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WorksheetsThe Road to the American Revolution
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 11mins
The following two countries claimed the Ohio Valley territory:
France and Spain
Spain and England
France and England
Who assisted the French in their attempt to maintain control of the Ohio Valley?
Native Americans
The Spanish
The English
When the French lost the French and Indian War, they surrendered all of their ___ in North America.
Ben Franklin created a segmented snake in his primary source, “Join or Die,” to encourage the colonies to ___ together against the French.
The Proclamation of 1763 was a royal announcement made by ___ that forbid colonists from ___.
Lord Dunmore; settling west of the Atlantic Ocean
King George III; settling east of the Appalachian Mountains
King George III; settling west of the Appalachian Mountains
The Sugar Act was an attempt to raise money in the colonies to pay for the French and Indian War. Colonists did not want to pay the extra money for the tax on sugar. However, they were more angry about a larger issue. What were colonists so angry about?
'no taxation without representation'.
The Stamp Act was a tax on all ___ items.
True or False: Representatives from nine colonies met in the Stamp Act Congress to declare that the colonies should not be taxed without a record of what was said in Parliament.
True
False
The Committees of Correspondence were formed to ___.
communicate about colonial resistance to the British
The first Committee of Correspondence was formed by ___.
John Hancock
Paul Revere
Samuel Adams
The Townshend Acts placed taxes on the following items:
glass, paper, tea, and fabric
glass, tea, paper, and paint
glass, paper, paint, and lumber
How did colonists react to the Townshend Acts? Hint: Did they continue to purchase the taxed items?
They boycotted the taxed items.
The Boston Massacre was a clash between ___ and ___.
On December 16, 1773, 342 crates of tea were tossed into Boston Harbor in an act of rebellion. This act is now known as ___.
Colonists were angry about the Tea Act because England gave the East India Company a monopoly on tea sales in the colonies.
True
False
England punished the colonists for the Boston Tea Party by creating the ___.
First Continental Congress
Townshend Acts
Coercive Acts
Please list the parts of the Coercive Acts. One part has been filled in for you. 1. The Massachusetts Legislature was no longer allowed to meet. 2. ____________________________________________ 3. ____________________________________________
The First Continental Congress was a meeting of colonial leaders. They sent a petition to King George III stating that ___.
They were separating from England immediately
Parliament’s taxation of the colonies without representation was unfair
Colonists were no longer willing to be British citizens
British soldiers were marching to Lexington and Concord for two reasons. First, they wanted to capture rebel leaders John Hancock and Samuel Adams. Second, they wanted to ___.
The Battles of Lexington and Concord signaled the beginning of the ___.
Battle Road
American Revolution
French and Indian War
Describe the actions of the minutemen while the British were retreating (marching back) to Boston.
