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Road to Revolution

Total questions: 58

Worksheet time: 44mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

To refuse to do business with a person, group, or company.

a)
Loyalist
b)
boycott
c)
militia
d)
rivalry
2.

To trade goods illegally.

a)

Store

b)

Cannister

c)

Swindle

d)

Smuggle

3.

The First Continental Congress called for INDEPENDENCE.

a)

True

b)

False

4.

The head Monarch during the Road to Revolution.

a)

King James I

b)

King George III

c)

Queen Elizabeth I

d)

Lord Walton III

5.

What act taxed almost all printed materials in the colonies?

a)

Sugar Act

b)

Intolerable Acts

c)

Stamp Act

d)

Quartering Act

6.

What event is this artwork depicting?

a)

French and Indian War

b)

American Revolutionary War

c)

Boston Massacre

d)

Join Or Die Cartoon

7.

"I am not a Virginian, I am an American" implies that....

a)

Colonies are more important than country.

b)

The Crown should rule the colonies.

c)

People don't like Virginia as a colony.

d)

A unite country is more important than individual colonies.

8.

The Proclamation of 1763 declared that colonial settlers could not go __________________ of the Appalachians Mountains.

a)

North

b)

South

c)

East

d)

West

9.

What is another name for the coercive acts (laws that punished Massachusetts)?

a)

Intolerable Acts

b)

Quartering Acts

c)

Committee of Correspondence

d)

Sons of Liberty

10.

Once blood was shed on the battlefields of Massachusetts, delegates decided to meet in Philadelphia to debate the ideas of reconciliation and independence. This group of delegates was known as the _____________.

a)

1st Continental Congress

b)

Congressional Congress

c)

2nd Continental Congress

d)

House of Burgesses

11.

What British General ordered troops to march on Lexington and Concord?

a)

Gage

b)

Walton

c)

Burgoyne

d)

Sanford

12.

Name 3 items that King George III placed taxes on...

a)

Tea

b)

Sugar

c)

All paper products

d)

All of the Above

13.

Who created the image known as the Bloody Massacre?

a)

William Shepard

b)

Paul Revard

c)

Paul Revere

d)

Paul Simon

14.

Taxes on all imported goods such as paint, paper, lead, glass, and tea.

a)

Tea Act

b)

Stamp Act

c)

Intolerable Acts

d)

Townshend Acts

15.

Approx. how many British soldiers were killed or wounded at the battle of Concord?

a)

200

b)

300

c)

400

d)

150

16.

Imposed as a punishment for the Boston Tea Party

a)

Tea Act

b)

Stamp Act

c)

Intolerable Acts

d)

Townshend Acts

17.

Dressed up as Mohawk Indians and dumped tea in the Boston Harbor

a)

Loyalists

b)

Patriots

c)

Sons of Liberty

d)

Parliament

18.

Who would have said this?

We must organize ourselves as the Sons of Liberty and protest the actions of the British!

a)

John Adams

b)

Samuel Adams

c)

Byron Leftwitch

d)

Kelsey Cunningham of Massachusetts

19.

A cause of the Boston Tea Party

a)

Stamp Act

b)

Intolerable Acts

c)

Tea Act

d)

Townshend Acts

20.
What law required the colonists to house and feed British troops in the American colonies?
a)
Quartering Act
b)
Townshend Acts
c)
Tea Act
d)
Stamp Act 
21.

According to Thomas Paine, how did trading policies create tension between Great Britain and the colonies?

a)

By introducing indentured servitude to the middle colonies

b)

By requiring colonists to enlist in the military

c)

By limiting the amount of farmland each colonist could have

d)

By preventing colonists from buying and selling products with most other foreign countries

22.

Influenced by the lack of voice in Parliament, this man started the Sons of Liberty.

a)

John Adams

b)

Samuel Adams

c)
Benjamin Franklin
d)
George Washington
23.

This Boston lawyer defended the soldiers after the Boston Massacre.

a)

John Adams

b)

Samuel Adams

c)

Ben Franklin

d)

George Washington

24.
Why did England impose taxes on the colonies?
a)
Pay for the cost of a new navy.
b)
Build roads to the Ohio River Valley.
c)
Show colonists who was in charge.
d)
Pay off debts owed from the French and Indian War.
25.

"Don't fire unless fired upon. If they want a war, let it begin here!" This was said at...

a)

The Boston Massacre

b)

Concord

c)

Concord and Boston

d)

Lexington

26.
Colonist were especially upset with the British government because it did not allow the -
a)
colonial business to support royal taxes
b)
colonists to have representation in Parliament
c)
powers of colonial legislatures to increase
d)
laws passed by parliament to govern the colonies
27.
Which of these was a common slogan associated (connected) with the American Revolution?
a)
"Remember the Alamo!"
b)
"No taxation without representation!"
c)
"Fifty-four forty or fight!"
d)
"Remember the Maine!"
28.

Who would have said this?

Those bumpkins in America deserve no voice among us!

a)

A Virginia resident farmer

b)

A member of the British Navy

c)

A member of the British royalty

d)

A member of the British Parliament

29.

What were the first battles of the Revolutionary War?

a)
The Battle of Bunker Hill
b)
The Boston Massacre
c)
Battle of Saratoga
d)
Battles of Lexington and Concord
30.
Trained soldiers that were prepared to fire at a minutes notice were which of the following?
a)
Redcoats
b)
British soldiers
c)
Minutemen
d)
None of the above
31.
_______ was when the Sons of Liberty dumped tea into Boston Harbor.
a)
Tea Act
b)
Boston Tea Party
c)
Quartering Act
d)
Boston Massacre
32.

Open defiance of authority

a)

Boycott

b)

Rebellion

c)

Repeal

d)

Propaganda

33.

Who would have said this?

Men, to your posts! We must hide the cache of weapons before the British arrive!

a)

A minuteman in Concord

b)

A member of Parliament

c)

A loyalist in Boston

d)

A business owner in Philadelphia.

34.

Which of the following was NOT covered under the Coercive/Intolerable Acts of 1774?

a)

Tax on paper goods

b)

British troops ordered to live among the colonists

c)

Ban on town meetings

d)

Close harbor until all tea is paid for from the Boston Tea Party

35.

A representative...

a)

Delegate

b)

Spokesperson

c)

Keynote speaker

d)

Bumpkin

36.

At the First Continental Congress, the delegates vowed to support...

a)

George Washington

b)

People in Massachusetts

c)

Soldiers in the militias

d)

Declare war on Britain

37.

The First Continental Congress brought together delegates from the colonies. There, they viewed themselves as...

a)

Americans

b)

Leaders

c)

Pennsylvanians

d)

Continentals

38.

Abuser of power...King George III was viewed as this.

a)

Monarch

b)

Obtuse

c)

Tyrant

d)

Dictator

39.

This was the natural boundary established by the Proclamation of 1763.

a)

Pontiac's Line

b)

French and Indian Line

c)

Quebec Mountains

d)

Appalachian Mountains

40.

Who was the author of "The Plain Truth"?

a)

Benjamin Franklin

b)

Thomas Paine

c)

King George III

d)

James Chalmers

41.

The primary author of the Declaration of Independence was...

a)

Samuel Adams

b)

Thomas Jefferson

c)

John Adams

d)

Robert Frost

42.

According to the Declaration of Independence, all people are endowed by their creator with certain...

a)

unalienable rights

b)

responsibilities

c)

privileges

d)

rights and responsibilities

43.

"Everything that is right and reasonable pleads for separation. Tis' time to part!" was said by...

a)

James Chalmers

b)

Benjamin Franklin

c)

Thomas Paine

d)

Samuel Adams

44.

All 56 signers of the Declaration of Independence committed the crime of...

a)

murder

b)

insincerity

c)

insubordination

d)

treason

45.

The Battle of Bunker Hill was actually fought on...

a)

Breeds Hill

b)

Charleston Hill

c)

Boston Hill

d)

Concord Hill

46.

Although the British were able to win the battle of Bunker Hill, you can consider the American loss as a _________________ victory for the Americans.

a)

hard fought

b)

moral

c)

fundamental

d)

irregular

47.

Stong economy

a)

British Weakness

b)

British Strength

c)

American Strength

d)

American Weakness

48.

Knowledge of the land

a)

British Strenght

b)

British Weakness

c)

American Strength

d)

American Weakness

49.

The 2nd Continental Congress appointed ___________ to lead the new continental army.

a)

Paul Revere

b)

General Gage

c)

General Howe

d)

George Washington

50.

A volunteer fighting group that is organized to defend their community is a...

a)

Militia

b)

Platoon

c)

Brigade

d)

Army

51.

Location of the 2nd Continental Congress and the signing of the Declaration of Independence.

a)

Philadelphia State House

b)

The Old North Church

c)

Independence Hall

d)

Liberty Center

52.

Viewed as a tyrant by 1/3 of colonial Americans.

a)

King Henry VIII

b)

Louis IX

c)

King James I

d)

King George III

53.

What act required these when purchasing printed materials?

a)

Townshend Acts

b)

Stamp Act

c)

Quartering Activity

d)

Intolerable Acts

54.

Why did Thomas Paine write Common Sense?

a)

To convince Americans to fight for independence against the British

b)

Ask for peace

c)

Support reconciliation with Great Britain

d)

Ask for a loan to pay back debt.

55.

The unalienable rights stated in the Declaration of Independence are...

a)

Life, Liberty, and Justice

b)

Liberty, Justice, and the American Way

c)

Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Prosperity

d)

Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness

56.

To take away or remove.

a)

Peal

b)

Repeal

c)

Revenge

d)

Rebel

57.

The First Continental Congress urged members to ...

a)

Return back to their colonies to prepare for an upcoming war.

b)

To settle back in their colonies and wait for instructions from Congress.

c)

Attack British soldiers.

d)

Support all laws of the British to support them.

58.

The First Continental Congress' main goal was to...

a)

Punish people in Boston.

b)

Support British policy.

c)

Protect Boston and have the Intolerable Acts repealed.

d)

Wait to see what King George III wants them to do.

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