Key Events Leading to the American Revolution

What was the Proclamation of 1763?

• Colonists could not move west of the Appalachian Mountains

• Colonists were required to pay taxes on all goods

• Colonists were granted the right to settle in Canada

• Colonists were allowed to trade with Native Americans freely

Why were the British soldiers marching to Lexington and Concord?

• To arrest Samual Adams and John Hancock and seize weapons stored by the colonists.

• To reinforce British troops already stationed in the area.

• To negotiate a peace treaty with the colonists.

• To search for hidden treasure in the colonies.

This document lists the reasons that the American colonists separated from England.

• Constitution

• Bill of Rights

• Declaration of Independence

• Articles of Confederation

Who was the main author of the Declaration of Independence?

• George Washington

• Benjamin Franklin

• Thomas Jefferson

• John Adams

What does the word representation mean to the colonist?

• a voice in one’s government

• a symbol of freedom

• a form of taxation

• a type of protest

England punished the colonists for the Boston Tea Party by creating what Act? List the three parts of this act.

• Intolerable Acts (Coercive)

• Sugar Act

• Stamp Act

• Quartering Act

The Battles of Lexington and Concord signaled the beginning of what?

• American Revolutionary War

• War of 1812

• Civil War

• World War I

This was the first plan of Government of the United States.

• Constitution

• Bill of Rights

• Articles of Confederation

• Federalist Papers

Who organized and led the Sons of Liberty?

• Samuel Adams

• John Hancock

• Thomas Jefferson

• George Washington

Research why Georgia did not send a delegate to the First Continental Congress.

• Georgia was facing internal conflicts and could not spare a delegate.

• Georgia was loyal to the British Crown and did not want to participate.

• Georgia was too far away to send a delegate in time.

• Georgia was focused on local issues and did not see the need to participate.