Skills Check #4 Review (23-24)

For what TWO reasons did the American Colonists declare independence from England?

• Colonists felt they should not be taxed for the French and Indian War

• Colonists were angered by the acts and the taxes imposed on them by King George III.

• Colonists wanted limitations set of freedom of religion.

• Colonists wanted to expand the fur trade and England did not allow them.

Identify the Appalachian Mountains, which served as boundary of the Proclamation of 1763.

In late 1775, many colonists were still loyal to England. Who helped convince the colonists that declaring independence was the best option?

• Thomas Paine
• John Adams
• Benjamin Franklin
• George Washington

The following excerpt would be found in which historical document?

" There shall be a firm and perpetual Peace between his Brittanic Majesty and the said States...all Hostilities both by Sea and Land shall from henceforth cease: All prisoners on both Sides shall be set at Liberty."

• Declaration of Independence
• Magna Carta
• Treaty of Paris
• Constitution of the United States

Who was the first casualty of the Boston Massacre that was purposely left out of this illustration?

• Crispus Attucks
• John Adams
• Paul Revere
• Samuel Adams

Which economic policy were the colonists opposed to?

• mercantilism

• free trade
• limited government
• taxation with representation

Determine which detail describes the British economic policies following the French and Indian War.

• Taxed newspapers, magazines, & legal doc

• Townshend Act

• closed Boston Harbor, canceled town mtgs

• Intolerable Acts

• Tax on glass, paper lead, & tea

• Stamp Act

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The actions in the boxes below are an example of British colonists -

• exercising their right to self-government

• engaging in acts of civil disobedience

• negotiating a peace treaty
• forming a rebellion

The quote below depicts patriots' commitment to liberty by -

• signing the Declaration of Independence

• enlisting to fight at the Battle of Saratoga

• surrendering to the British at Yorktown

• signing the Articles of Confederation