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Causes of the American Revolution

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

These laws punished intended to punish Boston for the Tea Party.

a)

Stamp Act

b)

Townshend Acts

c)

Intolerable Acts

d)

Proclamation of 1763

2.

This law outlawed settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains.

a)

Quartering Act

b)

Stamp Act

c)

Declaratory Act

d)

Proclamation of 1763

3.

This British law required colonists to provide food and shelter to British Soldiers.

a)

Quartering Act

b)

Proclamation of 1763

c)

Stamp Act

d)

Coercive Acts

4.

Which of the following organizations did not protest British control of the colonies?

a)

Parliament

b)

Sons of Liberty

c)

Stamp Act Congress

d)

First Continental Congress

5.

This law asserted Parliament's power to pass laws and govern the colonies.

a)

Stamp Act

b)

Declaratory Act

c)

Proclamation of 1763

d)

Intolerable Acts

6.
Which of the following were taxed during the Stamp Act? 
a)
Glass and Gold 
b)
Playing Cards and Documents
c)
Eyeglasses and medicine
d)
Horses and farm equipment 
7.
Which of the following was the 1st tax placed on the colonists in order to pay for the war?
a)
Tea
b)
Stamp
c)
Sugar
d)
Coffee
8.
Which enlightenment thinker wrote about natural rights?
a)
Thomas Jefferson
b)
Thomas Hobbes
c)
John Locke
d)
Thomas Paine
9.
An agreement between people and the government to give up some rights for safety and protection
a)
Philosophers
b)
Democracy
c)
Social Contract
d)
Divine Right of Kings
10.

The rights of life, liberty, and property are called:

a)

Unalienable Rights

b)

Essential Rights

c)

Natural Rights

d)

Original Rights

11.

Which Enlightenment philosopher argued that power comes from the "Consent of the Governed?"

a)

Hobbes

b)

Locke

c)

Voltaire

d)

Rousseau

12.

What is a boycott?

a)

an enemy

b)

a tax King George created

c)

protest in which all the people only bought British products

d)

protest in which people refused to buy British products

13.

A group of Male colonists who formed a secret society to oppose British policies at the time of the American Revolution

a)

Sons of Liberty

b)

Daughters of Liberty

c)

Sons Stamp Act Congress

d)

Committees of Correspondence

14.
What event does this drawing show?
a)
Tarring and feathering
b)
Boston Tea Party
c)
Boston Massacre
d)
American Revolution
15.

Theory that countries should acquire gold and focus on exporting goods and owning colonies

a)

Mercantilism

b)

Merchants

c)

Making Money

d)

Imperialism

16.

The purpose of the Navigation Acts was to

a)

regulate colonial trade.

b)

build a global trading network.

c)

increase the size of the British navy.

d)

assert British control over the slave trade.

17.

What is mercantilism?

a)

A system where a mother countries gains money and power from natural resources that come from its colonies.

b)

where colonies trade gold and silver with each other.

c)

Wars that start over money.

d)

Plantation colonies trading slaves for money.

18.

Which term means a good to sold another country?

a)

Import

b)

Export

19.

What was the goal of the Navigation Acts?

a)

To loosen up restrictions on the colonies

b)

To help people navigate the ocean

c)

To regulate trade so England could make more profit

d)

To sell the colonies to France

20.

Which of these was an effect of the Navigation Acts on the colonies?

a)

The colonies developed very little industry or manufacturing ability

b)

The economy was thriving due to selling manufactured goods

c)

A huge migration of humans took place

d)

There was a decrease in population due to the slave trade