Unit 2: The Revolutionary Era Review

How did the American colonies react to enforcement of the Intolerable Acts?

• By collecting funds to pay for the tea destroyed in Boston Harbor

• By sending ambassadors to France to request military aid

• By placing a tax on all goods imported from Great Britain

• By holding the First Continental Congress to discuss unified resistance

Which of the following best completes this diagram?

• Colonists sought military support from France

• Colonists organized boycotts of British goods

• Colonists signed the Declaration of Independence

• Colonists dumped tea into Boston Harbor

• - Sugar Act

• - Quartering Act

• - Stamp Act

These acts contributed to the start of the Revolutionary War by --

• Restricting colonial trade with American Indians

• Imposing regulations on colonial agriculture

• Angering colonists who believed that their civil liberties had been violated

• Punishing colonists for resisting the authority of Parliament

British colonists objected to the Proclamation of 1763 because they --

• Feared it would provoke attacks from American Indians

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

• Resented the limits it imposed on westward expansion

• Wanted to be able to trade freely with foreign nations

Why is the Battle of Saratoga considered a 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

What was one result of the Treaty of Paris 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

Which of these is a grievance from the Declaration of Independence?

• Colonists born in America were prohibited from holding elected office

• Colonists were forced to quarter troops in their homes

• Colonists were not eligible to become officers in the British army

• Colonists were required to serve a year in their colony's militia

• - Life

• - Liberty

• - Pursuit of Happiness

This list includes rights that are considered -

• Transferable

• Legislated

• Unalienable

• Inherited

The Proclamation of 1763 barred colonists from settling past what major geographic land form?

Reorder the following events in chronological order.

• The Tea Act

• The Boston Tea Party

• The Intolerable Acts

• The First Continental Congress Meets