world 3

The 13 colonies were part of the ___________ Empire.

• Spanish
• French
• Dutch 
• British

Many colonists refused to

• join the British army
• pay taxes
• vote 
• go to work

The ______ voted to raise an army and defend the colonies.

• 2nd Continental Congress
• British Parliament
• First Continental Congress
• Committee of Correspondence

American leaders liked the ideas of Enlightenment thinker

• King George III
• Thomas Hobbes
• John Locke
• Ptolemy

The _______ included a list of complaints about the king.

• letter to the king
• Declaration of Independence
• Articles of Confederation
• Stamp Act

____________ wrote the Declaration of Independence.

• Thomas Jefferson
• King George III
• John Locke
• Thomas Paine

Locke said that citizens have a right to overthrow their government if

• the government raises taxes
• the government does not protect the citizen's rights
• the people are bored with the government
• all of the above

The ________ Estate included more than 95% of the French people.

• 1st
• 2nd 
• 3rd
• 4th

France's ____ was made up of representatives from each Estate.

• Parliament
• Estates-General
• Congress
• Senate

France was having money trouble because

• the government had huge war debts to pay
• prices of goods were rising
• many people were out of work
• all of the above