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The Road to Revolution

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was the primary reason Parliament passed these acts?

a)

To promote the growth of the cottage industry

b)

To encourage foreign trade with the colonies

c)

To recover the cost of defending the colonies

d)

To fund the establishment of new colonies

2.

Which of the following best completes this diagram

a)

Colonists sought military support to France

b)

Colonists organized boycotts of British goods

c)

Colonists signed the Declaration of Independence

d)

Colonists duped tea into the Boston Harbor

3.

King George III/Parliament passed the Intolerable Acts because the colonists

a)

Did not let soldiers stay in their homes

b)

Destroyed property at the Boston Harbor during the Boston Tea Party

c)

Kept taking westward land

d)

The Book Common Sense spread ideas of revolution

4.

Which quote best explains why colonists were unhappy about their lack of representation in British Parliament?

a)

“For imposing Taxes on us without our consent”

b)

“For transporting us beyond seas to be tried for small offenses”

c)

“He has refused to pass other laws for the accommodation of large districts of people.”

d)

“He refuses to respect our necessary laws for public good.”

5.

Why is the Boston Massacre viewed as propaganda

a)

The events described are 100% accurate/truthful

b)

The events described are not completely true

c)

The King feels regretful about the event

d)

The colonists wanted to remain loyal to the King

6.

What does representation mean?

a)

A person or group acting on behalf of King George III

b)

A person/group acting on behalf of themselves

c)

A person or group acting on behalf of another person/group

7.

What territory were the British and French fighting over during the French and Indian War?

a)

Plymouth

b)

Ohio River Valley

c)

Virginia

d)

Florida

8.

British colonists object/dislike the Proclamation Line of 1763 because

a)

It Forces English troops to live in their homes

b)

The Law doesn’t allow them to expand west

c)

Colonists Want less taxes

d)

Colonists want to trade with other countries

9.

After the Boston Tea Party…British troops were forced to live with colonists. This phrase is called

a)

Protest

b)

Grievance

c)

Quartering

d)

Civil Disobedience

10.

Term that describes Great Britain not enforcing most of its economic laws as long as raw materials kept being shipped and the colonists continued to buy British goods

a)

Mercantilism

b)

Capitalism

c)

Socialism

d)

Salutary Neglect

11.

With which phrase is the Stamp Act most closely associated?

a)

"the shot heard

'round the world"

b)

"no taxation without representation"

c)

"join or die"

d)

"is it a setting sun or a rising sun"

12.

Since salutary neglect meant the British were governing less, the colonists used ________________________ to make local decisions

a)

Town Hall Meetings

b)

State Assemblies

c)

Local Parliaments

d)

Town Managers

13.

The 1st Continental Congress met in response to the:

a)

Boston Massacre

b)

Boston Tea Party

c)

Tea Act

d)

Intolerable Acts

14.

Which of the following is associated with the "shot heard 'round the world"?

a)

Lexinton and Concord

b)

Saratoga

c)

Yorktown

d)

Cowpens

15.

The 2nd Continental Congress sent this to King George III to request a return to peace and restoring the rights of the colonists

a)

Declaration of Rights

b)

Olive Branch Petition

c)

Declaration of Independence

d)

Writs of Assistance