American Revolution - STAAR Review

Multiple Select

What are the key words for causes of the American Revolution?

• boycotts

• civil liberties violated

• economic policies imposed

• resented limits on westward expansion

Multiple Choice

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights. . . . —Declaration of Independence, 1776

This excerpt refers to rights that people —

• earn by demonstrating loyalty to their government

• receive by becoming citizens of a country

• have as a result of being human

• are granted after enlistment in the military

Multiple Choice

Crispus Attucks was one of five Americans killed in the Boston Massacre.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

As a result of the cost of the war, what did King George III do to the colonists?

• Killed them
• Removed them from the land in the colonies just like the Indians.
• Imposed taxes to pay for the war
• Paid for the war out of his own pocket

Multiple Choice

The Proclamation of 1763 made the colonists angry because ----

• they were not used to the King interfering with the colonies.

• they were afraid of American Indian attacks.

• they thought the King wanted it for himself.

Multiple Choice

King of Britain during the American Revolution

• George Washington

• Thomas Paine

• Benjamin Franklin

• King George III

Multiple Choice

Gave a speech in 1775 to the Virginia legislature in which he famously declared, “Give me liberty, or give me death!” – which fired up America’s fight for independence.

• Thomas Jefferson

• Patrick Henry

• Thomas Paine

• George Washington