WorksheetsUSHC.1.CE EOC Review Part 1 Spring 2026
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 14mins
Read the excerpt from the Sugar Act, passed by Parliament in 1764.
“Whereas it is expedient that new provisions and regulations should be established for improving the revenue of this Kingdom... and for defraying the expenses of defending, protecting, and securing the British colonies and plantations in America.”
Which statement best explains how the French and Indian War affected Britain’s policy of salutary neglect?
Britain began enforcing colonial trade laws and taxes more strictly to help pay war debts.
Britain gave colonial assemblies greater control over taxation and trade regulation.
Britain ended mercantilist policies and allowed colonists to trade freely with foreign nations.
Britain reduced its role in colonial affairs because the war made imperial enforcement too expensive.
Read Source 1 and Source 2.
Source 1: George Grenville, speech in Parliament, 1765
“The money for these expenses must be raised somewhere. Great Britain protects America. America is bound to yield obedience. If not, tell me when the Americans were emancipated.”
Source 2: Virginia Resolves, 1765
“That the taxation of the people by themselves, or by persons chosen by themselves to represent them, who can only know what taxes the people are able to bear, is the only security against a burdensome taxation. The people of this colony are not bound to yield obedience to any law designed to impose taxes upon them, other than the laws of their own General Assembly.”
Which statement best explains the disagreement between Source 1 and Source 2?
Britain argued the colonies should help pay for defense, while colonists argued taxes required colonial representation.
Britain argued the colonies should control imperial trade, while colonists argued Parliament should regulate all commerce.
Britain argued the colonies should gain independence, while colonists argued they needed stronger British protection.
Britain argued the colonies should avoid war debt, while colonists supported parliamentary taxes for western defense.
Which phrase would most closely align with the ideas expressed in Source 2?
No taxation without representation
Mercantilism benefits the colonies
Loyalty requires obedience to Parliament
British protection justifies colonial taxes
Use Source 1 and Source 2 to answer the question.
Source 1: Benjamin Franklin’s “Join, or Die” cartoon, first published in 1754 during the French and Indian War.
Source 2: Second Continental Congress, Declaration of the Causes and Necessity of Taking Up Arms, 1775
Our cause is just. Our union is perfect. Our internal resources are great, and, if necessary, foreign assistance is undoubtedly attainable. We gratefully acknowledge, as signal instances of the Divine favour towards us, that his Providence would not permit us to be called into this severe controversy until we were grown up to our present strength.
Which statement best explains how the sources show a turning point in the colonies’ relationship with Britain?
Colonists first called for unity to defend British interests, but later used unity to justify armed resistance to Britain.
Colonists first rejected cooperation during wartime, but later depended on Parliament to organize colonial defense.
Colonists first supported independence from Britain, but later asked for stronger protection from the British army.
Colonists first used unity to avoid military conflict, but later abandoned cooperation when tensions increased with Britain.
Use the picture as context to help you answer the following questions.
Based on the map and your knowledge of the Proclamation of 1763, why did many American colonists view the Proclamation as a violation of their rights?
It increased trade taxes on goods shipped west of the Mississippi River.
It prevented colonists from settling lands they believed they had earned during the war.
It banned the construction of forts beyond the colonial frontier line.
It required colonists to surrender property to Native American tribes without compensation.
Which statement best explains why the Proclamation Line of 1763 increased colonial resentment toward Britain?
It limited access to western lands that colonists hoped to use for farming, trade, and land speculation.
It required colonists to pay new taxes on goods transported across the Appalachian Mountains.
It forced colonists to sell western lands they already owned to British officials at reduced prices.
It encouraged British merchants to control all farming, trade, and land sales inside the colonies.
How did colonial resistance change from the First Continental Congress to the Second Continental Congress?
Colonists moved from organizing protests and boycotts to creating an army and preparing for independence.
Colonists moved from declaring independence to asking Parliament for representation in the British government.
Colonists moved from writing the Constitution to creating the Articles of Confederation for the new nation.
Colonists moved from ending boycotts to accepting British taxes in exchange for expanded colonial rights.
Put the following events in order in which they occurred.
French and Indian War
Beginning of Parliamentary Acts
Stamp Act Congress
Boston Tea Party
Continental Congresses
"The cause of America is in a great measure the cause of all mankind... Everything that is right or natural pleads for separation. The blood of the slain, the weeping voice of nature cries, 'Tis time to part,". Thomas Paine, Common Sense (1776) Based on the excerpt, which statement best explains the impact of Thomas Paine’s Common Sense on the American colonists?
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness." —Declaration of Independence (1776)
Based on the excerpt, which statement best explains the significance of the Declaration of Independence?
How did Common Sense and the Declaration of Independence differ in their roles in the movement for independence?
Common Sense persuaded ordinary colonists to support independence, while the Declaration formally justified independence using natural rights.
Common Sense created the colonial army to fight Britain, while the Declaration organized boycotts against British trade.
Common Sense asked Parliament to lower colonial taxes, while the Declaration encouraged colonists to remain loyal to Britain.
Common Sense defended monarchy as necessary for order, while the Declaration gave the king more authority over colonial legislatures.
