Unit 2 Review: American Revolutation

Where on the timeline would you place the writing of the Declaration of Independence?

• before the "Stamp Act"
• between the "Boston Massacre: and the "Boston Tea Party"
• between the "Boston Tea Party" and "Fighting breaks out at Concord"
• following "Thomas Paine publishes Common Sense"

According to the Declaration of Independence, the main purpose of government is to - 

• protect the rights of individuals
• provide strong military leadership
• protect a nation from foreign invasions
• ensure the stability of a country's economy

The main purpose for writing the Declaration of Independence was to - 

• declare war on Great Britain
• force Spain to support the Revolutionary War
• convince Great Britain to abolish slavery
• state the colonists' reasons for separating from Great Britain

The authors of the Declaration of Independence used the phrase "Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness." This phase was used to identify - 

• unalienable rights
• legal rights
• states rights
• economic rights

The main reason that Great Britain established the Proclamation Line of 1763 was to -

• allow Canada to control the gReak Lakes region
• avoid conflicts between American colonists and Native American Indians
• make profits by selling the land west of the Appalachian Mountains
• protect the French Catholics of Quebec

Which geographic feature served as the western boundary for British colonial settlements prior to the American Revolutionary War?

• Rocky Mountains
• Appalachian Mountains
• Mississippi River
• Great Plains

The American colonists used the slogan, "No taxation without representation," to express their belief in the need for - 

• economic interdependence
• the consent of the governed
• mercantilism
• Parliamentary supremacy

Which document included the idea first suggested by John Locke that people have a right to overthrow a government that oppresses them?

• Mayflower Compact
• Declaration of Independence
• Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
• Proclamation of 1763

According to the theory of mercantilism, the principal purpose of the thirteen original colonies was to provide Great Britain with -

• workers and manufactured goods
• raw materials and markets
• naval bases
• military recruits

The principles of government that Thomas Jefferson included in the Declaration of Independence were most influenced by

• John Locke's social contract theory
• Cotton Mather's sermons on religion
• King George's belief in divine right
• William Penn's views on religious toleration