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WorksheetsCauses of the Revolutionary War
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 7mins
Colonists did not like that England ________ their molasses, an ingredient in making rum.
drank
taxed
ate
destroyed
Under the Navigation Acts, colonists could only buy goods from _________.
Spain
France
England
Netherlands
After the French and Indian War which law restricted colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains?
Stamp Act
Proclamation of 1763
Sugar Act
Townshend Acts
Why did England start taxing the colonists?
To pay off war debt
The king was bored.
To make life difficult for the colonists
To cause a revolution
Which of these was a tax on the colonists?
Sugar Act
Intolerable Acts
Boston Massacre
Boston Tea Party
Name of the British government that taxed the colonists
Sons of Liberty
Committees of Correspondence
Congress
Parliament
What was the meaning of the phrase "No taxation without representation"?
The king should send more troops to the 13 colonies.
It was unfair to tax the colonists when they couldn't have a say in the laws.
Parliament's laws were fair.
King George III should tax the colonists more.
A tax on paper products in the colonies
Stamp Act
Sugar Act
Townshend Acts
Proclamation of 1763
This political cartoon by Benjamin Franklin urged the colonists to:
Unite
Divide
Separate
Kill snakes
Colonial group that organized protests against the high taxes
Native Americans
Sons of Liberty
Redcoats
Bills Mafia
Law requiring colonists to house and feed British soldiers
Stamp Act
Townshend Acts
Quartering Act
Sugar Act
A written request to the government; used by colonists as a form of protest
boycott
petition
navigation
massacre
Tax placed on certain British goods like glass, paint, paper and tea
Townshend Acts
Boston Tea Party
Boston Massacre
Proclamation of 1763
Refusal to buy goods; a form of protest against England by the colonists
boycott
petition
massacre
taxes
Fight between colonists and British soldiers over high taxes; 5 colonists killed
Boston Tea Party
Boston Massacre
Stamp Act
Townshend Acts
Law that ordered the colonists to consume only 1 type of drink
Stamp Act
Tea Act
Sugar Act
Mountain Dew Act
Colonial reaction to the Tea Act
Boston Tea Party
Boston Massacre
Settling west of the Appalachian Mountains
Obeying all British laws
-Boston Harbor closed
-Elimination of jury trials in colonies
-Elimination of town meetings in Boston
All these actions by England were part of which law in response to the Boston Tea Party?
Intolerable Acts
Stamp Act
Tea Act
Townshend Acts
First meeting of colonies to talk about problems with England in response to the Intolerable Acts
Continental Congress
Parliament
French and Indian War
Lexington and Concord
What war did all these events lead to?
French and Indian War
WWII
American Revolution
Civil War
