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Unit 1 Chapter 1

Total questions: 9

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The Boston Tea Party in 1773 led to which set of laws?

a)

The Stamp Act

b)

The Intolerable Acts

c)

The Bill of Rights

d)

The Emancipation Proclamation

2.

Parliament passed the Stamp Act to help the United States pay off what?

a)

War debt

b)

Taxes

c)

Land

d)

Food supplies

3.

In the above image, colonists decided to take action because they were angry about taxes. Parliament responded to these actions by passing laws that punished the people of which city?

a)

Boston

b)

Philadelphia

c)

New York

d)

Charleston

4.

The main way George Washington helped the Revolution is by leading the _________?

a)

Continental Army

b)

British Navy

c)

French Legion

d)

Spanish Armada

5.

July 4th is celebrated in the United States because it is the day that the colonies adopted a declaration of independence from which country?

a)

Britain

b)

France

c)

Spain

d)

Germany

6.

After the battle of Saratoga, the Americans formed an alliance with which country?

a)

France

b)

Spain

c)

Russia

d)

Germany

7.

The stripes of the American flag represent each of the original how many colonies?

a)

13

b)

10

c)

15

d)

20

8.

According to the Declaration of Independence, every person has a right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of ________.

a)

happiness

b)

wealth

c)

power

d)

fame

9.

Identify two different causes of the American Revolution from the options below.

a)

Taxation without representation and British military presence

b)

Discovery of gold and westward expansion

c)

The invention of the steam engine and industrialization

d)

The end of the French and Indian War and the signing of the Magna Carta