American Revolution

Why did the Boston Tea Party occur?

• colonists were protesting the Stamp Act

• colonists were protesting the Tea Act

• colonists were protesting the intolerable Acts

Why was John Paul Jones recognized with the Congressional Gold Medal?

• preparing the strategy for the American Victory at Yorktown

• persuading France to provide military assistance to the Continental army

• commanding a victory at sea against the British navy

The idea of unalienable rights such as the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness came from:

• the divine right monarchs of Europe

• the Magna Carta

• John Locke's theory of natural rights

The main reason the Declaration of Independence was written was to

• declare was on Britain

• force France to support the Revolutionary War

• state the colonists' reasons for separating from Great Britain

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

• colonists 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

The year 1776 is an important date in US History because it marked the

• sighing of the Declaration of Independence

• beginning of the American Revolutionary War

• writing of the US Constitution

The primary purpose of the Stamp Act was to

• raise revenue to support British troops stationed in America

• reduce colonial consumption of foreign goods

• fund the colonial postal system

In the decade following the French and Indian War, many American colonists believed that new British taxes were unfair because

• tax rates were higher in some colonies than in others

• colonists were asked to pay higher taxes than those paid by people in England

• American colonists lacked representation in Parliament

What do the following represent: Stamp Act, Boston Massacre, Tea Act, Intolerable Acts?

• people living in Great Britian

• opponents of the American Revolution

• factors leading to the American Revolution

The Proclamation of 1763 did which of the following?

• prohibited colonists from producing iron for the American market

• forbade all colonial trade with the French West Indies

• set a boundary along the Appalachian Mountains beyond which the English colonists were forbidden to settle