WorksheetsRoad to the Revolution/American Revolution
Total questions: 65
Worksheet time: 33mins
What was the primary reason Parliament passed these acts?
To promote the growth of the cottage industry
To encourage foreign trade with the colonies
To recover the cost of defending the colonies
To fund the establishment of new colonies
Which of the following best completes this diagram
Colonists sought military support to France
Colonists organized boycotts of British goods
Colonists signed the Declaration of Independence
Colonists duped tea into the Boston Harbor
Which quote best explains why colonists were unhappy about their lack of representation in British Parliament?
“For imposing Taxes on us without our consent”
“For transporting us beyond seas to be tried for small offenses”
“He has refused to pass other laws for the accommodation of large districts of people.”
“He refuses to respect our necessary laws for public good.”
True or False: Under the mercantilism system, colonies were able to trade with other countries to make money.
True
False
What was stated in the Proclamation of 1763?
Colonists were ENCOURAGED to begin settling west of the Appalachian Mountains.
Colonists were BANNED from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains.
The Proclamation proclaimed independence for the American colonists.
In the decade following the French and Indian War, many American colonists believed that new British taxes were unfair because —
Landowners paid higher taxes than merchants active in trade
American colonists lacked representation in Parliament
Colonists were asked to pay higher taxes than those paid by people in England
Which of the following placed a duty (tax) on tea without the consent of the colonists?
Townshend Act
Sugar Act
Intolerable Acts
Tea Act
Which of these completes this graphic organizer?
Parliament passes the Intolerable Acts.
King George III allows colonists to petition Parliament for tax relief.
Parliament repeals the Stamp and Sugar Acts.
Proclamation of 1763, Stamp Act, Boston Massacre, Tea Act, Boston Tea Party, and the Intolerable Acts represented-
laws passed by colonial assemblies
opponents of the American Revolution
factors leading to the American Revolution
How did the American colonists immediately respond to the Intolerable Acts?
The First Continental Congress declared war on Great Britain.
The First Continental Congress sent a list of grievances to King George III.
The colonists adopted the Bill of Rights.
Someone who was against independence from Britain.
Loyalist
Neutralists
Patriot
Generalist
Common Sense was a pamphlet Thomas Paine published to distribute in the colonies to...
explain to Britain why they should end the quartering act
influence more people to join the independence movement.
to join the Loyalist party
abide by the Intolerable acts
Someone who supported independence from Britain.
Loyalist
Neutralists
Patriot
Generalist
Who was the first person killed in the Boston Massacre?
George Washington
Crispus Attucks
Sam Adams
John Adams
What did the colonists call the laws that were passed as a punishment for the Boston Tea Party?
The Boston Massacre
The Intolerable Acts
The Stamp Act
The Quartering Act
Britain had supplied the colonists with supplies and troops during the French and Indian War. Immediately after the war Britain-- (8.4A)
passed a series of laws designed to restrict colonial trade and disrupt colonial government
closed Boston Harbor and passed laws forcing colonists to house British troops
wanted to ask France to sell their territory west of the Mississippi river
began enacting economic policies on the colonies to help pay for the war
Which of the following best explains the reasoning of the King for passing the Intolerable Acts? (8.4A)
"Those colonists want war...Then they will have it."
"Those colonists are not going to be allowed to move past the mountains...I will not pay to protect them from the Native Americans."
"They will pay for dumping my tea overboard...make them submit to my authority."
"They are committing treason by signing that document."
Which quote best explains the colonists' frustration with the theory of mercantilism? (8.4A)
"We are tired of not having a voice in the representative houses of Parliament that make laws we must abide by."
"Britain gets rich from making us buy the manufactured goods that they make with our raw materials."
"Britain is taxing all the goods that we import from them, even such necessities of paper and tea."
"The King has placed limits on our expansion, even though we fought and died to gain the territory past the Appalachian Mountains."
The cartoon below reflects the colonists' frustration with-- (8.4A)
having to pay to house British soldiers
being forced to stay east of the Appalachian Mountains
being taxed without any voice in government
not being protected from the Native Americans
The engraving best explains the colonial viewpoint of the Boston Massacre that the-- (8.4A)
shots at Lexington were the opening shots of the revolution
closing of the Boston Harbor harmed the colonial economy
British soldiers fired on an unarmed group of colonists
colonists were throwing stones and sticks at the soldiers
Which statement correctly contrasts the British view and the colonial view of the Proclamation Line established in 1763? (8.4A)
The British viewed the line as a way to provide land for new settlers, but colonists believed they already owned the land west of the line.
The British viewed the line as a way to prevent the French from entering the colonies, but colonists believed the line did not provide enough protection from the French and Native Americans.
The British viewed the line as a way to offer safe territories for Native Americans, but colonists believed they should share all the land with the different tribes.
The British viewed the line as a way to avoid hostilities between Native Americans and colonists, but colonists believed the line limited their freedom and challenged land claims already in place.
The British Parliament enacted the Intolerable Acts in direct response to the-- (8.4A)
formation of the First Continental Congress in the colonies
refusal of the colonists to support the French and Indian War
Virginia Resolves that denied Parliament's right to tax the colonies
Boston Tea Party and other colonial protests of the Tea Act of 1773
Which statement best explains the British government's reason for imposing new taxes on the American colonies after the French and Indian War? (8.4A)
Britain was in massive debt following the war.
Britain was providing increasing help to the colonies.
The colonies had not helped the British army defeat the French.
The colonies were accustomed to paying taxes to the British government.
How did the colonists resist British laws an taxes?
Boycotts
Protests
Tarring and feathering tax collectors
All of the above
What territory were the British and French fighting over during the French and Indian War?
Mississippi River Valley
Ohio River Valley
Virginia
Canada
2. The last MAJOR battle of the American Revolution was the __________.
Battle of Saratoga
Battle of Concord
Battle of Yorktown
Battle of Lexington
- What is considered the first battle of the American Revolution?
Lexington and Concord
Saratoga
Valley Forge
Yorktown
Who was the main author of the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Jefferson
George Washington
Ben Franklin
John Adams
This treaty formally ended the American Revolution
Treaty of Ghent
Treaty of Paris 1763
Treaty of Paris of 1783
Treaty of Versailles
The Battle of Saratoga was significant in the Revolutionary War because it
ended the British threat to the South
convinced the French to support the Americans
guaranteed Canadian help for the colonists
forced the British to withdraw from North America
This American victory was the turning point in the war.
Saratoga
Valley Forge
Yorktown
Lexington and Concord
Surrounded by French and Continental armies, a large British army surrendered here.
Saratoga
Valley Forge
Yorktown
Lexington and Concord
Which of the following is a strength of the British army?
They had a professional army
They were fighting a war across the ocean
They were not familiar with the land or culture of the colonies
Which of the following was a weakness of the American colonies?
They had the biggest army in the world.
Their army was disorganized.
They knew the land and how to get around.
They were determined to win.
After the war, the new United States got all of the land between
the Rockies and the Pacific Ocean
the Appalachian Mountains and the Mississippi River
the Atlantic Ocean and the Appalachian Mountains
the Mississippi River and the Rocky Mountains
Marquis de Lafayette
Benedict Arnold
Lord Cornwallis
Baron von Steuben
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J
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J
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G
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J
A
B
C
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B
C
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Earn by demonstrating loyalty to their government
Receive by becoming citizens of a country
Have as a result of being human
Are granted after enlistment in the military
Saratoga
Concord
Trenton
Yorktown
Benedict Arnold
Alexander Hamilton
John Hancock
George Washington
Political debates that took place at the Albany Convention
Interference of Great Britain in the slave trade
Economic consequences of the Great Awakening
Economic policies imposed by Great Britain following the French and Indian War
The era of westward expansion
The Era of Good Feelings
The Revolutionary era
The Jacksonian era
Articles of Confederation
Bill of Rights
Treaty of Paris
Declaration of Independence
Chronology: Tea Act, Boston Tea Party, _______________, and First Continental Congress
Battles of Lexington and Concord
Intolerable Acts
Proclamation of 1763
Stamp Act of 1765
Chronology: Battles of the American Revolution
Concord and Lexington, Saratoga, and Yorktown
Lexington and Concord, Yorktown, and Saratoga
Yorktown, Saratoga, Lexington, and Concord
Saratoga, Yorktown, Lexington, and Concord
The most important accomplishment at the Second Continental Congress was...
naming George Washington commander in chief
creating the Continental Army
writing the Declaration of Independence
Newspapers, Marriage Licenses, Playing cards: The above items relate to what cause of the American Revolution?
Intolerable Acts
Proclamation of 1763
Stamp Act
French and Indian War
"England has supported this colony since the beginning. Some of these colonists are not grateful for that, but I certainly am!"
Patriot
Loyalist
"I believe in this battle for independence and am willing to fight for it!"
Patriot
Loyalist
"I hope the British troops overwhelm this local, untrained militia"
Patriot
Loyalist
"I was born in England and remain loyal to her."
Patriot
Loyalist
"It's time we take a stand. We will no longer pay those taxes imposed on the colonies!"
Patriot
Loyalist
"My merchant trade business has been poor ever since the Townsend and Tea Acts."
Patriot
Loyalist
"A citizen's first duty is to the king and country."
Patriot
Loyalist
"When a government is no longer just, it is our right to make a new government."
Patriot
Loyalist
From 1690 to 1760, Parliament and the king of England allowed colonists in America to exercise a great deal of control over local and regional matters. Historians have described this practice a "salutary neglect."
Which of the following happened as a direct result of this policy?
The colonies developed a strong tradition of self-government
Many proprietary colonies were converted to royal colonies
The colonies refused to participate in a system of common defense
Many colonies sought economic aid from other countries
