American Revolution Era STAAR Test Review

Which characteristics are associated with the American Revolution era and which are associated with the Civil War era? Move each characteristic to the correct era.

• Civil War Era

• Conflict over issue of mercantilism

• American Revolution Era

• Ideas of Thomas Paine inspired action

• American Revolution Era

• Conflict over issue of slavery

• Civil War Era

• Ideas of Jefferson Davis inspired action

Identify the major eras in U.S. history through 1877, including colonization, revolution, creation and ratification of the Constitution, early republic, the Age of Jackson, westward expansion, reform movements, sectionalism, Civil War, and Reconstruction, and describe their causes and effects. Which era in U.S. history correctly replaces the question mark for the title of this diagram?

• Reconstruction

• Sectionalism

• The Revolutionary Period

• The Early Republic

The Continental Congress appoints a committee to prepare a document. The committee selects Thomas Jefferson to compose a draft. The draft is reviewed and revised by the committee. Congress debates and reviews the document. Congress officially approves the document. This sequence of events resulted in the adoption of the —

• Articles of Confederation

• Bill of Rights

• Treaty of Paris

• Declaration of Independence

All the events listed above occurred during — - Intolerable Acts imposed - First Continental Congress convened - Thomas Paine’s Common Sense published

• The era of westward expansion

• The Era of Good Feelings

• The Revolutionary era

• The Jacksonian era

This cartoon shows a popular economic belief in Europe during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Which events in U.S. history are directly associated with this cartoon? Select TWO correct answers.

• A) Passage of the Northwest Ordinance

• B) Passage of the Navigation Acts

• C) Boston Tea Party

• D) Great Awakening

• E) Shays’s Rebellion

Select TWO of the following issues. How was each issue a cause of the American Revolution?

• The Stamp Act and Lack of representation in Parliament

• Proclamation of 1763 and The Stamp Act

• Proclamation of 1763 and Lack of representation in Parliament

• Proclamation of 1763 and British economic policies following the French and Indian War

• The Stamp Act and British economic policies following the French and Indian War

How did the American colonies react to enforcement of the Intolerable Acts?

• By collecting funds to pay for the tea destroyed in Boston Harbor

• By sending ambassadors to France to request military aid

• By placing a tax on all goods imported from Great Britain

• By holding the First Continental Congress to discuss unified resistance

How did the American colonists IMMEDIATELY respond to the 1774 laws described in these headlines?

• The First Continental Congress declared war on Great Britain.

• The colonists adopted the Articles of Confederation.

• The First Continental Congress sent a list of grievances to King George III.

• The colonists adopted the Bill of Rights.

Resolved, that the taxation of the people by themselves, or by persons chosen by themselves to represent them . . . is the only security against a burdensome taxation . . . —Virginia Stamp Act Resolutions, May 30, 1765. Which statement best explains why this resolution was adopted?

• F. Colonists were upset by the punishment imposed after the Boston Tea Party.

• G. Colonists created this in order to address the causes of the Boston Massacre.

• H. Colonists were opposed to colonial laws being created only by Parliament.

• J. Colonists wanted to expand powers given to governors appointed by King George III.

What was the primary reason Parliament passed these acts?

• To promote the growth of cottage industries in the colonies

• To encourage foreign trade with the colonies

• To recover the cost of defending the colonies

• To fund the establishment of new colonies