American Revolution
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- Q1The major objection that colonists had to British ruledenied the rights of citizens who lived in Englandforced to settle wilderness areasforced to farm crops ordered by Englanddenied the right to arm themselves for defense30s
- Q2Thomas Paine's "Common Sense" was important because it...described a military plan for the defeat of Englandcontained a detailed outline for a new form of governmentargued for the addition of a bill of rights to the Constitutionconvinced many Americans who had been undecided to vote for independence30s
- Q3A major argument for American independence found in the Declaration of Independence was that the British...stopped participating in the slave tradedeprived Americans of their natural rightscensored American representatives in Parliamentrefused to sell products to Americans30s
- Q4Which statement is true?The King of England required the colonists to become economically self-sufficientThe independence movement began soon after the founding of Plymouth ColonyThe movement for independence was equally strong in all of the colonies.Protests against British colonial policies gradually led to demands for independence30s
- Q5American colonists showed their opposition to British taxation of the 1760s primarily by...boycotting products from Great Britainpurchasing additional products from Native American Indian tribessupporting the French against the Britsihoverthrowing the royal governors in most of the colonies30s
- Q6How did the British government respond to increasing American protests of British colonial policy?It agreed to grant the colonies representation in Parliament.It offered self-government to the colonistsIt asked France for help in controlling the colonists.It increased efforts to maintain order and enforce laws30s
- Q7The results of the French and Indian War led to the independence movement in the 13 colonies because the British...removed the Spanish threat to the colonistsbegan imposing new taxes on the colonists.opened the area west of the Appalachian Mountains to colonial settlerslost control of Canada and Florida30s
- Q8When Thomas Jefferson wrote, "All men are created equal," he meant everyone should...be entitled to the same rightshave the same educationhave the same abilitiesmake the same income30s
- Q9At the beginning of the Revolutionary War, the Americans had the advantage of having...highly paid soldiersmotivation for independencea strong navyexperienced troops30s
- Q10Why did Thomas Jefferson write the Declaration of Independence?to ask the British king to set up a government in the coloniesto ask Britain to treat the colonies betterto put an end to slavery in the coloniesto tell the world that the colonies were no longer part of Britain30s
- Q11Great Britain responded to the Boston Tea Party by...passing the Coercive Acts and closing Boston Harborsending troops to Concord to seize the local militia's troopsrepealing the Tea Act and ending the tax on teasending the Olive Branch Petition to make peace with the colonies30s
- Q12Who was the main author of the Declaration of Independence?Alexander HamiltonThomas JeffersonJames MadisonGeorge Washington30s
- Q13Why did the British plan a surprise march on Concord in April of 1775?to arrest Paul Revereto stop the Continental Congress from meetingto seize colonial suppliesto enforce colonial trade with England30s
- Q14How did the Stamp Act, the Tea Act, and the Intolerable Acts encourage American colonists to consider revolution against British rule?by ignoring American representatives in Parliament on issues of taxes levied in the American coloniesby representing an effort in Britain to end the slave trade in the coloniesby revealing the British plan to expand the American colonies farther west on the continentby raising taxes in the American colonies without granting the colonists any representation in Parliament30s
- Q15Which conflict created the debt that American colonists were expected to repay to Great Britain during the 1760s?French and Indian WarSpanish-American WarGlorious RevolutionAmerican Revolution30s