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American Revolution
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1
The British imposed taxes on the colonists to help pay the expenses of fighting the?
American Indian tribes
Spanish Armada
American Revolution
French and Indian War
2
Which geographic feature provided for the basis for the British Proclamation Line of 1763?
Appalachian Mountains
Atlantic Seacoast
Mississippi River
Great Lakes
3
Which battle is known as the “shot heard around the world” and is the first battle of the American Revolution?
Yorktown
Winter at Valley Forge
Saratoga
Lexington and Concord
4
Which action is an act of civil disobedience by colonists?
Paying the stamp tax to British tax collectors.
Firing guns at British soldiers at Lexington and Concord.
Colonists protesting taxes at the Boston Massacre.
Placing restrictions on trade with Spain and France.
5
Which event led directly to the Boston Harbor being closed?
The Battles of Lexington and Concord
The Boston Massacre
The Boston Tea Party
American alliance wit France
6
Sugar Act, Stamp Act, Quartering Act, Townshend Act, Boston Massacre and Tea Act were all…
No taxation without representation
The effects of British navigation acts
Events leading to the American Revolution
Forms of colonial protests
7
Excerpt from Declaration of Independence supports why colonists were unhappy about lack of representation in Parliament
For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences.
He has refused to pass other Laws for the accommodation of large districts
He has refused his Assent to Laws for the public good
“For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent.”
8
Which sequence of events is correct?
Boston Massacre, DOI, French and Indian war, Boston Tea Party
Boston Tea Party, DOI, Boston Massacre, French and Indian war
French & Indian war, Boston Massacre, Boston Tea Party, DOI
Boston Tea Party, DOI, French & Indian war, Boston Massacre
9
Why did colonists oppose the Proclamation of 1763?
resented the limits it imposed on westward expansion
wanted to be able to trade freely with foreign nations
feared it would provoke attacks from American Indians
did not want to share control of the fur trade with France
10
The Virginia House of Burgesses, the Mayflower Compact, and the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut all established
limited self-government in several colonies
the right of the press to criticize officials in power
the right of colonists to select the royal governor
11
How did colonists react to the Stamp Act?
Colonists sought military support from France.
Colonists dumped tea into Boston Harbor.
Colonists organized boycotts of British goods.
Colonists signed the Declaration of Independence.
12
The battle of Yorktown was important because it was the?
final British victory
last major battle of the war
first American defeat
only sea battle
13
Sugar Act, Quartering Act, Stamp Act, Townshend Act contributed to the start of the Revolutionary war by?
Imposing regulations on colonial agriculture
angering colonists who believed their civil liberties had been violated
punishing colonists for not following the Proclamation of 1763
resticting colonial trade with American Indians
14
Who was the American top commander at Valley Forge?
Paul Revere
George Washington
John Adams
Samuel Adams
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The Continental Congress committee selects Thomas Jefferson to compose—
Treaty of Paris
Declaration of Independence
Articles of Confederation
Bill of Rights
