American Revolution INT

Which era in U.S. history correctly replaces the question mark for the title of this diagram?

• Reconstruction

• Sectionalism

• The Revolutionary Time Period

• The Early Republic

Select TWO of the following issues. How was each issue a cause of the American Revolution?

• Proclamation of 1763

• The Stamp Act

• Lack of representation in Parliament

• British economic policies following the French and Indian War

The British government issued the Proclamation of 1763 to limit the area British colonists were allowed to settle. Which geographic feature did the British use as the boundary of approved settlement?

• Lake Michigan

• Gulf of Mexico

• Mississippi River

• Appalachian Mountains

British colonists objected to the Proclamation of 1763 because of

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.

Sugar Act

Quartering Act

Stamp Act

These acts contributed to the start of the Revolutionary War by

List the three unalienable rights and give an example of

Life

Liberty

Pursuit of Happiness

This list includes rights that are considered —

In this excerpt, the authors of the Virginia Declaration of Rights are describing rights they consider —

• granted to citizens by their government

• natural and possessed at birth

• protected under religious doctrine

• defined by the courts