American Revolution STAAR REVIEW

What was the effect of the Sugar Act?

• Colonists boycott these products

• Colonists smuggle taxed goods - tax is repealed

• King George III creates the Intolerable Acts

• Formation of the Sons of Liberty

What did the Stamp Act lead to?

• Colonists smuggle taxed goods

• First Continental Congress supports protests

• Colonists protest the act and the Sons of Liberty is formed

• British General Cornwallis surrenders

What was the result of the Townshend Acts?

• Colonists are killed and tensions increase

• Colonists boycott these products - it is repealed

• Colonists formally separate from Britain

• France decides to support the colonists

What event escalated tensions leading to the Boston Massacre?

• Increasing number of British soldiers to enforce taxes

• The closure of Boston Harbor

• The signing of the Treaty of Paris 1783

• The Battle of Saratoga

What was the Tea Act's main limitation on colonists?

• Only allowed to buy tea from local merchants

• Forced to pay taxes on all imported goods

• Prohibited from drinking tea

• Could only buy foreign tea from the British East India Company

What was King George III's reaction to the Boston Tea Party?

• He was indifferent

• He was furious and created the Intolerable Acts

• He repealed the Tea Act

• He was pleased

What did the Intolerable Acts lead to?

• The Battle of Lexington & Concord

• First Continental Congress supports protests

• The formation of the Sons of Liberty

• British General Cornwallis surrenders

What was significant about the Battle of Lexington & Concord?

• It resulted in the signing of the Treaty of Paris 1783

• It led to the repeal of the Stamp Act

• It was the first battle of the American Revolution

• It was the last battle of the American Revolution

What did the Declaration of Independence announce?

• The end of the American Revolution

• The formation of the Sons of Liberty

• Independence from Britain and described grievances

• The signing of the Treaty of Paris 1783

What was the outcome of the Battle of Saratoga?

• France decides to support the colonists

• The repeal of the Townshend Acts

• The British surrender at Yorktown

• The formation of the First Continental Congress