STAAR Review: Revolutionary Era 1763-1789

Wrote the Declaration of Independence.

• Thomas Jefferson
• George Washington
• John Locke
• Alexander Hamilton

Last major battle of the American Revolution, in which the British surrendered because a lack of supplies.

• Lexington
• Concord
• Yorktown
• Paris

Which monarch ruled Great Britain during the 1770's?

• King James
• King Charles II
• Queen Elizabeth
• King George III

Who won the French & Indian War?

• The French who wanted to increase its holding in North America.
• The Indians who wanted their land returned to them.
• The British who wanted to remain a world power.
• The Spanish who wanted revenge on the British.

The Proclamation of 1763 restricted--

• colonists from moving back to Great Britain.
• the western movement of settlers.
• the control of colonial legislatures.
• the amount of tea imported from Europe.

Colonists opposed taxes from Great Britain because the--

• colonies had no representation in Parliament.
• taxes were too high.
• British people had no representation in Parliament.
• colonists wanted American Indians and French to pay all the taxes.

Paul Revere became famous as a patriot who--

• gained Spain's support for American independence.
• was a member of the Continental Congress.
• saved the lives of many patriots as a battlefield doctor.
• made a daring ride to warn colonists of the British arrival in Lexington.

What was the purpose of the First Continental Congress to which Georgia did not attend?

• To dismiss the current British King.
• To discuss the problems with Great Britain and promote independence.
• create new taxes for the British.
• appoint new colonial governors to collect the taxes.

Which famous Americans led their fellow patriots in throwing tea into Boston Harbor to protest tea taxes?

• George Washington & Thomas Jefferson
• John Adams & John Hancock
• Samuel Adams & Paul Revere
• Williams Dawes & Samuel Prescott

What significant event happened at the Battles of Lexington and Concord?

• End of the Revolutionary War.
• Colonists were shot after taunting British soldiers.
• Site of the first armed conflict of the Revolutionary War.
• The French joined the American colonists in fighting the British.