Chapter 6 Quiz

The event that occurred in the colonies which was a large scale religious revival was known as

• The Revolutionary War
• Common Sense
• The Great Awakening
• The Enlightenment

The event that occurred in the colonies that got the colonists to start thinking for themselves was known as

• The Olive branch Petition
• The Enlightenment
• The Great Awakening
• Common Sense

Thomas Paine wrote a pamphlet that influenced many of the colonists thinking, this pamphlet was called

• The Articles of Confederation
• The Mayflower Compact
• The Declaration of Independence
• Common Sense

What was the major effect of the large scale religious movement that occurred in the colonies?

• It converted many Christians to Catholosism
• It got colonists to question traditional religious authority
• It forced colonists to relocate to Canada
• It got colonists to start thinking for themselves

The movement that emphasized the use of logic and reason to explain supernatural events and reduce superstition was

• The Enlightenment
• The Great Awakening
• Common Sense
• The Declaration of Independence

Who wrote The Declaration of Independence?

• George Washington
• Thomas Jefferson
• Thomas Paine
• Ben Franklin

In the Declaration of Independence there is a long list of charges, these charges were referring to whom?

• The loyalists in Boston
• The French Governement
• The King of England
• The Patriots in Boston

The Preamble of The Declaration of Independence says that

• The King of England should free all slaves
• The colonists are stopping all trade with France
• The colonists have certain rights that cannot be taken away
• The Loyalists need to support the Patriots

Thomas Paine states in his influential pamphlet that

• If the British remain in the colonies it will lead to ruin
• If the colonists combat the English army it will surely lose
• The colonists should develop trade with other countries
• All men are created equal 

The Declaration of Independence was 

• A pamphlet written to motivate the Loayalists
• A letter stating to the world that the colonies are removing themselves from British control
• A letter focused at religious leaders in the colonies
• A document written by Ben Franklin addressing the French Revolution