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Road to the Revolution

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What was the Boston Tea Party?
a)
it was a party held to celebrate the Tea Act
b)
It was Boston's response to the Intolerable acts
c)
It was when the colonists dumped 342 chest of tea into Boston Harbor to protest the Tea Act
d)
It was when riders on fast horses delivered tea around Boston
2.
What was the purpose of the Intolerable Acts?
a)
to raise money to pay off war debts
b)
to give more rights to colonist
c)
to prepare for war with the French
d)
to punish Massachusetts for the Boston Tea Party
3.
What was the result of the first Continental Congress?
a)
They wrote the Declaration of Independence
b)
They sent a letter to King George
c)
They created the United States Army
d)
They agreed to stop buying sugar from England
4.

What was an outcome of the French and Indian War?

a)

British territory was reduced

b)

France defeated Great Britain

c)

The British went deeply into debt

d)

Relationships between the colonies and Great Britain improved

5.

What was the purpose of the Proclamation of 1763?

a)

To protect the colonists and give land to Indians

b)

To punish the settlers

c)

To make money for the war

d)

To increase Great Britain's debt

6.

Which part of the British government passes acts/laws?

a)

The British Congress

b)

Parliament

c)

The Royal Family

d)

The House of Burgesses

7.

Which of these laws required colonists to provide British soldiers with food, transportation, and housing?

a)

The Stamp Act

b)

The Quartering Act

c)

The Proclamation of 1763

d)

The Tea Act

8.

The Stamp Act forced colonists to pay a tax on:

a)

Rubber stamps

b)

Candles

c)

Printed paper products

d)

Tea

9.

To protest by refusing to buy a good or service

a)

Delegate

b)

Import

c)

Protest

d)

Boycott

10.

A meeting in 1774, of delegates from 12 colonies, held to present complaints to King George III, to set up a boycott of British goods, and to arrange a second meeting if needed

a)

The Second Continental Congress

b)

The Minutemen

c)

The First Continental Congress

d)

The John Wise group

11.

Forcing people to pay taxes when they have no say in making the law that created the tax

a)

An attack

b)

A boycott

c)

Taxation without representation

d)

An expectation

12.

The 1765 act that taxed paper and printed goods in the colonies was the ___.

a)

Paper Act

b)

Stamp Act

c)

Tea Act

d)

Pamphlet Promotion

13.

What was the Boston Massacre?

a)

It was when British soldiers marched to "seize and destroy" the Patriot's military supplies.

b)

It was an area of Boston that was occupied by British soldiers.

c)

It was when British soldiers panicked and fired into a crowd of angry colonists.

d)

It was when Patriots drank tea near Boston Harbor.

14.
What Act placed a tax on goods imported from Great Britain?
a)
Stamp Act
b)
Townshend Acts
c)
Tea Act
d)
Intolerable Acts
15.
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.