YISD MS 8th SS American Revolution

Why did the Proclamation of 1763 contribute to tensions between colonists and Great Britain?

• It imposed taxes without colonial representation in Parliament.

• It required all colonial goods to be sold directly to Great Britain.

• It limited colonial expansion beyond the Appalachian Mountains.

• It replaced colonial legislatures with royal governors chosen by the King.

Thomas Paine contributed to the revolutionary cause by —

• founding a navy to fight in the Revolutionary war

• writing “Common Sense” to persuade others to join the Patriots

• speaking out against the Stamp Act in his “Give Me Liberty” speech

• recruiting Patriot fighters in New England known as the Green Mountain Boys

Where were the first shots of the Revolutionary War fired?

• Lexington

• Plymouth

• Saratoga

• Boston

Which of the following battles is considered a turning point for the Americans in the Revolutionary War?

• Battle of Saratoga

• Battle of Yorktown

• Battle of Lexington

• Battle of Trenton

Which of the following was a grievance listed in the Declaration of Independence?

• Quartering of soldiers

• Closing of Boston Harbor

• Ending religious toleration

• Disregarding freedom of speech

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*Intolerable Acts imposed

*First Continental Congress convened

*Thomas Paine's Common Sense published

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All the events listed above occurred during-

• the Era of Westward Expansion

• the Era of Good Feelings

• the Revolutionary Era

• the Jacksonian Era

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*Sugar Act

*Quartering Act

*Stamp Act

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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 and 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

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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

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*Life

*Liberty

*Pursuit of happiness

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This list includes rights that are considered-

• transferable

• legislated

• unalienable

• inherited

Which of the following best completes this diagram?

• Colonists sought military support from France.

• Colonists organized boycotts of British goods.

• Colonists signed the Declaration of Independence.

• Colonists dumped tea into Boston Harbor.