Causes of the American Revolution Test
Part A: Matching: match the term with the correct definition.
A. Albany Plan of Union
B. Battle of Quebec
C. French and Indian War
D. Treaty of Paris 1763
(8.4A)1.
(8.4A)2.
(8.4A)3.
(8.4A)4.
Conflicts over land and the fur trade caused this.
This was the turning point of the French and Indian War.
Benjamin Franklin proposed that the colonies unite for defense.
This ended French colonization of North America.
Part B: Multiple Choice: Choose the best answer for each statement or question.
(8.4A)5. The main reason that Great Britain established the Proclamation Line of 1763 was to
A allow Canada to control the Great Lakes region
B avoid conflicts between American colonists and Native American Indians
C make profits by selling the land west of the Appalachian Mountains
D protect the French Catholics of Quebec
(8.4A)6. Based on the chart, what was a major effect of the Stamp Act?
A Colonists no longer needed British goods.
B The British refused to sell certain products to the colonists.
C The law led to a decline in the value of colonial currency.
D Many colonists participated in actions in opposition to the act.
(8.4A)7. The American colonists used the slogan, “No taxation without representation,” to express
their belief in the need for –
A economic dependence on England
B Representation in Parliament
C mercantilism
D Parliamentary supremacy
(8.4B)8. Which statement is most consistent with the views of Samuel Adams?
A Taxation without representation is tyranny.
B Colonists should be grateful to be part of the British Empire.
C Citizens, under British rule, should support King George III.
D The English King deserves respect and loyalty from his subjects.
(8.20C)9. Which action by the colonists could be categorized as an act of civil disobedience?
A colonists throwing British tea into the Boston Harbor
B placing restrictions on trade with Spain and France
C paying the stamp tax to British tax collectors
D firing guns at colonists at the Boston Massacre
(8.4A) 10.
A
B
C
D
The Townshend Acts and the Tea act were –
opposed as “taxation without representation” by most colonists
approved by most Patriots, but opposed by most Loyalists
failures because they raised the price of goods too high for colonists to buy
accepted and obeyed by all but a few hotheads in Boston
(8.30A)11.
A
B
C
D
Which describes a writ of assistance?
required prosecutors to present evidence if probable cause for suspicion of smuggling
Helped colonial merchants to cut through the red tape of imperial trade regulations
Allowed British to ransack a colonial merchant’s house in search of illegal goods.
required that specified colonial products be landed in Britain before being shipped to other
countries
In order to continue regulation of its colonies, England passed laws to control what colonists could produce and
who they could trade with. The Navigation Acts demanded that all exports from the colonies go directly to Englishheld ports and all manufactured goods from other parts of the world pass through England before they were
shipped to America. Also, all ships had to be English or American made and skippers and crews had to be British or
American.
(8.4A, 8. 30A) 12. According to the passage, the type of economic power that England was engaged in
is called –
A Tyranny
C Monopoly
B Mercantilism
D Free Enterprise
Person A
*African American
*Died in the Boston Massacre
*1st death of the Revolution
Person B
*Defended the British soldiers after the Boston
Massacre
*Argued against the Stamp Act
*Helped draft the Declaration of Independence
(8.3B) 13. Which two individuals, who played key roles in the American Revolution, are described in
columns A and B?
A Sam Adams, John Adams
C Crispus Attucks, John Adams
B Wentworth Cheswell, Sam Adams
D Crispus Attucks, Sam Adams
Person A
*Member of Daughters of Liberty
*Married to the attorney who defended the British
*Appealed to her husband to protect the rights of
women
Person B
* New England author and poet
*Helped turn Loyalists into Patriots
(8.3B) 14. Which two individuals, who played key roles in the American Revolution, are described in
columns A and B?
A Abigail Adams, Pontiac
C Mercy Otis Warren, Abigail Adams
B Abigail Adams, Mercy Otis Warren
D Crispus Attucks, Pontiac
We then were ordered by our commander to open the hatches and take out all the chests of tea and throw
them overboard… and we immediately proceeded to execute his orders, first cutting and splitting the chests
with our tomahawks, so as to thoroughly expose them to the effects of the water. In about three hours from
the time we went on board, we had thus broken and thrown overboard every tea chest to be found on the
ship, while those in the other ships were disposing of the tea in the same way, at the same time. We were
surrounded by British armed ships, but no attempt was made to resist us.
(8.20C) 15. Using the above passage, what event is being described in this passage?
A The French and Indian War
C The First Continental Congress
B The Boston Massacre
D The Boston Tea Party
(8.20C) 16. Using the above passage, this description is written from the point of view of a –
A Son of Liberty
C Boston Loyalist
B Native American
D British sailor
(8.20C) 17. Using the above passage, which of these acts of Parliament was a cause of the event
described above?
A Quartering Act (1765)
C Tea Act (1773)
B Townshend Act (1767)
D Intolerable Acts (1774)
(8.4A, 8.29F) 18. To which of the following events are the two Paul Revere engravings referring?
A. Boston Tea Party
C. Proclamation of 1763
B. Boston Massacre
D. French and Indian War
(8.4A, 8.29F) 19. Look at the men who are shooting in the first engraving. Which group of people do
these men represent?
A. British
C. Loyalists
B. Patriots
D. Parliament
REASONS FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE 13 ENGLISH COLONIES
New England Colonies
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Religious freedom for Pilgrims and
Puritans
Land and trade
Middle Colonies
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Land and trade
Religious freedom for
Quakers
Conquest of Dutch colony to
connect Northern and
Southern Colonies
Southern Colonies
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Search for precious metals
Land and trade
Religious freedom for Catholics
Place for debtors
Buffer between Spanish America
and the English colonies
(8.2B) 20. Based on the information in the chart, which statement summarizes a reason for the
establishment of colonies in all three regions?
A Each region provided new economic opportunities to colonists.
B People enjoyed complete religious freedom in all three regions.
C Each region provided a safe refuge for English debtors.
D Each region served as a buffer between England and Spain.