8TH GRADE SS BLITZ WARM-UP DAY 2

Matching - Select the best answer.

• Tea Act

• Law forbidding colonists from moving west of Appalachian Mountains; angered colonists

• Intolerable Acts

• Resulted in Sam Adams and Sons of Liberty dumping tea into Boston Harbor

• Proclamation of 1763

• British response to the Boston Tea Party; increased tensions between colonists and the British

• Treaty of Paris 1783

• Officially ended the American Revolution; recognized US independence and boundaries

Determine which statement explains the important event of the American Revolution.

• Last major battle, resulted in the end of the American Revolution

• Battle of Saratoga

• Turning point, convinced France to ally with the U.S.

• Winter at Valley Forge

• Increased casualties due to disease and starvation

• Battle of Yorktown

The primary grievance against King George III and Parliament was over the colonists’ -

• right to sell sugar without being taxed

• rights being violated by Red Coats at the Boston Massacre

• inability to hold a public office in the colonies

• belief that their civil liberties had been violated

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?

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

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

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

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

Which description is an example of an unalienable right from the Declaration of Independence?

• A. Equality – People’s education should be equal in every state.

• B. Wealth – People’s salaries should be dependent on their skills.

• C. Happiness – People can do lawful things that they enjoy.

• D. Patriotism – People can choose to join any of the armed forces.