wayground logo

Free Printable Worksheets

Font size

S
M
L
XL
Worksheets

American History: 8.11-8.15

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which colony was established as a buffer between the British colonies and Spanish Florida?

a)

Georgia Colony

b)

French Colony

c)

Indian Colony

d)

Spanish Colony

2.

Which war was fought between the British and French in North America?

a)

French and Indian War

b)

American Revolutionary War

c)

Civil War

d)

World War II

3.

What was the proposed plan for colonial unity during the French and Indian War?

a)

Albany Plan of Union

b)

Boston Tea Party

c)

Declaration of Independence

d)

Emancipation Proclamation

4.

Which famous political cartoon was published by Benjamin Franklin during the French and Indian War?

a)

Join or Die

b)

Don't Tread on Me

c)

Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death

d)

No Taxation Without Representation

5.

Which act required colonists to provide housing and supplies to British soldiers?

a)

The Quartering Act

b)

The Stamp Act

c)

The Sugar Act

d)

The Declaratory Act

6.

Which act imposed a tax on all printed materials in the colonies?

a)

The Stamp Act

b)

The Sugar Act

c)

The Declaratory Act

d)

The Townshend Acts

7.

Which act placed duties on imported goods such as sugar, molasses, and coffee?

a)

The Sugar Act

b)

The Stamp Act

c)

The Declaratory Act

d)

The Townshend Acts

8.

Which act declared that the British Parliament had the power to make laws for the colonies?

a)

The Declaratory Act

b)

The Sugar Act

c)

The Stamp Act

d)

The Townshend Acts

9.

Which acts imposed taxes on imported goods such as glass, lead, paint, and tea?

a)

The Townshend Acts

b)

The Sugar Act

c)

The Stamp Act

d)

The Declaratory Act

10.

What event occurred on March 5, 1770, where British soldiers killed five colonists?

a)

The Boston Massacre

b)

The Boston Tea Party

c)

The Intolerable Acts

d)

The Coercive Acts

11.

What event took place on December 16, 1773, where colonists dumped tea into the Boston Harbor?

a)

The Boston Tea Party

b)

The Boston Massacre

c)

The Intolerable Acts

d)

The Coercive Acts

12.

What were the series of punitive laws passed by the British Parliament in response to the Boston Tea Party?

a)

The Intolerable Acts

b)

The Coercive Acts

c)

The Townshend Acts

d)

The Stamp Act

13.

Which secret organization was formed to protect the rights of the colonists and protest British policies?

a)

Sons of Liberty

b)

Daughters of Liberty

c)

Patriots

d)

Loyalists

14.

What was the name of the series of laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774, in response to the Boston Tea Party?

a)

The Intolerable Acts

b)

The Sugar Act

c)

The Stamp Act

d)

The Townshend Acts

15.

What was the main cause of the American Revolutionary War?

a)

Taxation without representation

b)

Slavery

c)

Religious freedom

d)

Land disputes

16.

What was the name of the act that imposed a tax on all paper documents in the colonies?

a)

The Stamp Act

b)

The Sugar Act

c)

The Quartering Act

d)

The Declaratory Act

17.

What was the first direct tax imposed on the American colonies by the British government?

a)

The Stamp Act

b)

The Sugar Act

c)

The Townshend Acts

d)

The Declaratory Act

18.

Which act led to the first major American opposition to British policy and boycott of British goods?

a)

The Stamp Act

b)

The Sugar Act

c)

The Townshend Acts

d)

The Declaratory Act

19.

What was the act passed by the British Parliament in 1764 that reduced the existing tax on molasses imported into North America?

a)

The Sugar Act

b)

The Stamp Act

c)

The Townshend Acts

d)

The Declaratory Act

20.

Who was the British King during the American Revolutionary War?

a)

King George III

b)

King George II

c)

King James II

d)

King Charles II

21.

What was the name of the document that declared the independence of the thirteen American colonies from Great Britain?

a)

The Declaration of Independence

b)

The Constitution of the United States

c)

The Bill of Rights

d)

The Emancipation Proclamation

22.

What was the name of the act that allowed the British Parliament to make laws for the colonies 'in all cases whatsoever'?

a)

The Declaratory Act

b)

The Stamp Act

c)

The Sugar Act

d)

The Quartering Act

23.

What was the name of the act that closed the port of Boston until the colonists paid for the tea they had destroyed?

a)

The Boston Port Act

b)

The Stamp Act

c)

The Sugar Act

d)

The Quartering Act

24.

What was the name of the war between Great Britain and its thirteen North American colonies, which declared independence as the United States of America?

a)

The American Revolutionary War

b)

The Civil War

c)

The War of 1812

d)

The French and Indian War

25.

What was the name of the group of colonial delegates that met in 1774 in response to the Intolerable Acts?

a)

The First Continental Congress

b)

The Second Continental Congress

c)

The Constitutional Convention

d)

The Albany Congress