Name:_____________________________________

Date:___________________

Road to the Revolution Test

Pick any 15 of the following questions to answer. You may answer more than 15 if you
are unsure of one of your answers.
1. What animal that lived in the Ohio River Valley was killed and made into fur hats?
a. Dog
b. Lion
c. Beaver
d. Squirrel
2. Which law said that the colonists had to feed and house British troops?
a. Stamp Act Congress
b. Quartering Act
c. Townshend Act
d. Declaratory Act
3. Which law said that colonists had to pay taxes on wood, paint, and other products?
a. Quartering Act
b. Townshend Act
c. Stamp Act Congress
d. Declaratory Act
4. What was the meeting called where colonists protested the Stamp Act?
a. Stamp Act Congress
b. Quartering Act
c. Townshend Act
d. Declaratory Act
5. What law repealed (got rid of) the Stamp Act and Sugar Act, but said that Parliament could tax the
colonists whenever they wanted to?
a. Declaratory Act
b. Quartering Act
c. Townshend Act
d. Stamp Act Congress
6. What is the name of the group of people in Great Britain who makes the laws?
a. Congress
b. Senate
c. Parliament
d. Mr. Peou
7. People in Boston were very angry because of the tax on tea. In response, these angry Boston colonists
staged what?
a. The Angry Party
b. The Mad Gathering
c. The Boston Tea Party
d. The First Continental Congress


8. What is this a picture of:

9. Read the next paragraph. Fill in the blanks with the words listed below the paragraph:
Angry with the British government for the Intolerable Acts, delegates gathered in Philadelphia for the
______________________________. They did not declare independence, and eventually Britain and
the colonists fought at the Battles of___________________________________. In response to this,
delegates gathered in Philadelphia, again, for ______________________________________. At this
gathering, they made George Washington General of the Continental Armies and declared America to
be free from Great Britain.
Lexington and Concord
10. What is this a picture of:

Second Continental Congress

First Continental Congress


11. Parliament put a tax on the picture found on the previous page. What was it called?
a. The Mean Act
b. The Molasses Act
c. The Stamp Act
d. The Punishment Act
12. The Molasses Act really affected colonists in which part of America?
a. The South
b. Great Britain
c. Pennsylvania
d. New England
13. Great Britain and the Colonists fought with France and the Native Americans over this land. What is
this place called:

a.
b.
c.
d.

Great Britain
France
Furness High School
The Ohio River Valley

14. Who won the French and Indian War?

a. Great Britain and the Colonists
b. France and the Indians
c. Great Britain and France
d. Mr. Saddic and Mr. Frendt
15. Even though the American colonists helped Britain win the French and Indian War, the King passed a
very unfair rule. This rule was called the ______________________________________, and it told
colonists that they could not move into the frontier!


16. The French and Indian War was very expensive for Great Britain. To help the British government pay
for the war, they passed a tax on sugar, called the _________________________. They also passed a
tax on paper products, which is known as the __________________________.
17. There was a big British company that traded things with India and China. What was that company
called?
a. The British East India Company
b. Walmart
c. The National Corporation of the King
d. Mr. Saddics Corner Store
18. That company was going broke, so Parliament put a tax on tea to help them out. This tax on tea was
known as _________________________.
19. As a punishment for the Boston Tea Party, Parliament passed a series of laws known as:
a. The Nasty Acts
b. The Intolerable Acts
c. The Acts that Made People Angry
d. The Townshend Act
20. What colony were Lexington and Concord located in?

BONUS:
1. This person started the British East India Company. What was her name?

2. What year did this person start the British East India Company?
a. 1600
b. 1693
c. 1492
d. 1776