Test Review (Revolutionary Era)

• Benedict Arnold

• Alexander Hamilton

• John Hancock

• George Washington

• Saratoga

• Concord

• Trenton

• Yorktown

• The American victory at the Battle of Yorktown

• The negotiation of the Treaty of Paris by American diplomatic

• The bravery of American soldiers at Valley Forge

• The arrival of French aid after the Battle of Saratoga

• Colonists sought military support from France

• Colonist organized boycotts of British goods

• Colonists signed the Declaration of Independence

• Colonists dumped tea into the Harbor

• 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

• Parliament repeals the Stamp and Sugar Acts

• King George III allows colonists to petition Parliament for tax relief

• Parliament passes the Intolerable Acts

• King George III appoints colonial representatives to Parliament

Which of these is a grievance from the Declaration of Independence?

• Colonists born in America were prohibited from holding elected office

• Colonists were forced to quarter troops in their homes

• Colonists were not eligible to become officers in the British army

• Colonists were required to serve a year in the colony's militia

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 on us 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."

• granted to citizens by their government

• natural and possessed at birth

• protected under religious doctrine

• defined by the courts

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