The American Revolution

Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness are examples of...

• Bill of Rights

• state's rights

• unalienable rights

After the Battle of Yorktown (1781), which treaty gave the U.S. independence from Great Britain?

• Ghent

• Guadalupe Hidalgo

• Paris

The key words for Battle of Saratoga (1777) are turning point, ally, and...

• England

• France

• Mexico

• Spain

Who was General and Commander in chief of the Continental Army?

• Alexander Hamilton

• Benjamin Franklin

• Thomas Jefferson

• George Washington

Chronology: Tea Act, Boston Tea Party, _______________, and First Continental Congress

• Battles of Lexington and Concord

• Intolerable Acts

• Proclamation of 1763

• Stamp Act of 1765

Chronology: Battles of the American Revolution

• Concord and Lexington, Saratoga, and Yorktown

• Lexington and Concord, Yorktown, and Saratoga

• Yorktown, Saratoga, Lexington, and Concord

• Saratoga, Yorktown, Lexington, and Concord

Which cause of the American Revolution is described in this excerpt?

• Boston Massacre

• Boston Tea Party

• French and Indian War

• Proclamation of 1763

Which phrase would best help you answer a question from this excerpt?

• "Four score and seven years ago..."

• No taxation without representation in Parliament

Look at these keywords from a STAAR question; the most likely matching keywords are...

• Appalachian Mountains

• pay off debt after the French and Indian War

• representative self-government

• trade with foreign countries

Who defeated the British navy and is called the "Father of the American Navy"?

• George Washington

• Thomas Paine

• John Paul Jones

• Thomas Jefferson