WorksheetsThe Road to Revolution Exam Review
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 21mins
Long ago England ______________, or ruled the thirteen colonies.
created
governed
passed
afforded
The leaders in England could not ____________ , or have money to pay for more problems in the colonies.
create
govern
afford
pass
English leaders made or ________________laws and taxes to make the colonists pay for the war.
governed
replaced
created
ruled
The colonists had many __________ to speak out or fight against England's new laws and taxes.
weapons
protests
events
troubles
Many __________, or things that occurred with England, made the patriots very angry.
troubles
taxes
protests
events
English lawmakers __________, or made new laws, that the colonists didn't like.
passed
governed
events
troubles
The colonists were forced to pay more_____________ to help England pay for the expensive French and Indian War.
events
troubles
wars
taxes
The colonists decided to __________, or substitute, English control for a new independent government.
govern
replace
create
pass
The war America fought to gain independence from England was called The
American Revolution
French and Indian War
Battle of Independence
Minutemen War
The colonists who did not like the king and wanted independence were called
loyalists
redcoats
patriots
silversmiths
Another word for problems is_____________.
troubles
taxes
protests
events
Who were the colonists that were ready to fight with a minute's notice?
patriots
minutemen
speedsters
quickies
What did the colonists call the English soldiers?
redcoats
silversmiths
minutemen
patriots
All of the following were English colonies, EXCEPT
New York
Massachusetts
California
North Carolina
All of the following could be reasons that colonists did not think they were Americans, EXCEPT
The colonists in New York considered themselves to be New Yorkers, etc...
They did not like living in America, and they planned to return to England.
People in each colony did not think that they had much in common with each other.
The country of England ruled, or governed, all thirteen colonies in the New World.
All of the following events led to the American Revolution, EXCEPT
England made the colonists pay a tax on shoes.
England made the colonists pay a stamp tax.
England made the colonists pay a tax on tea.
England would not let the colonists move west.
The stamp tax was a tax on everything below, EXCEPT
contracts
playing cards
newspapers
postage stamps
How did the colonists protest the stamp tax?
They wouldn’t buy them, and they ran the sellers out of town.
They made their own paper and paper goods.
They didn’t mail any more letters, and they got their own post offices.
They dressed as Indians, and tossed the stamps into the sea.
How did the colonists protest the tax on tea?
They wouldn’t buy tea, and they ran the sellers out of town.
They made their own teas, or drank other things, like coffee.
They got tea from other countries, like France or India.
They dressed as Indians, and tossed the tea into the sea.
England did all of the following to punish the colonists, EXCEPT
They forced many colonists to leave America and return to live in England.
They closed the port of Boston.
They made the colonists pay for the tea that was destroyed.
They sent more soldiers to America.
Colonists did all of the following to respond to England, EXCEPT
Colonists from twelve of the thirteen colonies had a meeting in Philadelphia.
They sent many colonists over to England to speak with the King and English people.
They sent a letter to the king asking him to end the tax on tea.
They prepared soldiers, called minutemen, in case they had to fight with England.
The patriot who made shoes and was involved in the Boston Tea Party?
George Washington
Paul Revere
Samuel Adams
George Robert Twelves Hewes
Who was the patriot that was elected to be the first commander in chief?
George Washington
Paul Revere
Samuel Adams
George Robert Twelves Hewes
Who was the patriot who told the English soldiers that they were in danger of being attacked by minutemen?
George Washington
Paul Revere
Samuel Adams
George Robert Twelves Hewes
Which word below is a compound word?
soldier
patriot
happiness
redcoat
What is the contraction for "could not"?
couldn't
could've
could'nt
could't
What is the contraction for "could have"?
could've
could'nt
could't
couldn't
What is the contraction for "is not"?
isn't
is'nt
is't
isnot
What is the contraction for "that is"?
that's
that'is
thats'
thatis
What is the contraction for "did not"?
didn't
did'nt
did't
didnot
What is the contraction for "it is"?
it's
its'
it'is
itis
Why was England broke, and needing to raise taxes on the colonies?
The king was spending too much money on palaces
They lost the French and Indian War, and they had to pay the French for the cost of the war
They won the French and Indian War, but the war had been expensive and they could not afford to guard all of the new land
The Spanish American War bankrupted the American colonies
Why did England close Boston Harbor in 1774?
To punish the people of Boston and make them pay for all of the tea they dumped into Boston Harbor
To prevent smuggling of tea into America
Because the king was mad that the soldiers involved in the Boston Massacre were put on trial and convicted
It was too much competition for New York Harbor
Paul Revere made a secret ___________, or symbol to communicate if the English traveled by land or by sea.
event
pass
code
rule
The Stamp Act taxed all ________ goods.
paper
plastic
metal
silver
Stamp Act
At the battles of Lexington and Concord what did the English try to take from the patriots?
protests
taxes
weapons
homes
Colonists shouldn't be taxed if they had no voice in government.
The representative can tax me.
Take the weapons right away.
In the final battle of the war, America won independence when the English soldiers gave up, or __________.
battled
fought
surrendered
replaced
