STAAR Review 4 HMS Causes of AR

American colonies reacted to the Intolerable Acts __________

• By collecting funds to pay for tea and destroyed the Boston Harbor

• By finding Big Foot

• By placing a tax on all goods imported goods from Great Britain

• By holding the First Continental Congress to discuss unified resistance

The colonist were _______about Great Britain's mercantilism policies.

• Frustrated

• Loving

• Care Free

• Supportive

British colonists objected to the Proclamation of 1763 because they-

• did not want to share control of the fur trade with France

• 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

Why was the victory at Saratoga consider a turning point in U.S. History?

• It marked major change within the leadership in the Continental Army

• It convinced France to support the American cause

• The battle represented the end of the American Revolution

• The battle led to the signing the Declaration of Independence

General Cornwallis Surrendered at

What was one result of the Treaty of Paris of 1783?

• British territory in eastern Canada was ceded to France

• The secret Krabby Patty Formula

• Great Britain recognized the United States as an Independent Country

• The British Navy agreed to stop pressing American Sailors into service

In the Proclamation of 1763, which geographic feature did the British use as a boundary of approved settlement?

• The Moon

• Appalachian Mountains

• Gulf of Mexico

• Mississippi River

No taxation without

What was an Immediate effect after Parliament passed the Stamp Act of 1765

• Colonists organized boycotts of British Goods

• Colonists sought military support from France

• Colonists signed the Declaration of Independence

• Colonists dumped tea into the Boston Harbor

What was the primary reason Parliament passed Stamp, Sugar, and Townshend Acts?

• To recover the costs of defending colonies

• To encourage foreign trade with countries

• To promote growth of the cottage industries in the colonies

• To fund the establishment of new colonies