American Revolution Review

What is mercantilism?

• the Stamp Act
• when the Mother Country (England) benefits off its colonies
• Policies that kept the colonists from housing British soldiers
• Merry's policies against British soldiers

Which battle is considered the Turning Point of the American Revolution?

• Battle of Trenton
• Battle of Saratoga
• Lexington & Concord
• Battle of Bunker Hill

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____________ wrote the Declaration of Independence. 

• George Washington
• Patrick Henry
• Thomas Jefferson
• Thomas Paine

Colonists disliked the Proclamation of 1763 because...

• it kept them from settling west of the Appalachian mountains. 
• it allowed them to settle West of the Appalachian mountains.

What is a grievance in the Declaration of Independence?

• complaints against King George III
• complaints against the colonists

Parliament passed the Tea Act so Colonists dumped Tea into Boston Harbor. Because of the Boston Tea Party, Parliament punished the colonists by...

• appointing colonial representatives to Parliament
• passing the Intolerable Acts
• getting rid of all taxes
• declaring Independence from the colonies

The Declaration of Independence refers to the rights each human is born with that should not be taken away. What are these rights called?

• Human Rights
• Unalienable Rights
• Civil Rights
• Bill of Rights

What was stated in the Proclamation of 1763?

• Colonists were BANNED from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains.

• The Proclamation ended the French and Indian War.

• Colonists were ENCOURAGED to begin settling west of the Appalachian Mountains.

• The Proclamation proclaimed independence for the American colonists.

Why did Parliament want to tax the colonies?

• because they could

• they were upset with them

• they needed money after the French and Indian War

• to pay for the Civil War

The French began to support the Americans after this battle

• Lexington and Concord
• Yorktown
• Saratoga
• Treaty of French