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STAAR Review Revolutionary War Era
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An 8th Grade American History STAAR Review for the American Revolution Era
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The acts contributed to the Revolutionary War by....
Angered colonists who believed that thier civil liberties had been violated
punishing colonists for resisting Parliament
Imposing regulations on colonial agriculture
Restricting colonial trade with Native Americans
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British tax imposed on newspapers and other printer colonial documents.
Townshend Acts
Tea Act
Stamp Act
Sugar Act
3
What year was the Declaration of Independence written?
1777
1776
1775
1778
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How did American colonists react to the Intolerable Acts?
Collecting funds to destroy Boston Harbor
Holding the First Continental Congress to discuss unified resistance
Collecting a toax on all imported goods from Great Britain
Sending embassadors to France for military aid
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What country helped the American Army during the battle of Yorktown?
Mexico
France
England
Spain
6
The rights listed below were -
Defined by Thomas Jefferson in the Decleration of Independence
Established by the ratiication of the Constitution
Established by Supreme Court decisions
Defined by George Washington in his farewell address
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The...limited the power of the King and guaranteed the right of trial by jury.
Declaration of Independence
English Bill of Rights
Magna Carta
William Blackstone
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What were the intolerable acts?
Laws made by King George without American input.
Laws the King made that the Americans wanted.
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The battle of Yorktown was...
ended the American Revolution.
the last major battle of the war.
turning point of the war.
first battle of the Revolution.
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Insisted Bill of Rights be added to the Constitution. Cousin of John Adams. Sons of Liberty
Crispus Attucks
Patrick Henry
John Adams
Samuel Adams
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Pennsylvania location where the Continental Army endured the harsh winter of 1777-1778.
Mercantilism
Lexington/Concord
Valley Forge
Jamestown
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What person made the idea of inalienable rights popular?
John Locke
George Mason
Charles de Montesquieu
William Blackstone
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The battle of Saratoga is sometimes called the....
first battle of the Revolution.
turning point of the war.
last major battle of the war.
ended the American Revolution.
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Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army. President of the Constitutional Convention.
Thomas Paine
Benjamin Franklin
George Washington
Samuel Adams
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Colonists objected to which prohibition of westward expansion after French and Indian War?
Stamp Act of 1765
Proclamation of 1763
Sugar Act of 1764
Treaty of Paris 1783
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What was the first battle of the American Revolution?
Yorktown
Saratoga
Treaty of Paris 1783
Lexington Concord
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Author of the Bill of Rights.
Thomas Paine
Alexander Hamilton
Crispus Attucks
James Madison
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Who wrote "Common Sense"?
James Madison
Thomas Paine
James Armistead
Wentworth Cheswell
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Agreement that allowed for British recognition of American Independence.
Treaty of Gadsden
Declaration of Independence
Proclamation of 1763
Treaty of Paris
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The conflict that left Britain with a huge debt and desire to avoid future conflict.
Battle of Lexington/Concord
French and Indian War
Valley Forge
Boston Tea Party
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Which of the following is not one of the Intolerable Acts?
Increased taxation on all exported goods from Boston.
Closing of the Port of Boston
The right to ban all town meetings by governor.
The mandatory quartering of British soldiers.
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Which event occured as a result of General Cornwallis's surrender at the Battle of Yorktown?
Great Britian and the U.S. signed the Treaty of Paris
The Second Continental Congress agreed to the Articles of Confederation
France recognized Americas victory over the British for independence
The Second Continental Congress sent Olive Branch Petition to King George
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African-American spy during the American Revolution. Spied on on Lord Cornwallis.
Haym Salomon
John Paul Jones
James Armistead
King George 3
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The Proclomation of 1763 limited the area that British Colonists were allowed to settle. They could not pass the _______
Appalacian Mountains
Lake Michigan
Gulf of Mexico
Mississippi River
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Argument that government cannot impose taxes without the consent of citizens.
Stamp Act
No tea for you!!
Unalienable Rights
No taxation without representation.