American Revolution 8th Grade STAAR Review

British colonists largely objected to which of the following prohibitions of westward expansion following the French an Indian War?

• Stamp Act of 1765
• Proclamation of 1763
• Treaty of Paris 1783
• Sugar Act of 1764

The following quote from Samuel Adams in 1772 is an argument against what practice imposed by Britain on the American colonists?

• taxation without representation
• prohibition of slavery
• banning of the right to own firearms
• imposing limitations on land expansion

Which of the following is not one of the Intolerable Acts of 1774?

• The closing of the Port of Boston
• The mandatory quartering of British soldiers
• The right to ban all town meetings by the governor
• The increased taxation on all exported goods from Boston

The diagram depicts what economic relationship between the American colonies and Britain in 1760?

• tax-free trade
• mercantilism
• balance of trade power
• federalism

The image was one of the required depictions to be place on newspapers and other documents by the Stamp Act in 1765. What was the purpose of the Stamp Act?

• To indicate British approval on official government documents
• To prevent fraudulent newspapers being printed in the colonies
• To produce revenue for Britain through taxation on the colonists
• To encourage colonists to remain faithful to their royal allegiance

The quote is an account of what Revolutionary battle?

• Battle of Yorktown
• Battle of Lexington
• Winter at Valley Forge
• Battle of Bunker Hill

Which of the following statements is found in the Treaty of Paris of 1783?

• "His Britannic Majesty acknowledges the said United States...to be free sovereign and independent states, that he treats with them as such, and for himself, his heirs and successors, relinquishes all claims to the government, propriety, and territorial rights of the same and every part thereof."
• "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, that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness."
• "We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America."
• "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances."

The US Constitution establishes the following provision:
"All legislative powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives." - Article 1, US Constitution
This provision is directly related to which of the following grievances listed in the Declaration of Independence?

• "judges dependent on the [king's] will alone for the tenure of their offices, and the amount and payment of their salaries"
• "quartering large bodies of armed troops among us"
• "imposing taxes on us without our consent"
• "refused for a long time... to cause others to be elected, whereby the legislative powers...have returned to the people at large for their exercise"

The following grievance found in the Declaration of Independence is addressed in which Amendment in the Bill of Rights?
"For depriving us in many cases, of the benefit of Trial by Jury" - Declaration of Independence, 1776

• First Amendment
• Second Amendment
• Fourth Amendment
• Sixth Amendment

Which of the following unalienable human rights were not defined in the Declaration of Independence?

• right to liberty
• right to be free of taxation
• right to life
• right to pursue happiness