American Revolution DLA 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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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

____________ 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

Cause: _______?________
Effect: Parliament imposes new taxes on the colonies and enforces old taxes more stricly

• Sons of Liberty dumped tea into Boston harbor
• delegates at the Continental Congress sent the Olive Branch Petition to King George III
• Great Britain acquires a large debt from the French & Indian War
• delegates at the Continental Congress sign the Declaration of Independence

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