The Road to Revolution

The king issued a(n) _____________ stating that the colonists were no longer able to settle west of the mountains into French territory.

• ordinance

• proclamation

• treaty

• pamphlet

The king began taxing the colonies because he thought they should

• help pay for his new palace

• help pay the debt caused by the French and Indian War

• only mail letters if his picture was on them

• be punished

Which acts were nicknamed the "intolerable acts" because they set harsh punishments until the tea was paid for from the Boston Tea Party?

• the coercive acts

• the cruel and unusual acts

• the towhshend acts

• the tyrannical acts

To protest the taxes imposed by the king, the colonists did all of the following except

• boycott British goods

• dump Brtish tea into the harbor during the Boston Tea Party

• write a letter to the king asking him to respect their rights

• declare war on England

What was the effect of Thomas Paine's pamphlet "Common Sense?

• He persuaded the colonists to support independence from England

• He persuaded the colonists to remain loyal to England

• He persuaded the colonists to boycott British goods

• He persuaded the colonists to believe in the divine right to rule

In the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson writes that all people are born with rights to

• life, liberty, and property

• life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness

• life, liberty, and the right to a fair trial

• life, liberty, and the right to vote

The philosopher that most inspired the idea that people are born with natural rights was

• Montesquieu

• Hobbes

• John Locke

• Voltaire

The idea that gov't power comes from the consent of the governed and people have the right to abolish an abusive gov't reflects the idea of

• natural rights

• the social contract

• absolute monarchies

• the divine right to rule

Why were the colonists so angry about the Quartering Act?

• It required that the colonists pay a tax on sugar.

• It required the colonists to house and feed British soldiers

• It required the colonists to only buy British tea

• It required the colonists to pay a large property tax in order to live in the colonies.

Which of these is NOT true about the Declaration of Independence?

• It listed grievances or complaints against the king

• It stated that people are born with rights and can abolish an abusive government that fails to protect them

• It presented ways in which the colonists and the king could work together to fix the issues they were having

• It declared the colonies to now be free and independent states dissolving all political ties with England