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Causes of the Revolutionary War

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Colonists did not like that England ________ their molasses, an ingredient in making rum.

a)

drank

b)

taxed

c)

ate

d)

destroyed

2.

Under the Navigation Acts, colonists could only buy goods from _________.

a)

Spain

b)

France

c)

England

d)

Netherlands

3.

After the French and Indian War which law restricted colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains?

a)

Stamp Act

b)

Proclamation of 1763

c)

Sugar Act

d)

Townshend Acts

4.

Why did England start taxing the colonists?

a)

To pay off war debt

b)

The king was bored.

c)

To make life difficult for the colonists

d)

To cause a revolution

5.

Which of these was a tax on the colonists?

a)

Sugar Act

b)

Intolerable Acts

c)

Boston Massacre

d)

Boston Tea Party

6.

Name of the British government that taxed the colonists

a)

Sons of Liberty

b)

Committees of Correspondence

c)

Congress

d)

Parliament

7.

What was the meaning of the phrase "No taxation without representation"?

a)

The king should send more troops to the 13 colonies.

b)

It was unfair to tax the colonists when they couldn't have a say in the laws.

c)

Parliament's laws were fair.

d)

King George III should tax the colonists more.

8.

A tax on paper products in the colonies

a)

Stamp Act

b)

Sugar Act

c)

Townshend Acts

d)

Proclamation of 1763

9.

This political cartoon by Benjamin Franklin urged the colonists to:

a)

Unite

b)

Divide

c)

Separate

d)

Kill snakes

10.

Colonial group that organized protests against the high taxes

a)

Native Americans

b)

Sons of Liberty

c)

Redcoats

d)

Bills Mafia

11.

Law requiring colonists to house and feed British soldiers

a)

Stamp Act

b)

Townshend Acts

c)

Quartering Act

d)

Sugar Act

12.

A written request to the government; used by colonists as a form of protest

a)

boycott

b)

petition

c)

navigation

d)

massacre

13.

Tax placed on certain British goods like glass, paint, paper and tea

a)

Townshend Acts

b)

Boston Tea Party

c)

Boston Massacre

d)

Proclamation of 1763

14.

Refusal to buy goods; a form of protest against England by the colonists

a)

boycott

b)

petition

c)

massacre

d)

taxes

15.

Fight between colonists and British soldiers over high taxes; 5 colonists killed

a)

Boston Tea Party

b)

Boston Massacre

c)

Stamp Act

d)

Townshend Acts

16.

Law that ordered the colonists to consume only 1 type of drink

a)

Stamp Act

b)

Tea Act

c)

Sugar Act

d)

Mountain Dew Act

17.

Colonial reaction to the Tea Act

a)

Boston Tea Party

b)

Boston Massacre

c)

Settling west of the Appalachian Mountains

d)

Obeying all British laws

18.

-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?

a)

Intolerable Acts

b)

Stamp Act

c)

Tea Act

d)

Townshend Acts

19.
  • First meeting of colonies to talk about problems with England in response to the Intolerable Acts

a)

Continental Congress

b)

Parliament

c)

French and Indian War

d)

Lexington and Concord

20.

What war did all these events lead to?

a)

French and Indian War

b)

WWII

c)

American Revolution

d)

Civil War