WorksheetsReview, Road to Revolution Quiz
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 10mins
A conflict that left five unarmed American colonists dead from gunfire from British soldiers on the night of March 5, 1770 resulted in what is now known as...
The Edenton Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party
The Boston Massacre
Bacon's Rebellion
The Boston Massacre is an example of which of the following causes of the American Revolution?
Abuse of military power
Taxation without representation
Neglect
Economic Restrictions
The Patriots were...
colonists who fought against the tighter controls of the British and favored independence
colonists who remained loyal to the king
colonists who were against independence
colonists who were loyal to Parliament
What was the main colonists' complaint regarding taxes from Britain’s Parliament?
British taxation should have only taxed the gentry class
the taxes were extremely high
The taxes didn’t raise enough mone
colonists were being taxed without representation in Parliament
To protest taxes and the lack of representation in Britain’s Parliament, American colonists adopted what phrase?
"Social Contract"
"No taxation without representation"
"The way to be is tax free!"
"Down with Tryon"
To protest taxes imposed by the Townshend Acts, colonists began to do what?
create new policies
raise taxes on their own products
boycott any goods from Great Britain
drink tea
Why did the Boston Tea Party take place?
to protest the British monopoly on tea
Native Americans were angry over disputed territory
to frame innocent Native Americans
to protest the Stamp Act
North Carolina women committed to support a boycott against British tea and British made cloth in which of the following events?
Boston Tea Party
the Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge
the Halifax Resolves
the Edenton Tea Party
Which cause of the American Revolution best describes the closing of Boston harbor, taxation policies, and the monopoly on tea?
limitation of rights
economic restrictions
neglect
abuse of military power
The Loyalists were...
colonists who believed in independence during the American Revolution
colonists who betrayed the King during the American Revolution
colonists who were against the King during the American Revolution
colonists who supported the King during the American Revolution
Why were the Regulators of Hillsborough protesting and vandalizing?
because of the jailing of Thomas Jefferson
because of the Quartering Act
because of unfair representation for taxes and corruption
because of the French and Indian War
After the Proclamation Line of 1763 was drawn, what did the colonists who already lived to the west of the Appalachian Mountains have to do?
nothing; they were allowed to stay
avoid all contact with Native Americans
abandon their homes and move east
pay higher taxes to stay
What famous line did Patrick Henry say at the Virginia Convention?
"The British are coming!"
"Give me liberty or give me death!"
"Common sense will tell us that the power that has endeavored to oppress us will not protect us!"
"No taxation without Representation!"
What is Thomas Paine saying in the following quote:
"For all men being originally equals, no one by birth could have a right to set up his own family in perpetual preference to all others forever."
the monarchy in England is wrong because leaders are determined by who their parents are, not based on their own merit
the monarchy is the best system for determining worthy leaders because their birthright makes them the most worthy
all men are born equal, it is just that the monarchy are born more equal than others
by birth, the monarchy establishes a system of born leaders who are superior to all others
What does the following quote from Thomas Paine mean? “Common sense will tell us, that the power which hath endeavoured to subdue us, is of all others, the most improper to defend us.”
Be logical
we need the British to defend us with their powerful military
we can trust the British because they have our best interest at heart
we cannot trust the British because that have been oppressing us
Who was named Commander in Chief at the Second Continental Congress?
Patrick Henry
Thomas Paine
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
Put the following events in the order they happened.
Bacon's Rebellion
The Boston Tea Party
The Shot Heard 'Round the World
The Second Continental Congress
