STAAR Review American Revolution

This listed includes rights that are considered-

• transferable

• legislated

• unalienable

• inheraited

All the events listed occurred during-

• the era of westward expansion

• the era of Good Feelings

• the Revolutionary era

• the Jacksonian era

What was the primary reason parliament passed theses acts?

• To promote the growth of cottage industries in the colonies

• to encourage foreign trade with the colonies

• to recover the cost of defending the colonies

• to sign the establishment of new colonies

What was one result of the treaty Paris is 1783?

• Great Britain recognized 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 and Eastern Canada was ceded to France

The excerpt above reflects dissipation of American colonists with-

• the political debates that took place at the Albany convention

• interference of Great Britain and the slave trade Economic

• Consequences of the Great Awakening economic

• policies and imposed by Great Britain following the French and Indian War

The British government issued the proclamation 1763 to limit the area British colonists were allowed to settle.Which geographic feature did the British use of the boundary of the approved settlement?

• Lake Michigan

• Gulf of Mexico

• Mississippi River

• Appalachian Mountains

To which of the following is Abigail Adams referring in this excerpt?

• the American victory at the Battle of Yorktown

• the negotiation of the Treaty of Paris by American diplomats

• The bravery of American soldiers at Valley Forge

• the arrival of French aid after battle Saratoga

British colonists objected to the Proclamation of 1763 because?

• they feared it provoke attacks from American Indians

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

• resisted the limits it imposed on westward expansion

• wanted to be able to trade freely before Nations

John Hancock is one of the founding fathers committed to Liberty how did he demonstrate this commitment ?

• by riding the Articles of Confederation

• by serving as commander-in-chief the Continental Army

• by organizing Committees of Correspondence

• by signing the Declaration of Independence

Why is the battle Saratoga considered the turning point in the Revolutionary War?

• the British Victory extended the fighting for another year

• the American defeat led many soldiers to desert the Continental Army

• the British defeat marked the beginning of a steady decline in British military superiority

• the American victory convinced France to ally with the United States