STAAR Causes of American Revolution

This sequence of events resulted in the adoption of the-

• Bill of Rights

• Treaty of Paris 1783

• Declaration of Independence

• Articles of Confederation

All the events listed above occurred during-

• the Jacksonian era

• the Era of Good Feelings

• The Revolutionary era

• the era of westward expansion

Which statements best explains why this resolution was adopted?

• Colonists wanted to expand powers given to governors appointed by King George III

• Colonists created this in order to address the causes of the Boston Massacre.

• Colonists were opposed to colonial laws being created only by Parliament.

• Colonists were upset by the punishment imposed after the Boston Tea Party

What was the primary reason Parliament passed these acts?

• To fund the establishment of new colonies

• To encourage foreign trade with the colonies

• To recover the cost of defending the colonies

• To promote the growth of cottage industries in the colonies.

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

• by preventing colonist from trading with most other foreign countries.

• By requiring colonists to enlist in the military

• By limiting the amount of farmland each colonist could have

• By introducing indentured servitude to the middle colonies

Which of the following best completes this diagram?

• Colonists dumped tea into Boston Harbor

• Colonists organized boycotts of British goods.

• Colonists signed the Declaration of Independence.

• Colonists sought military support from France.

The excerpt above reflects the dissatisfaction of American colonist with the-

• economic policies imposed by Great Britain following the French and Indian War

• interference of Great Britain in the slave trade

• economic consequences of the Great Awakening

• Political debates that took place at the Albany Convention

British colonists objected to the Proclamation of 1763 because they-

• wanted to be able to trade freely with foreign nations

• did not want to share control of the fur trade with France

• resented the limits it imposed on westward expansion

• feared it would provoke attacks from American Indians

The Continental Congress issued this commission to-

• George Washington

• Alexander Hamilton

• John Hancock

• Benedict Arnold

Which event occurred as a result of General Cornwallis’s surrender at the Battle of Yorktown?

• The Second Continental Congress sent the Olive Branch Petition to King George III

• The Second Continental Congress agreed to the Articles of Confederation.

• Great Britain and the United States signed the Treaty of Paris 1783.

• France recognized American independence and declared war against Great Britain