning of the ____.
Battle Road
American Revolution
French and Indian War
