8th grade US History STAAR review: American Revolution

All the events listed above occurred during--

• the era of westward expansion

• the Era of Good Feelings

• the Revolutionary era

• the Jacksonian era

What was the primary reason Parliament passed these acts?

• To promote the growth of cottage industries in the colonies

• To encourage foreign trade with the colonies

• To recover the cost of defending the colonies

• To fund the establishment of new colonies

How did mercantilist policies create tension between Great Britain and the colonies?

• By introducing indentured servitude to the middle colonies

• By requiring colonist to enlist in the military

• By limiting the amount of farmland each colonist could have

• By preventing colonist from trading with most other foreign countries

Which of the following best completes this diagram?

• Colonists sought military support from France

• Colonist organized boycotts of British goods

• Colonist signed the Declaration of Independence

• Colonists dumped tea into Boston Harbor

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

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 nation

The Continental Congress issued this commission to --

• Benedict Arnold

• Alexander Hamilton

• John Hancock

• George Washington

Why is the Battle of Saratoga considered a turning point of the Revolutionary War?

• the British victory extended the fighting for another year

• The American defeat led many soldiers to desert the Continental army

• The British defeat marked the beginning of a steady decline in British military superiority

• The American victory convinced France to ally with the United States

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 agree to stop pressing American sailors into service

• British territory in easter Canada was ceded to France