American Revolution

*Intolerable Acts Imposed
*First Continental Congress Convened
*Thomas Paine's Common Sense Published
All the events listed above occurred during...

• The Era of Westward Expansion
• The Era of Good Feelings
• The Revolutionary Era
• The Jacksonian Era

*Sugar Act
*Quartering Act
*Stamp Act
These acts contributed to the start of the Revolutionary War by...

• Restricting colonial trade with American Indians
• Imposing regulations on colonial agriculture.
• Angering colonists who believed that their civil liberties had been violated.
• Punishing colonists for resisting the authority of Parliament. 

"It is essential to the freedom & security of a free people, that no taxes be imposed upon them but by their own consent, or their representatives."
 - The Sons of Liberty, address to the public, New York, December 15, 1773
The excerpt above reflects the dissatisfaction of American colonists with the...

• Political debates that took place at the Albany Convention.
• Interference of Great Britain in the slave trade.
• Economic consequences of the Great Awakening.
• Economic policies imposed by Great Britain following the French and Indian War.

Unalienable Rights
*Life
*Liberty
*Pursuit of Happiness
The rights listed above were - 

• established by a series of Supreme Court decisions.
• defined by Thomas Jefferson in the Declaration of Independence.
• established by the ratification of the U.S. Constitution.
• defined by President George Washington in his Farewell Address.

Which excerpt from the Declaration of Independence best explains why colonists were unhappy about their lack of representation in the British Parliament?

• "He has refused to pass other Laws for the accommodation of large districts of people"
• "For imposing Taxes without our Consent"
• "He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good."
• "For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences."

"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights..."
Declaration of Independence, 1776
This excerpt refers to the rights that people - 

• earn by demonstrating loyalty to their government. 
• receive by becoming citizens of a country.
• have as a result of being human.
• are granted after enlistment in the military.

"That all men are... equally free & independent, & have certain... rights, of which they can not by any Compact, deprive or remove their future generations; among which are the Enjoyment of Life and Liberty, with the Means of acquiring and possessing Property, and pursuing and obtaining Happiness and Safety." - Virginia Declaration of Rights, 1776
In this excerpt, the authors of the Virginia Declaration of Rights are describing rights they consider - 

• granted to citizens by their government
• natural and possessed at birth
• protected under religious doctrine
• defined by the courts

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 

"I challange the warmest advocate for reconciliation, to show a single advantage that this continent can reap by being connected with Great Britain. I repeat, not a single advantage is derived..." 
- Thomas Paine, 1776
In this statement, Paine suggested that the American colonies should...

• negotiate an end to the conflict with England
• Form an alliance with England
• Declare Independence from England
• Boycott goods from England. 

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 of religion
• King George's belief in divine right
• William Penn's views on religious toleration