STAAR Questions: American Revolution 2

All the events listed below occurred during?

• the era of westward expansion

• the Era of Good Feelings

• the Revolutionary era

• the Jacksonian era

Which of the following best completes this diagram below?

• Colonists sought military support from France.

• Colonists organized boycotts of British goods.

• Colonists signed the Declaration of Independence.

• Colonists dumped tea into Boston Harbor.

These below 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 below 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.

The Continental Congress issued this commission to?

• Benedict Arnold

• Alexander Hamilton

• John Hancock

• George Washington

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.

Which of the following best completes this excerpt below?

• Saratoga

• Concord

• Trenton

• Yorktown

To which of the following is Abigail Adams referring in this excerpt below?

• 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.

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.