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Steps to the American Revolution

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Colonists protested the Stamp Act because they believed in what phrase?
a)
Live free or die
b)
All men are created equal
c)
Life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness
d)
No taxation with representation
2.
Sons of Liberty were a group of American colonists who worked to repeal the Stamp Act by doing what?
a)
Taking military action against the British
b)
Forming alliances with the enemies of Britain
c)
Meeting with Parliament in England 
d)
Publicly protesting and organizing boycotts
3.
The _______________ were passed by Parliament to punish the colonists for the Boston Tea Party.
a)
Navigation Acts
b)
Intolerable Acts
c)
Stamp Acts
d)
Final Acts
4.
In response to the Tea Act, the colonists threw tea from the British ships into the Boston Harbor.  This event is known as:
a)
Boston Tea Party
b)
Boston Riots
c)
Boston Massacre
d)
Boston Market
5.
Due to the widespread anger against the Stamp Act and Townshend Acts, Parliament eventually ____________the laws.
a)
Returned
b)
Rewrote
c)
Repealed
d)
Returned
6.
The _______________ acts were taxes on imported goods, such as glass, lead, paint, and tea.
a)
Townshend 
b)
Intolerable
c)
Coercive
d)
Tea
7.
Who was the King of Britain at the time of the Revolutionary War?
a)
King George III
b)
King George I
c)
King Henry IV
d)
King Henry VIII
8.
Why did the king begin to tax the colonists?
a)
He wanted more money to make England look better
b)
He needed money to pay off war debts from the French and Indian War
c)
He needed money to pay for Boston soldiers
d)
He hated the colonists' guts
9.
Some people wanted to support the king of England and remain under his leadership. They were called:
a)
Patriots
b)
Loyalists
c)
Royalty
d)
Rebels
10.
American colonists who OPPOSED the British and wanted independence were known as:
a)
Patriots
b)
Loyalists
c)
Royalty
d)
Ambassadors
11.
An angry crowd of workers surrounded a small group of British soldiers and were fired upon
a)
Boston Massacre
b)
Boston Rebellion
c)
Boston Treaty 
d)
Boston Tea Party
12.
What did the Intolerable Acts do?
a)
Created a monopoly on tea trade
b)
Closed Boston's port and took away their government leaders
c)
Taxed all paper goods
d)
Was a meeting where colonists planned to rebel
13.

What act stopped the western movement of English settlers past the Appalachian Mountains?

a)

Tea Act

b)

Sugar Act

c)

Proclamation of 1763

d)

Coercive Acts

14.

What act forced colonists to house British soldiers while also giving them supplies?

a)

Tea Act

b)

Proclamation of 1763

c)

Housing Act

d)

Quartering Act

15.

What act took choice of tea away from colonists by lowering the cost of British tea?

a)

Tea Act

b)

Boston Act

c)

Stamp Act

d)

Sugar Act

16.

How did colonists respond to the Tea Act?

a)

Boston Tea Party

b)

Phillip Baker Tea Party

c)

New York Tea Party

d)

Mr. Card Tea Party

17.

What group led the Boston Tea Party, burned effigies of tax collectors, & tarred and feathered supporters of the British?

a)

Daughters of Liberty

b)

The New England Patriots

c)

Sons of Liberty

d)

Tioga Tigers

18.

The Battle of Lexington and Concord was the __________ battle of the Revolutionary War.

a)

1st

b)

2nd

19.

British Parliament (government that creates laws) passed a law that placed a tax on newspapers, pamphlets, and all printed materials. Which act was this called?

a)

Sugar Act

b)

Stamp Act

c)

Townshend Act

d)

Tea Act

20.

In 1767, Parliament passed the _________________________ which put a tax on imported goods such as glass, paint, lead, and tea.

a)

Tea Act

b)

Townshend Acts

c)

Intolerable Acts

d)

Stamp Act

21.

What is the Quartering Act?

a)

Colonists were forced to pay their taxes in quarters

b)

Colonists were forced to provide food and housing to British soldiers

c)

Colonists must pay their taxes weekly at a quarter to 5pm

d)

Colonists would pay soldiers in quarters

22.
American colonists were asked to help cover the cost of the French and American War by paying
a)
Patriots
b)
snowballs
c)
taxes
d)
boycott
23.

A boycott means

a)

To stop buying goods/using services of a specific company./country

b)

To bring goods into a country

c)

To send goods out of a country

d)

The British government

24.

An IMPORT is described as

a)

To stop buying goods/using services of a specific company./country

b)

To bring goods into a country

c)

To send goods out of a country

d)

The British government

25.

An EXPORT is described as

a)

To stop buying goods/using services of a specific company./country

b)

To bring goods into a country

c)

To send goods out of a country

d)

The British government

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