2.1 causes of the revolution staar review

propaganda during the Revolutionary Era was used to.... (choose 2)

• provide information about current events

• convince other colonists to rebel against the British

• mislead the courses of events to promote a political agenda

• help people write speeches over the slavery

Which of the following caused the American Colonists to join together at a congress in order to draft a boycott on British goods.

• Committee of correspondents

• sugar act

• stamp act

• Townshend Acts

Which of the following men was known as the "first death of the revolution"

• Crispus attucks

• Sam Adams

• Thomas Paine

• John Adams

Which of the following men was known for being a leader of the Sons of Liberty and drafting the "Committing of Correspondence"

• Crispus attucks

• Sam Adams

• Thomas Paine

• John Adams

Which of the following men was known for drafting a propaganda pamphlet called "common sense" in order to convince more colonists that it was common sense to leave great britain?

• Crispus attucks

• Sam Adams

• Thomas Paine

• John Adams

• 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

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

Who were the two Nations that fought in the French and Indian War?

• Britain and France

• Britain and Spain

• Colonists and Britain

• Indians and French

This tax was made for all paper products that the colonists bought from the British.

• Quarter Act

• Stamp Act

• Sugar Act

• Townshend Act

What slogan was used by the colonists to explain their issues with the taxes Britain imposed on them?

• "We don't buy any of your British goods!"

• "The French are taking all of our money!"

• "Taxes are lame!"

• "No taxation without representation!"