Unit 2 American Revolution Part 1

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 mercantilism policies create tension between Great Britain and the colonies?

• By introducing indentured servitude to the middle colonies

• By requiring colonists to enlist in the military

• By limiting the amount of farmland each colonist could have

• By preventing colonists from trading with most other foreign colonies

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

• The British victory extended the fighting to 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

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

• Colonist 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 their colony’s militia.

Life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness are rights that are considered—

• Transferable

• Legislated

• Unalienable

• Inherited

John Hancock was one of the Founding Fathers committed to liberty. How did he demonstrate this commitment?

• By writing the Articles of Confederation

• By serving as commander in chief of the Continental army

• By organizing Committee of Correspondence

• By signing the Declaration of Independence

Cause: Parliament passed the Stamp Act of 1765. Immediate

Effect: ______________________________________________.

Which of the following best completed the blank?

• Colonists sought military support from France

• Colonists organized boycotts of British goods

• Colonists signed the Declaration of Independence

• Colonists dumped tea into Boston Harbor

The Sugar Act, the Quartering Act, and the Stamp Act 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

“It is essential to the freedom and security of a free people, that no taxes be imposed upon them by their own consent, or their representatives.”

---The Sons of Liberty, address to the public, New York, December, 15, 1773. The excerpt 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

The British government issued the Proclamation of 1763 to limit the area British colonies were allowed to settle. Which geographic feature did the British use as the boundary of approved settlement?

• Lake Michigan

• Gulf of Mexico

• Mississippi River

• Appalachian Mountains