WorksheetsBeginning of the American Revolution Part 1
Total questions: 24
Worksheet time: 15mins
Colonists against British rule and wanted independence from Britain _____________.
Patriots
Loyalists
Militia
Minutemen
An official statement ________________-.
declaration
debt
boycott
benefit
When the colonists refuse to buy goods like tea and sugar or use services they are _________________.
acting
protesting
boycotting
alienating
The ____________ was a group of temporary soldiers that fight in emergency situations; not professional soldiers
guerilla warfare
militia
patriots
loyalists
Why did the British put a tax on paper materials in the colonies?
The British did not like the colonists
The British would use that money to buy weapons
King George needed money to pay the soldiers
The British were in debt because of the war
What was the name of the protestors that formed in Boston in response to the Stamp Act?
The Tea Tax
Patrick Henry
The Sons of Liberty
The British Parliament
What was the name of the event in Boston on December 1773, where people dumped chests of tea into the Boston Harbor?
The Stamp Act
The Boston Tea Party
The Revolutionary War
The battle of Bunker Hill
What was the name of the new laws that the Bristish imposed on the colonies, as a result of The Boston Tea Party?
The Intolerable Acts
The Townshend Act
The Boston Tea Party
The First Continental Congress
What was the name of the Intolerable Act that declared the colonists to provide shelter, food, and weapons to the British soldiers?
The Quartering Act
The Massachusetts Government Act
The Administration of Justice Act
The Boston Port Act
What was the name of the event when 12 out of 13 colonies sent representatives to a meeting in Philadelphia because they were alarmed at what was happening in Massachusetts?
First Continental Congress
Virginia Representatives
The Boston Tea Party
The Midnight Ride
What was the main reason that the American colonies rebeled?
They wanted their own flag.
They wanted their own king.
They didn't want to pay taxes without having representation.
They didn't like tea.
The _____________________ required colonists to pay extra taxes on paper goods such as newspapers, legal documents, and playing cards
The Sugar Act
The Stamp Act
The Quartering Act
The Intolerable Acts
How many American Colonists died in the Boston Massacre?
5
70
27
10
Who was king of England during the American Revolution?
King Henry VIII
George Washington
King George III
King Edward III
Why did the British begin to tax the colonists?
To pay off war debt from The French and Indian War
To make friends with the colonists
To stop the colonists
What type of items were taxed during the Stamp Act as a result of the French and Indian War?
Stamps
Soaps and perfumes
Newspaper, deeds, and playing cards
Why was the battle of Lexington and Concorde important?
It wasn't
It was the start of the American revolution
It was the end of the American Revolution
Who won the Lexington and Concord Battle in the American Revolution?
The Americans Colonists
The British Government
The British government began ___________________________ in hopes of repaying the debt of the French and Indian War.
allowing colonists' to move west
providing colonists' representation in parliament
increasing taxes for the French
taxing the colonists
What taxed tea, glass, paper, paint, and lead?
Stamp Act
Boston Tea Party
Townshend Act
Sugar Act
Which event started the Boston Massacre?
An object was thrown at the British soldiers and made one fall.
Colonists attacked and killed British soldiers.
Native Americans were attacked by land-seeking colonists.
Colonists threw barrels of tea into Boston Harbor.
What are TWO reasons why the Boston colonists feel they needed to destroy the tea cargo?
The colonists knew the British government planned to declare war on them.
The colonists were able to buy tea from the Dutch and Spanish cheaper.
The colonists believed Parliament was being unfair.
The colonists wanted to control all of the goods that came in and out of Boston.
The colonists felt that they had no representation in the decisions about taxes that were made by Parliament.
What was the Sugar Act?
A law that taxed newspapers and legal documents
A law that repealed the Stamp Act
A law that put a tax on sugar, molasses, and other goods
A law that granted representation to the colonies
