STAAR Review 2 American Revolution

• Intolerable Acts imposed

• First Continental Congress convened

• Thomas Paine’s Common Sense published

All the events listed above occurred during —

• the era of westward expansion

• the Era of Good Feelings

• the Revolutionary era

• the Jacksonian era

British colonists objected to the Proclamation of 1763 because they —

• feared it would provoke attacks from American Indians

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

• resented the limits it imposed on westward expansion

• wanted to be able to trade freely with foreign nations

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights. . . . —Declaration of Independence, 1776

This excerpt refers to rights that people —

• earn by demonstrating loyalty to their government

• receive by becoming citizens of a country

• have as a result of being human

• are granted after enlistment in the military

In 1787, Congress awarded John Paul Jones the Congressional Gold Medal in honor of his “valor and brilliant services” during the Revolutionary War. Which accomplishment was Congress recognizing?

• Leading the evacuation of Washington, D.C., during the British invasion

• 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

It is essential to the freedom and security of a free people, that no taxes be imposed upon them but by their own consent, or their representatives. —The Sons of Liberty, address to the public, New York, December 15, 1773

The excerpt above 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

Unalienable Rights

• Life

• Liberty

• Pursuit of happiness

The rights listed above were —

• established by a series of Supreme Court decisions

• defined by Thomas Jefferson in the Declaration of Independence

• established by the ratification of the U.S. Constitution

• defined by President George Washington in his Farewell Address

These acts 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

Which of these completes this graphic organizer?

• Parliament repeals the Stamp and Sugar Acts.

• King George III allows colonists to petition Parliament for tax relief.

• Parliament passes the Intolerable Acts.

• King George III appoints colonial representatives to Parliament

Which of the following best completes this excerpt?

• Saratoga

• Concord

• Trenton

• Yorktown

What was one result of the Treaty of Paris of 1783?

• Great Britain recognized the United States as an independent country.

• Competing Seminole and Spanish claims in West Florida were resolved.

• The British navy agreed to stop pressing American sailors into service.

• British territory in eastern Canada was ceded to France.