American Revolution STAAR TEKS

*Intolerable Acts Imposed
*First Continental Congress Convened
*Thomas Paine's Common Sense Published
All the events listed above occurred during...

• The Era of Westward Expansion
• The Era of Good Feelings
• The Revolutionary Era
  The Revolutionary Era
• The Jacksonian Era

*Sugar Act
*Quartering Act
*Stamp Act
These acts contributed to the start of the Revolutionary War by...

• Restricting colonial trade with American Indians
• Imposing regulations on colonial agriculture.
• Angering colonists who believed that their civil liberties had been violated.
• Punishing colonists for resisting the authority of Parliament. 

"It is essential to the freedom & security of a free people, that no taxes be imposed upon them but by their own consent, or their representatives."
 - The Sons of Liberty, address to the public, New York, December 15, 1773
The excerpt above reflects the dissatisfaction of American colonists with the...

• Political debates that took place at the Albany Convention.
• Interference of Great Britain in the slave trade.
• Economic consequences of the Great Awakening.
• Economic policies imposed by Great Britain following the French and Indian War.

British colonists objected to the Proclamation of 1763 because they...

• Feared it would provoke attacks from American Indians.
• Did not want to share control of the fur trade with France.
• Resented the limits it imposed on Westward Expansion.
• Wanted to be able to trade freely with foreign nations. 

What was one result of the Treaty of Paris of 1783?

• Great Britain recognized the United States as an independent country.
• Competing Seminole and Spanish claims in West Florida were resolved.
• The British navy agreed to stop pressing American sailors into service.
• British territory in eastern Canada was ceded to France.

"Here in the autumn of 1777, American forces met, defeated and forced a major British army to surrender. This crucial American victory in the Battle of _____ renewed patriots hopes for independence, secured essential foreign recognition and support, and forever changed the face of the world."
"A Crucial American Victory," U.S. National Park Service,
Which of the following best competes this excerpt? 

• Trenton
• Yorktown
• Saratoga
• Concord

"America may boast that she has accomplished what no power before her ever did, contending with Britain - Captured two of their celebrated Generals and each an Army of thousands of veteran troops to support them."
- Abigail Adams, letter to John Adams, Dec. 19, 1781
To which of the following is Abigail Adams referring in this excerpt?

• The American Victory at the Battle of Yorktown
• The negotiation of the Treaty of Paris by American diplomats
• The bravery of American soldiers at Valley Forge
• The arrival of French aid after the Battle of Saratoga

Unalienable Rights
*Life
*Liberty
*Pursuit of Happiness
The rights listed above were - 

• established by a series of Supreme Court decisions.
• defined by Thomas Jefferson in the Declaration of Independence.
• established by the ratification of the U.S. Constitution.
• defined by President George Washington in his Farewell Address.

Which excerpt from the Declaration of Independence best explains why colonists were unhappy about their lack of representation in the British Parliament?

• "He has refused to pass other Laws for the accommodation of large districts of people"
• "For imposing Taxes without our Consent"
• "He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good."
• "For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences."

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"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 the 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.