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WorksheetsUnit 2: Road to Revolution 2025
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 25mins
Look at the photograph and select the BEST description based on what you see.
The colonists provoked the British soldiers by throwing snowballs
The colonists have no ability to fight back and are weaker
The British soldiers are shooting at an unarmed crowd without mercy
Background: The cartoon shows TWO patriots who are humiliating a British tax collector by "tarring & feathering" him.
How might this cartoon be used by a LOYALIST to argue AGAINST independence?
the colonists are fair and are only demonstrating their anger with the tax
the British are dealing with wild colonists and the only way the colonies can survive is if the British bring order
the British have always done what is best for the colonies and the Stamp Act was created to protect the colonists, not hurt them
Which colony region had Rum distilling, trading/shipping, iron working, and cattle/grain?
New England
Middle Colonies
Southern Colonies
1763:
The planter earns £2000. He spends £2500 on goods. He buys some of the goods on credit. So, at the end of the year he owes the merchant house £500.
Which statement best describes the passage above?
The planter earns more than he spends and repays what he owes
The planters spends more than he earns and buys goods on credit
1762:
The planter earns £2500. He spends £500 on goods. He uses the other £2000 to pay off his debt of £1500.
Which statement best describes the passage above?
The planter earns more than he spends and repays what he owes
The planter spends more than he earns and buys goods on credit
The Currency Act
Paper money printed by colonial governments cannot be used to repay debts.
How would this act make it more difficult for planters to repay their debt to British merchants?
It prevented planters from borrowing money from New Englanders
It limited the money that planters could use to repay debt
It doubled the debt that printers owed to British merchant houses
Currency Act
by
Arthur Lee, Essay 1764
[Hard-working planters] are subjected to the unnecessary fees of the British merchants, who [attach], like cancers, on their lands, and . . . consume them. Every [method is used] to . . . prevent [the planters'] growth. They are treated not as [equals], but as the servants of Britain.
Which statement BEST summarizes the MAIN idea of the passage?
British merchants are NOT to blame for the lower price of tobacco
Planters are shifting from growing tobacco to manufacturing goods
British merchants are benefiting from treating planters unfairly
Boycott Agreement
by
650 colonists
We . . . [promise] each other that we will encourage the use and purchasing of all articles manufactured in any of the American Colonies . . . and that we will not . . . purchase any of the following articles imported from overseas:
anchors, horse furniture, men's and women's hats, household furniture, gloves, men's and women's shoes, gold and silver buttons, mustard, clocks and watches, glue, silks, and cheese.
Which of the following statements about the boycott agreement is TRUE?
Signers boycotted only fabric and clothing
There were less than 330 people than signed it
Signers were encouraged to buy American-made goods
Which of the following in an IMPORT?
An import is something that goes into the Thirteen Colonies
Manufactured Goods
Grain
Tobacco
Which of the following is an EXPORT?
An export is something that is leaving the Thirteen Colonies
Iron
Enslaved People
Manufactured Goods
The British government began to tax its American colonies after the Proclamation of 1763...
to keep the colonists from trading with other nations
to prevent the colonists from trading with Native Americans
to raise money to pay the costs of defending the French and Indian War
What were the colonists the most mad about following the French and Indian War?
The acts that the British passed, which taxed the colonists and prohibited them from traveling to the new lands
The requirement of colonists to house British soldiers in their homes
That the British were taxing the colonists and the colonists were not included in the decision making process
Declaration of Independence
1776
by
Thomas Jefferson
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their. Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. That to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed. That whenever any form of government becomes destructive to these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it, and to institute new government.
The MAIN reason for the writing of the Declaration of Independence...
was to keep colonists informed about what was happening.
was to get the support of foreign countries
let to people know that they could abolish government if they wanted
Based on the timeline, which statement is TRUE?
The First Continental Congress met to place new taxes on the Thirteen Colonies
No colonists were killed by British soldiers before the American Revolution
The French and Indian War ended before the American Revolution
Based on the timeline, which statement is TRUE?
The First Continental Congress met to place new taxes on the Thirteen Colonies
No colonists were killed by British soldiers before the American Revolution
Colonists protested taxes created by the British government
Based on the chart, which statement IS NOT TRUE of protests in Boston, Newport, and New York City?
They were violent
They targeted tax collectors and politicians
They always had a clear leader
Working men participated
Based on the map, what is TRUE about all of the marked cities, where boycotts were especially strong.
They are ALL on the ATLANTIC Coast
They are ALL in the MIDDLE colonies
They are ALL away from the COAST
Statement against the Stamp Act
by
House of Burgesses
- English Colonists in Virginia have always had the same rights as people in Great Britain.
- Great Britain's constitution recognizes that the people should decide which taxes to put on themselves, either directly or through representatives.
What argument was the Virginia House of Burgesses trying to make in its statement?
Placing taxes on colonists without their permission is unfair
The Stamp Act is unfair because it targets people who use a lot of paper
Only the king can decide to tax the Thirteen Colonies
The Thirteen Colonies should declare independence from Great Britain
What term best describes the statement?
The term used to describe a colonist that sided with the British and wanted to remain under British control
patriot
loyalist
neutral
The term used to describe someone that refused to pick sides
patriot
loyalist
neutral
The term used to describe someone that sided with the colonial rebels and wanted to get rid of Great Britain
patriot
loyalist
neutral
Common Sense
by
Thomas Paine
“Small islands not capable of protecting themselves are the proper objects for kingdoms to take under their care; but there is something very absurd in supposing a continent to be perpetually governed by an island. It is obvious that America and England belong to different systems. England to Europe; America to itself…"
Which of the following BEST describes the main idea?
England and America are culturally similar, but separated by distance
It doesn't make sense for an island nation to control a continent
It is unnatural for colonies to break away from their "Mother Country"
Declaration of Independence
by
Thomas Jefferson
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their. Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. That to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed. That whenever any form of government becomes destructive to these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it, and to institute new government. "
According to the Declaration of Independence, the government...
exists to protect people's rights
gets its "just powers" from the Creator
should never be changed or destroyed
Speech
by
Patrick Henry
"Gentleman cry, 'Peace, Peace'-- but there is no peace. The war is actually begun! ...I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!"
According to the speech above, colonists who agreed with Patrick Henry would be called...
Federalists
Loyalists
Patriots
Abigail Adams Letter to her Husband John Adams
by
Abigail Adams
". . . I desire you would Remember the Ladies, and be more generous and favorable to them than your ancestors. Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of the Husbands. . . If particular care and attention is not paid to the Ladies, we . . . will not hold ourselves bound by any Laws in which we have no voice, or Representation."
According to the passage above, the statement by Abigail Adams was an early expression of women's support for...
voting rights(suffrage)
divorce rights
property rights
