WorksheetsCauses of the American Revolution
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 11mins
The Quartering Act was a British law that required colonists to...
Buy tea from Britain.
Pay additional taxes on paper goods.
Pay a quarter for every item with a stamp.
Provide housing and food for British soldiers.
Many colonists didn’t want to pay taxes because...
they thought the British had enough money.
they thought the money from the taxes was being wasted.
they had no representation in making the tax laws.
they didn’t have any money.
In response to being forced to buy British tea, colonists dressed up like Native Americans and dumped the British tea into the harbor. This event is known as...
The Boston Massacre
The Tea Act
The Boston Tea Party
The Sons of Liberty
What caused colonists to call themselves Patriots or Loyalists?
Whether they supported independence from Britain.
The colonial region in which they lived.
Whether they paid British taxes.
The country from which they or their ancestors came.
The Sons of Liberty were...
Sons of famous Americans (George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Patrick Henry).
A group of British soldiers who believed the colonists should be free from British rule.
members from each of the colonies.
A group of patriots who believed they should be free from British rule.
The Boston Massacre started because...
people wanted the British to supply soldiers to the Boston citizens.
Parliament passed the Tea Act.
John Adams took on the court case.
a crowd of angry colonist yelled and threw snowballs at a British soldier.
1. The British ______ made laws for all British people.
king
Parliament
colonists
courts
1. Colonists who supported the actions of the British
government were known as _____.
neutralists
loyalist
patriot
representative
Which BEST describes the beginning of the French and Indian War?
French and British fight over the Ohio River Valley.
British and Spanish fight over New Mexico.
Spanish and French fight over Florida.
French and Native Americans fight over the Great Lakes region.
Which of the following was an Intolerable Act?
Preventing the Massachusetts legislature from making laws
Closing Boston Harbor
Forcing colonists to quarter British soldiers
All of these choices.
Which act passed by Parliament directly led to the Boston Tea Party?
The Sugar Act
The Stamp Act
The Tea Act
The Intolerable Acts
1. The Sugar Act angered many colonists because
it required them to pay a _____ on goods brought into
the colonies.
tax
quarter
Knight Note
How many colonists died at the Boston Massacre?
500
100
5
None
What did the colonists call the laws that were passed as a punishment for the Boston Tea Party?
The Boston Massacre
The Intolerable Acts
The Stamp Act
The Quartering Act
.The 1765 act that taxed all paper and printed goods in the colonies was called the ____________.
Sugar Act
Tea Act
Stamp Act
Quartering Act
