Events of the American Revolution

The Proclamation of 1763 restricted--

• colonists from moving back to Great Britain.
• the western movement of settlers.
• the control of colonial legislatures.
• the amount of tea imported from Europe.

What significant event happened at the Battles of Lexington and Concord?

• End of the Revolutionary War.
• Colonists were shot after taunting British soldiers.
• Site of the first armed conflict of the Revolutionary War.
• The French joined the American colonists in fighting the British.

What battle that ended with an American victory was the turning point of the Revolutionary War? (a)  

• Battle of Bunker Hill
• Boston Massacre
• Battle of Quebec
• Battle of Saratoga

In which event were colonists shot after taunting British soldiers? (a)  

• Lexington & Concord
• Boston Tea Party
• First Continental Congress
• Boston Massacre

Great Britain eventually recognized American independence by signing the--

• Treaty of Paris in 1783
• Declaration of Independence in 1776.
• Proclamation of 1763
• Stamp Act of 1765

This Act made colonists buy stamps to place on all their printed documents. 

• Tea Act
• Quartering Act
• Intolerable Acts
• Stamp Act

The British government put a tax on something the colonists drank.  What was it?

• coffee
• milk
• tea
• water

What was the significance of the Boston Massacre?

• (1770) An incident in which British soldiers fired into a crowd of colonists, killing 5 people.
• (1773) A protest against the Tea Act in which a group of colonists boarded British ships and dumped more than 340 chests of tea into Boston Harbor
• 1754-1763-This war took place between the British and the French (who had made treaties with the Indians.)The British won all land east of the Mississippi, Florida and Canada leaving New Orleans and Louisiana to the French and Spain.
• (1774) laws passed by Parliament to punish the colonists for the Boston Tea

What was the significance of the Boston Tea Party?

• (1770) An incident in which British soldiers fired into a crowd of colonists, killing 5 people.
• (1773) A protest against the Tea Act in which a group of colonists boarded British ships and dumped more than 340 chests of tea into Boston Harbor
• 1754-1763-This war took place between the British and the French (who had made treaties with the Indians.)The British won all land east of the Mississippi, Florida and Canada leaving New Orleans and Louisiana to the French and Spain.
• (1774) laws passed by Parliament to punish the colonists for the Boston Tea

Surrounded by French and Continental armies, a large British army surrendered here.

• Saratoga
• Yorktown
• Bunker Hill
• Lexington and Concord