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Review, Road to Revolution Quiz

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 10mins

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Class
Date
1.

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...

a)

The Edenton Tea Party

b)

The Boston Tea Party

c)

The Boston Massacre

d)

Bacon's Rebellion

2.

The Boston Massacre is an example of which of the following causes of the American Revolution?

a)

Abuse of military power

b)

Taxation without representation

c)

Neglect

d)

Economic Restrictions

3.

The Patriots were...

a)

colonists who fought against the tighter controls of the British and favored independence

b)

colonists who remained loyal to the king

c)

colonists who were against independence

d)

colonists who were loyal to Parliament

4.

What was the main colonists' complaint regarding taxes from Britain’s Parliament?

a)

British taxation should have only taxed the gentry class

b)

the taxes were extremely high

c)

The taxes didn’t raise enough mone

d)

colonists were being taxed without representation in Parliament

5.

To protest taxes and the lack of representation in Britain’s Parliament, American colonists adopted what phrase?

a)

"Social Contract"

b)

"No taxation without representation"

c)

"The way to be is tax free!"

d)

"Down with Tryon"

6.

To protest taxes imposed by the Townshend Acts, colonists began to do what?

a)

create new policies

b)

raise taxes on their own products

c)

boycott any goods from Great Britain

d)

drink tea

7.

Why did the Boston Tea Party take place?

a)

to protest the British monopoly on tea

b)

Native Americans were angry over disputed territory

c)

to frame innocent Native Americans

d)

to protest the Stamp Act

8.

North Carolina women committed to support a boycott against British tea and British made cloth in which of the following events?

a)

Boston Tea Party

b)

the Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge

c)

the Halifax Resolves

d)

the Edenton Tea Party

9.

Which cause of the American Revolution best describes the closing of Boston harbor, taxation policies, and the monopoly on tea?

a)

limitation of rights

b)

economic restrictions

c)

neglect

d)

abuse of military power

10.

The Loyalists were...

a)

colonists who believed in independence during the American Revolution

b)

colonists who betrayed the King during the American Revolution

c)

colonists who were against the King during the American Revolution

d)

colonists who supported the King during the American Revolution

11.

Why were the Regulators of Hillsborough protesting and vandalizing?

a)

because of the jailing of Thomas Jefferson

b)

because of the Quartering Act

c)

because of unfair representation for taxes and corruption

d)

because of the French and Indian War

12.

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?

a)

nothing; they were allowed to stay

b)

avoid all contact with Native Americans

c)

abandon their homes and move east

d)

pay higher taxes to stay

13.

What famous line did Patrick Henry say at the Virginia Convention?

a)

"The British are coming!"

b)

"Give me liberty or give me death!"

c)

"Common sense will tell us that the power that has endeavored to oppress us will not protect us!"

d)

"No taxation without Representation!"

14.

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."

a)

the monarchy in England is wrong because leaders are determined by who their parents are, not based on their own merit

b)


the monarchy is the best system for determining worthy leaders because their birthright makes them the most worthy

c)

all men are born equal, it is just that the monarchy are born more equal than others

d)

by birth, the monarchy establishes a system of born leaders who are superior to all others

15.

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.”

a)

Be logical

b)

we need the British to defend us with their powerful military

c)

we can trust the British because they have our best interest at heart

d)

we cannot trust the British because that have been oppressing us

16.

Who was named Commander in Chief at the Second Continental Congress?

a)

Patrick Henry

b)

Thomas Paine

c)

George Washington

d)

Thomas Jefferson

17.

Put the following events in the order they happened.

a)

Bacon's Rebellion

b)

The Boston Tea Party

c)

The Shot Heard 'Round the World

d)

The Second Continental Congress

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2)
3)
4)