Potential Open Response Questions for the American Revolution Test
You will have one of the following open response questions on your test. You are
responsible for being prepared for each. You will not know which one you will get
until the day of the test.
1.
The American Colonists and Great Britain had many areas of conflict prior to the
Revolutionary.
Choose 4 points of conflict from the list below and describe in detail what the conflict was
and how the event helped lead to the American Revolutionary War.
Proclamation of 1763
Townshend Acts
Boston Tea Party
Quartering Act
Sugar Acts
Coercive Acts
Stamp Act
Boston Massacre
2. The American Colonists often used the phrase “no taxation without representation” to express
their criticism of how the British governed the American Colonists.
A. Explain what the American colonists meant by “not taxation without representation.”
B. Using specific examples, explain the conflicts between the American Colonists and the
British government on this issue.
3.
There were many conflicts that were the causes of the American Revolution.
One way that artists often voice their feelings about a subject is to use political cartoons.
A. Analyze the cartoon above and choose four (4) symbols that the artist has used to describe events
about the American Revolution.
B. Describe using historical detail what these symbols that you choose in part A are representing and
what part this played in the American Revolution.