12/13 Do Now: American Revolution Review

Use the diagram to answer the question.

Which statement BEST completes the diagram?

• Britain returned Louisiana to France.

• Britain demanded new taxes from American colonists.

• Britain ended the slave trade across the Atlantic Ocean.

• Britain only allowed the colonies to make laws about trade.

Use the newspaper to answer the question.

Which opinion is expressed in the headline?

• Colonists considered new taxes unfair.

• Parliament wanted more representation.

• Parliament lacked the authority to levy taxes.

• Colonists refused to pay any taxes to Britain.

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.

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

What was the author's main purpose for writing the Declaration of Independence?

• To officially state the colonists' reasons for separating from Great Britain

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  To create the plan for a new democratic government in the colonies

• To inform King George of life in the colonies

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  To influence Loyalists to support the causes of the American Revolution

What was Thomas Jefferson's well-known contribution to the American Revolution?

• Acting as a General in the Continental Army

• Writing the Declaration of Independence

• Serving as a senator from Virginia

• Being elected President of the United States

Match the following

• Patriot

• A colonist that would say

  “I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!”

• Patriot

• A colonist who was seeking independence from the British was called a

• Loyalists

• A colonist who did not want independence from the British was called a

Which of the following best summarizes the main issues surrounding fighting at the battles of Lexington and Concord?

• The British were moving their army to Lexington/Concord to seize colonial militia weapons and arrest colonial Patriot leaders.

• Because a lack of supplies, General Washington’s troops endured much hardship at the battle of Lexington and Concord.

• The fighting at the battle of Lexington and Concord marked the beginning of the American Revolution.

• Because of the Battle of Lexington and Concord, Great Britain recognized the United States as an independent country.