American Revolution STAAR Review

• The American victory at the Battle of Yorktown

• The negotiation of the Treaty of Paris by American diplomats

• The bravery of American soldiers at Valley Forge

• The arrival of French aid after the Battle of Saratoga

• Parliament repeals the Stamp and Sugar Acts

• King George III allows colonists to petition Parliament for tax relief

• Parliament passes the Intolerable Acts

• King George III appoints colonial representatives to Parliament

• Granted to citizens by their government

• Natural and possessed at birth

• Protected under religious doctrine

• Defined by the courts

British colonists objected to the Proclamation of 1763 because they -

• Feared it would provoke attacks from American Indians

• Did not want to share control of the fur trade with France

• Resented the limits it imposed on westward expansion

• Wanted to be able to trade freely with foreign nations

Which of these is a grievance from the Declaration of Independence?

• Colonists born in America were prohibited from holding elected office

• Colonists were forced to quarter troops in their homes

• Colonists were not eligible to become officers in the British army

• Colonists were required to serve a year in their colony’s militia

• The era of westward expansion

• The Era of Good Feelings

• The Revolutionary era

• The Jacksonian era

• Encourage the outbreak of war between England and France

• Protest British taxation policies

• End trade disagreements between colonists and French traders

• Protest a ban on selling beverages in the colonies

• Articles of Confederation

• Bill of Rights

• Treaty of Paris

• Declaration of Independence

• Earn by demonstrating loyalty to their government

• Receive by becoming citizens of a country

• Have as a result of being human

• Are granted after enlistment in the military

Which of the following was a direct consequence of the Intolerable Acts?

• The formation of the First Continental Congress

• The beginning of the French and Indian War

• The signing of the Treaty of Paris

• The drafting of the Articles of Confederation