DCFA 8.2.CE Roadmap of Events Leading to Revolutionary War

What would be the most appropriate title for this timeline?

• Causes of the American Revolution

• Causes of the French and Indian War

• Events Leading to the Signing of the Constitution

• Events Leading to the Bill of Rights

These are three grievances listed in the Declaration of Independence. What action were the writers of the Declaration of Independence referencing in these grievances?

• the Boston Massacre

• the French and Indian War

• the Stamp Act

• the Intolerable (Coercive) Acts

What is the meaning of the word LEVY as used in the sentence below?

Parliament LEVIED taxes on the colonists without legislative representation.

• To impose, demand, or use coercive force.

• To depose, request, or ask.

• To refuse, withstand, or withhold.

• To refrain, retain, or sustain.

What key American document was forged after the Second Continental Congress met?

• The Mayflower Compact

• The Proclamation of 1763

• The Declaration of Interdependence

• The Declaration of Independence

This is a time line of a few events in the late 1700s. Which would be the next event in this time line?

• The Declaration of Independence was signed.

• The Boston Massacre occurred.

• The Tea Act was passed.

• The British surrendered.

The colonists boycotted British goods in revolt of levied taxes, for example, the stamp collectors resigned from their placed positions as refusal to collect levies in response to which imposed tax.

• The Sugar Act

• The Stamp Act

• The Quartering Act

• The Navigation Act

What action caused Great Britain to repeal the Stamp Act?

• Colonists sent a list of grievances about the act to Parliament.

• The British military protested the act because the revenue was not used to support them.

• The Sons of Liberty destroyed British goods by throwing them into the Boston Harbor.

• Colonists participated in boycotts of British goods.

What was the main outcome of the Boston Tea Party?

• The repeal of the Stamp Act

• The destruction of British tea in Boston Harbor met by Great Britain's imposition of the Intolerable/ Coercive Acts

• The imposition of the Tea Act

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  The signing of the Treaty of Paris

This is an excerpt from an article in the South Carolina Gazette in 1774. The Sons of Liberty actions described in this excerpt were a result of what legislation?

• the Declaratory Act

• the Navigation Acts

• the Stamp Act

• the Tea Act

Many battles were fought on the Revolutionary war grounds of South Carolina where Carolinians played a significant role in defeating Great Britain. Key leaders of South Carolina, such as Christopher Gadsden, advocated for and revolted in favor of declaring our independence from the start. Gadsden was a South Carolina politician, merchant, and military leader who opposed British laws.

Based off the information provided, the reader can logically conclude that...

• Christopher Gadsden was a chosen delegate at the Continental Congress who firmly represented South Carolinians vision of fighting for freedom and independence.

• Christopher Gadsden was a chosen delegate to attend the Continental Congress who firmly represented South Carolinians vision of remaining loyal to the king and Great Britain.

• Christopher Gadsden was a chosen delegate at the Continental Congress who firmly disagreed with South Carolinians vision of fighting for freedom and independence.

• Christopher Gadsden was a chosen delegate to attend the Continental Congress who misrepresented South Carolinians vision of remaining loyal to the king and Great Britain.