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 statement best explains why this resolution was adopted?

• Colonists were upset by the punishment imposed after the Boston Tea Party

• Colonists created this in order to address the causes of the Boston Massacre

• Colonists were opposed to colonial laws being created only by Parliament

• Colonists wanted to expand powers given to governors appointed by King George III

What was the primary reason Parliament passed these acts?

• To promote the growth of cottage industries in the colonies

• To encourage foreign trade with the colonies

• To recover the cots of defending the colonies

• To fund the establishment of new colonies

How did mercantilist policies create tension between Great Britain and the colonies?

• By introducing indentured servitude to the middle colonies

• By requiring colonists to enlist in the military

• By limiting the amount of farmland each colonist could have

• By preventing colonists from trading with most other foreign countries

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

Which event occurred as a result of General Cornwallis's surrender at the Battle of Yorktown?

• France recognized American independence and declared war against Great Britain

• The Second Continental Congress agreed to the Articles of Confederation

• Great Britain and the United States signed the Treaty of Paris 1783

• The Second Continental Congress sent the Olive Branch Petition to King George III

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