8th American Revolution Review

-Patrick Henry

-Mercy Otis Warren

-Paul Revere

-Samuel Adams

In which era did these individuals above help to create an independent American republic?

• Civil War

• Exploration

• Constitutional

• Revolutionary

What was the main reason why Parliament passed acts lie the Sugar Act, Stamp Act, Townshend Act, and Quartering Act?

• To punish colonists for the Boston Tea Party

• To pay for the American Revolution

• To encourage foreign trade with the colonies

• To make up for the cost of the French and Indian War

How did mercantilism create tension between Britain and the colonies?

• By requiring the mother country to supply the colonies with raw materials

• By ensuring goods were cheaper from the mother country

• By limiting the amount of farmland colonists could have

• By keeping colonists from trading with other foreign countries

How did colonists protest acts like the Stamp Act of 1765?

• They didn't protest

• Boycotting

• Signing the Declaration of Independence

• Dumping tea into the harbor during the Boston Tea Party

American colonists opposed the Proclamation of 1763 because they felt (a)   and was keeping them from ​ (b)  

• Britain was controlling them
• Britain was giving the land to Natives
• going west to farm and trade.
• going east to farm and trade.
• Britain was giving land to France
• going south to farm and trade.

​ (a)   rode to warn the colonists in Lexington that the British were coming to seize weapons and ammunition.

• Paul Revere
• George Washington
• Mercy Otis Warren
• Abigail Adams

Match the following

• Harsh winter but trained troops

• Lexington & Concord

• First battles of the American Revolution

• Valley Forge

• Turning point, got French aid

• Saratoga

• Last major battle of the Revolution

• Treaty of Paris, 1783

• Document that officially ended Am. Rev

• Yorktown

Because of the Treaty of Paris of 1783...

• The French obtained eastern Canada as territory

• Great Britain recognized America as an independent country

• The British stopped forcing American sailors to work on their ships

• The Spanish gained Florida as territory

The ​ (a)   listed grievances against King George III.

• Declaration of Independence
• Constitution
• Northwest Ordinance
• Declaration of Dependency

Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness are considered​ (a)   rights.

• unalienable
• alien
• transferrable
• inherited
• legislatable