Top. 2 Less. 4 review and apply

What event led to the British wanting to take suspects to Britain for trial?

• The repeal of the Stamp Act

• The burning of the Gaspee

• The establishment of colonial militias

• The passing of the Tea Act

What did Thomas Jefferson suggest each colony establish to communicate about British activities?

• Provincial Congress

• Continental Army

• Committee of Correspondence

• Sons of Liberty

What did Britain pass to punish Massachusetts for the Boston Tea Party?

• Intolerable Acts

• Townshend Acts

• Sugar Act

• Stamp Act

What battle demonstrated that colonists could inflict serious damage to the British military?

• Battle of Saratoga

• Battle of Bunker Hill

• Battle of Lexington and Concord

• Battle of Yorktown

What did the British issue to stop trade and create naval blockades?

• Proclamation of 1763

• Declaratory Act

• Intolerable Acts

• prohibitory act

What did the British refuse to do, leading to the decision to declare independence?

• Repeal the Intolerable Acts

• Recognize colonial militias

• Compromise with the colonists

• Negotiate a peace treaty

What did some African Americans enslaved by Patriots join the British for?

• Promised freedom

• Better pay

• Protection from British troops

• Access to education

According to Thomas Paine, what was the source of tyranny over the North American colonies?

• The British monarchy

• The colonial militias

• The Continental Congress

• The French monarchy

What event led to the British issuing the Intolerable Acts?

• The Boston Tea Party

• The Battle of Saratoga

• The signing of the Declaration of Independence

• The Olive Branch Petition

What conditions and events caused colonists in British North America to rebel and declare independence from the British Empire?

• The repeal of the Stamp Act and the burning of the Gaspee

• The establishment of colonial militias and the passing of the Tea Act

• The British ignoring the Olive Branch Petition and passing the Intolerable Acts

• The Battle of Lexington and Concord and the Battle of Bunker Hill