Causes of the American Revolution Cluster Check
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All of the events listed occured during the-
29Revolutionary era
Jacksonian Era
Era of Good feelings
Era of westward Expansion
- Q1
All of the events listed occured during the-
Revolutionary era
Jacksonian Era
Era of Good feelings
Era of westward Expansion
120s113.20.1.A - Q2
How did the American colonies react to the enforcement of the Intolerable Acts?
By placing a tax on all goods imported from Great Britain
By holding the First Continental Congress to discuss unified resistance
By collecting funds to pay for the teadestroyed in Boston Harbor
By sending ambassadors to France to request military aid
120s113.20.4.A - Q3
How did the American colonists IMMEDIATELY respond to the 1774 laws described in these headlines?
The colonists adopted the Articles of Confederation
The First Continental Congress declared war on Great Britain
The First Continental Congress sent a list of grievances to King George III
The colonists adopted the Bill of Rights
30s113.20.4.A - Q4
Which statement best explains why this resolution was adopted?
Colonists created this in order to address the causes of the Boston Massacre
Colonists wanted to expand powers given to governors appointed by King George III.
Colonsits were upset by the punishment imposed after the Boston Tea Party
Colonists were opposed to colonial laws being created only by Parliament
30s113.20.4.A - Q5
What was the primary reason Parliament passed these acts?
To recover the cost of defending the colonies
To fund the establishment of new colonies
To promote the growth of cottage industries in the colonies
To encourage foreign trade with the coloneis
120s113.20.4.A - Q6
How did mercantilist policies create tension between Great Britain and the colonies?
By requiring colonists to enlist in the military
By preventing colonists from trading with most other foreign countires.
By limiting the amount of farmland each colonist could have
By introducing indentured servitude to the middle colonies
120s113.20.4.A - Q7
Which of the following best completes this diagram?
Colonists dumped tea into Boston Harbor
Colonists sought military support from France
Colonists signed the Declaration of Independence
Colonists organized boycotts of British goods
120s113.20.4.A - Q8
These acts contributed to the start of the Revolutionary War by-
restricting colonial trade with American Indians
angering colonists who believed that their civil liberties had been violated
imposing regulations on colonial agriculture
punishing colonists for resisting the authority of Parliament
120s113.20.4.A - Q9
The excerpt reflects the dissatisfaction of the American colonists with the-
economic consequences of the Great Awakening
economic policies imposed by Great Britain following the French and Indian War
intereference of Great Britain in the slave trade
political debates that took place at the Albany convention
30s113.20.4.A - Q10
British colonists objected to the Proclamation of 1763 because they-
wanted to be able to trade freely with foreign nations
feared it would provoke attacks from American Indians
resented the limits it imposed on westward expansion
did not want to share control of the fur trade with France
120s113.20.4.A - Q11
The British government issued the Proclamation of 1763 to limit the area the British colonists were allowed to settle. Which geographic feature did the British use as the boundary of the approved settlement?
Lake Michigan
Mississippi River
Appalachian Mountains
Gulf of Mexico
120s113.20.11.A - Q12
The actions described in this excerpt were carried out in order to-
end trade disagreements between colonists and French traders
protest British taxation policies
protest a ban on selling beverages in the colonies
encourage the outbreak of war between England and France
120s113.20.20.B - Q13
Which of these completes this graphic organizer?
Parliament passes the Intolerable Acts
King George III appoints colonial representatives to parliament
Parliament repeals the Stamp and Sugar Acts
King George III allows colonists to petition Parliament for tax relief
30s113.20.20.B
