Practice STAAR Questions: American Revolution

The Revolutionary Era

Intolerable Acts imposed, First Continental Congress convened, Thomas Paine's Common Sense published...all occurred during-

Colonists organized boycotts of British goods.

What best completes this diagram?

Angering colonists who believed that their civil liberties had been violated

Sugar Act, Quartering Act, and the Stamp Act contributed to the start of the Revolutionary War by -

Economic policies imposed by Great Britain following the French and Indian War

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. -reflects the dissatisfaction of American by

Resented the limits it imposed on westward expansion

British colonists objected to the Proclamation of 1763 because they -

George Washington

Who did Continental Congress issued a commission that appoint him to be General and Commander in Chief, of the army the United Colonies?

Great Britain recognized the United States as an independent country

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

Battle of Saratoga

Which crucial American victory renewed patriots' hopes for independence?

The American victory at the Battle of Yorktown

America may boast that she has accomplished what no power before her ever did, contending with Britain...," is reffering to_________

For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent.

What quote from the Declaration of Independence best explains why colonists were unhappy about their lack of representation in the British parliament?

Natural rights possessed at birth

What does the following describe? "That all Men are...equally free & independent, & have certain... Rights,...

Defined by Thomas Jefferson in the Declaration of Independence

Unalienable Rights: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness were-

rights people have as a result of being human

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights..." refers to-

Parliament passes the Intolerable Acts.

14. What best completes this graphic organizer?

Commanding a victory at sea against the British navy

Why did Congress award John Paul Jones the Congressional Gold Medal after the Revolutionary War?