STAAR Questions: American Revolution Era

This list shows events that occurred during the 1700s. Some Events from the Era of the __________? - Boston Tea Party - Passage of Intolerable Acts - Battles of Lexington and Concord Which era correctly completes the title of the list?

• War of 1812

• Great Awakening

• American Revolution

• French and Indian War

Which era in U.S. history correctly replaces the question mark for the title of this diagram? [Diagram with a central oval labeled ? connected to three boxes reading: "People protested the passage of the Intolerable Acts.", "Civilians were forced to house soldiers.", and "People tried to expand self-government."]

• Reconstruction

• Sectionalism

• The Revolutionary Period

• The Early Republic

June - 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. July - Congress debates and revises 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

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

• 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. [Cartoon depicts a mother country being served goods labeled "Gold & Silver," "Foodstuffs," and "Raw Materials" by figures labeled "Colony."]. Which events in U.S. history are directly associated with this cartoon? Select TWO correct answers.

• Passage of the Northwest Ordinance

• Passage of the Navigation Acts

• Boston Tea Party

• Great Awakening

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

Read the headlines and answer the question that follows. The Daily Star headlines: - Great Britain Orders Closure of Boston Harbor Until Money Lost from Tea Is Repaid - Great Britain Dissolves Massachusetts Legislature - Great Britain Allows British Officials in America Charged with Crimes to Go to England for Trial - Great Britain Authorizes Colonial Governors to Quarter British Soldiers in Unoccupied Buildings 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?

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

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

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

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

Timeline: 1764 — Sugar Act 1765 — Stamp Act 1767 — Townshend Acts 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

How did mercantilist policies create tension between Great Britain and the colonies?

• By introducing indentured servitude to the middle colonies

• By requiring colonists to enlist in the military

• By limiting the amount of farmland each colonist could have

• By preventing colonists from trading with most other foreign countries