American Revolution STAAR Review

• 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

• 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

John Hancock was one of the Founding Fathers committed to liberty. How did he demonstrate this commitment?

• By writing the Articles of Confederation

• By serving as commander in chief of the Continental army

• By organizing Committees of Correspondence

• By signing the 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

• Established by a series of Supreme Court decisions

• Defined by Thomas Jefferson in the Declaration of Independence

• Established by the ratification of the U.S. Constitution

• Defined by President George Washington in his Farewell Address

• Granted to citizens by their government

• Natural and possessed at birth

• Protected under religious doctrine

• Defined by the courts

• Transferable

• Legislated

• Unalienable

• Inherited

Which excerpt from the Declaration of Independence best explains why colonists were unhappy about their lack of representation in the 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.”

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 British government issued the Proclamation of 1763 to limit the area British colonists were allowed to settle. Which geographic feature did the British use as the boundary of approved settlement?

• Lake Michigan

• Gulf of Mexico

• Mississippi River

• Appalachian Mountains