American Revolution STAAR

The Intolerable Acts, First Continental Congress, and Thomas Paine's Common Sense all occurred during ...

• westward expansion
• Era of Good Feelings
• Revolutionary Era
• Jacksonian Era

June 1776
*Continental Congress appoints a committee to prepare a document
*Thomas Jefferson is chosen to write the document
*Draft of document is reviewed and revised
July
* Congress debates and revises the document
*the document is approved

• Articles of Confederation
• Bill of Rights
• Treaty of Paris
• Declaration of Independence

British colonists objected to the Proclamation of 1763 because they...

• feared it would provoke attacks from the Native Americans.
• did not want to share control of the fur trade with France.
• resented the limits it imposed on westward expansion.
• wanted to trade freely with foreign nations.

It is essential to the freedom and security of a free people , that no taxes be imposed upon them but by their own consent, or their representatives.
---The Sons of Liberty, address to the public, New York, 1773
This excerpt reflects the dissatisfaction of American colonists with the---

• political debates that took place at the Albany Convention.
• interference of Britain with the slave trade.
• economic consequences of the Great Awakening.
• economic policies imposed by Great Britain following the French and Indian War.

the Sugar Act, Quartering Act, and Stamp Act contributed to the start of the American Revolution by...

• restricting colonial trade with American Indians.
• imposing regulations on colonial agriculture.
• angering colonists who believed that their civil liberties were being violated.
• punishing colonists for resisting Parliament.

The group responsible for answering these questions:
How do we finance a war?
Who has the power to negotiate treaties?
What prevents the executive from becoming too powerful
was the...

• settlers creating the Mayflower Compact.
• delegates writing the Articles of Confederation.
• representatives drafting the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut.
• colonists negotiating the Albany Plan of New York.

America may boast that she has accomplished what no power before her ever did, contending with Britain--Capturing two of their celebrated generals and each an Army of thousands of veteran troops to support them.
---Abigail Adams, letter to John Adams, 1781
to which of the following is Abigail Adams referring to?

• The American victory at the Battle of Yorktown.
• The negotiation of the Treaty of Paris.
• The bravery of the soldiers at Valley Forge.
• The arrival of French aid after the Battle of Saratoga.

The Battle of ______________ renewed patriots' hopes for independence and secured foreign recognition and support.

• Saratoga
• Concord
• Trenton
• Yorktown

Which excerpt from the Declaration of Independence best explains why colonists were unhappy about their lack of representation in British Parliament?

• He has refused to pass other Laws for the accommodation of large districts of people.
• For imposing taxes on us without our consent.
• He has refused his assent to laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good.
• For transporting us beyond seas to be tried for pretended offences.

The Continental Congress appointed/commissioned _________________ as General and Commander in chief of the Continental Army in 1775.

• Benedict Arnold
• Alexander Hamilton
• Thomas Paine
• George Washington