Birth of the American Republic

All of the following are reasons for Britain's rise to global power except

• expansion of territory closer to home

• favorable climate for business and commerce

• Britain was generally on the winning side of European conflict

• Britain needed better location to launch an overseas empire

How did the French and Indian War lead to colonists' dissatisfaction?

• ways of life in the northern and southern colonies began to differ

• tensions increased because of the Boston Tea Party

• the British defeat led to greater French influence in America

• colonists had to pay higher taxes to pay for the war effort

The year 1776 is considered the United States' birthday because

• the Declaration of Independence was adopted

• the colonists defeated the British

• the Constitution was written

• the Treaty of Paris ended the Revolutionary War

When George III became king of Great Britain in 1760, he

• started to send British merchants to foreign lands

• decided to reassert the powers of the crown

• founded colonies in North America

• decided to crush the rebellion in the American colonies

What idea of Montesquieu influenced the United States Constitution?

• the social contract

• freedom of the press

• the separation of powers

• the federal republic

What is the purpose of the Bill of Rights?

• to place the ideas of Thomas Hobbes in the Constitution

• to limit the rights of individuals and strengthen the government

• to recognize that the people have rights the government must protect

• to recognize that states have special rights

who kept notebooks about the writing of the United States Constitution?

• John Adams

• George Washington

• James Madison

• Benjamin Franklin

He was a philosopher, scientist, and legislator

• George Washington

• Benjamin Franklin

• Thomas Jefferson

• James Madison

What type of government was created by the Constitution?

• federal republic

• popular sovereignty

• absolute monarchy

• limited monarchy

Who was the main author of the Declaration of Independence?

• John Adams

• Benjamin Franklin

• Thomas Jefferson

• George Washington