8th Grade S.S. STAAR Review 2

Match the following British Policies to their definitions.

• taxed tea

• Sugar Act

• closed Boston

• Tea Act

• tax on sugar

• Stamp Act

• tax on documents and stamps

• Townshend Acts

• tax on imported goods

• Intolerable Acts

What important document was written in 1776 and who was the author?

Answer explanation

The document was The Declaration of Independence written by Thomas Jefferson

Match the following events or battles of the American Revolution with their description

• ended the American Revolution

• Valley Forge

• last major battle of the war

• Lexington and Concord

• the American Army spend a long, harsh winter here

• Treaty of Paris

• turning point of the war

• Yorktown

• First battles of the revolution

• Saratoga

The army of the Thirteen Colonies in the Revolutionary-era United States

• Red Coats

• Continental Army

• minutemen

• British Army

A colonist of the American revolutionary period who supported the King and the British (England's) cause.

• Loyalist

• Patriot

• Englishman

• Traitor

A colonist who favored independence from Great Britain and war against Britain

• Patriot

• Loyalist

• Ally

• War Hawk

Who won the American Revolution?

• The British
• The American Colonists

The Continental Congress members that signed the Declaration of Independence in 1776 could be tried for this crime.

• Treason

• Bribery

• Espionage

• Simony

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.

The French allied with the colonies to help fight the British during the American Revolution. The best definition for ally is...

• A hostile nation or its armed forces or citizens, especially in time of war.

• To relate by similarity of structure, certain qualities, etc.

• Combine or unite a resource or commodity with (another) for mutual benefit.

• A nation that joins another nation in some common effort, such as fighting a war