22/23 W. I.S.- A.R. Events (STAAR REVIEW)

April 19, 1775 is day that will be remembered for the event that signaled the beginning of the Revolutionary War. What event was it? 

• THe Boston Massacre
• The Battles at Lexington and Concord
• The election of George Washington as president
• The Boston Tea Party

The Declaration of Independence was signed on which date declaring we are an independent country

• July 4, 1776

• July 4, 1770

• July 4, 1820

• July 4, 1775

The battle of Saratoga was a key victory and the tuning point for the Americans because it

• brought British an offer  of recognition

• brought colonist aid and alliance with France

• prevented fighting from spreading North

• prevented a colonial captain from being captured.

 ____________ is known as a camp with a bitterly cold winter where troops had to survive a small pox epidemic and finally began formal training.

• Valley Forge
• Yorktown
• Saratoga
• Bunker Hill

Which of these is a result of the Battle of Yorktown?

• the fighting continued for more than a year

• the war ended within 6 months

• the French withdrew their assistance since it wasn’t needed

• General Cornwallis and the British surrendered

What was one result of the Treaty of Paris in 1783?

• Great Britain recognized thee 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.

This struggle between the British and the French in the colonies of North America was part of a worldwide war known as the Seven Years' War

• French and Indian War
• American Revolution
• War of 1812
• War with Mexico

A proclamation from the British government which forbade British colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains, in order to avoid conflict with the Native Americans.

• Declaration of Independence
• Emancipation Proclamation
• Proclamation of 1763
• Intolerable Proclamation

A tax that the British Pariliament placed on newspapers and official documents sold in the American Colonies.

• Sugar Act

• Stamp Act

• Quartering Act

• Document Tax

Required colonists to provide food and shelter to British troops stationed in the colonies.

• Housing Administration Act
• Quartering Act
• Sugar Act
• Stamp Act