American Revolutiion Part 2

Thomas Jefferson and many other colonists felt that they were being treated unfairly by the British. Jefferson worked with John Adams and Benjamin Franklin to write the Declaration of Independence. In this document, they declared that the colonies were independent from Great Britain and that the colonies would fight to protect their independence.

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  Jefferson was a popular abolitionist and fought for the rights of all people.

• Jefferson was a popular author and wrote many books and pamphlets.

• Jefferson was a successful politician and was committed to independence.

• Jefferson was a successful scientist and made many new inventions.

The Tea Act said only the East India Company could sell tea in the colonies. How did the people of Boston oppose the Tea Act?

• They dumped the East India Company's tea in the ocean.

• They began growing tea on their own farms.

• They bought tea from other colonies.

• They burned the ships that brought the East India Company's tea.

Which of the following statements represented American colonists' opposition to the British Stamp Act of 1765?

• "No new laws without due process"

• "No taxation without representation"

• "No billing without notice"

• "No direct taxation without reason"

  
  

The American colonists objected to the Stamp Act of 1765 mainly because

• they felt the British had no business telling them where they could settle.

• they did not agree with what the money would be spent on.

• they had no voice in the decision to create the tax.

• they thought that American businesses would be harmed.

After the French and Indian War, why did the British pass new laws taxing the colonies, such as the Stamp Act?

• The British wanted to punish the colonists for starting the war.

• The British wanted to use the money to rebuild damaged farms.

• The British spent a lot of money protecting the colonies during the war.

• The British needed the money to train and supply more colonial soldiers.

The American colonists objected to the Stamp Act of 1765 mainly because

• they felt the British had no business telling them where they could settle

• they did not agree with what the money would be spent on.

• they had no voice in the decision to create the tax.

• they thought that American businesses would be harmed.

The outcome of which battle convinced the French to fully support the United States in the American Revolution?

• the Battle of Concord

• the Battle of Saratoga

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  the Battle of Yorktown

• the Battle of Lexington