WorksheetsComing of the American Revolution Weekly Review 2024
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 29mins
Why did the British government stop their policy of salutary neglect after the French and Indian War?
They felt the colonies were not capable of governing themselves.
They needed to collect taxes to pay off debt and support the British army.
They were angry at the treatment British soldiers received.
They wanted to punish the colonists for not helping defeat the French.
What law shows that the British gave up their policy of salutary neglect after the French and Indian War?
The Molasses Act
The Proclamation Act
The Sugar Act
The Act of Toleration
At the end of the French and Indian War, which event angered colonists who were trying to move westward?
The creation of higher taxes to pay off war debts.
The visit of Cherokee leaders to Great Britain.
The establishment of the Proclamation Line of 1763.
The development of a boundary between Cherokee land and the South Carolina colony.
How did the Sugar Act impact the colonies?
A high tariff was placed on sugar imported from Antigua, Barbados, and the Bahamas.
Sugar was taxed to raise revenue (money) for the British military war effort.
Many plantation owners invested in sugar plantations on British-controlled islands.
Colonial exports had to pass through British ports before traveling to other European nations.
This map shows the Proclamation Line of 1763, which was established by the British after the French and Indian War.
How did this line impact the British colonies?
It forced the colonies to trade with Native American tribes in the Ohio Valley.
It taxed the colonies to establish roads and tunnels in the Appalachian Mountains.
It prevented the colonies from expanding their lands westward.
It forced the colonies to maintain militia units west of their border.
Who did American colonists believe had the right to impose taxes on the colonies?
the King
Parliament
colonial assemblies
churches
Which act placed a tax on these items...legal documents, newspapers, and playing cards?
the Coercive Acts
the Quartering Act
the Stamp Act
the Tea Act
How did South Carolinians respond to the passage of the Stamp Act by the British Parliament?
South Carolinians participated in boycotts of British goods and sent delegates to the Stamp Act Congress.
South Carolinians supported the Stamp Act because they believed it was in the colony's best interest.
South Carolinians started a violent rebellion against the act, causing Britain to send troops to the colony.
South Carolinians held more demonstrations and rallies against the act than any of other colonies.
This drawing appeared in a colonial newspaper during the time of Stamp Act. Which viewpoint does this drawing represent?
The Stamp Act will help raise money to fund the British army.
The Stamp Act is a good way to help merchants sell products.
The Stamp Act puts the colonies in danger of an attack by France.
The Stamp Act is unfair, and the colonists should not have to follow it.
This is a quote from the Declaration of Rights and Grievances adopted by the Stamp Act Congress in 1765. What slogan did the colonists use to express the idea in this quote?
"That it is inseparably essential to the freedom of a people, and the undoubted right of Englishmen, that no taxes be imposed [placed] on them, but with their own consent, given personally, or by their representatives."
No Taxation Without Representation
Don't Tread on Me
Give Me Liberty, or Give Me Death
Join, or Die
During the Colonial Era, what was the goal of organizations such as the Sons and Daughters of Liberty?
to train colonists to become minutemen during the American Revolution
to act as the first official government for the 13 colonies
to organize protests and boycotts against taxes imposed by Great Britain.
to attempt to resolve conflicts between the colonies
What action caused Great Britain to repeal the Stamp Act?
Colonists sent a list of grievances about the act to Parliament.
The British military protested the act because the revenue was not used to upport them.
The Sons of Liberty destroyed British goods by throwing them into the Boston Harbor.
Colonists participated in boycotts of British goods.
This engraving was made by Paul Revere after the Boston Massacre. What conclusion can be drawn about his motivation for creating it?
He wanted to show the strength of the colonial army.
He wanted to depict the Boston Massacre accurately.
He wanted to persuade people to hate British rule.
He wanted to advertise his printing business.
