American Revolution

According to the Declaration of Independence, the main purpose of government is to ---

• protect the rights of individuals

• provide strong military leadership

• protect a nation from foreign invasions

• ensure the stability of a country's economy

The main purpose of writing the Declaration of Independence was to ---

• declare war on Great Britain

• force Spain to support the Revolutionary War

• convince Great Britain to abolish slavery

• state the colonists' reasons for separating from Great Britain

The authors of the Declaration of Independence used the phrase "Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness." This phrase was used to identify ---

• unalienable rights

• legal rights

• states rights

• economic rights

The main reason that Great Britain established the Proclamation Line of 1763 was to ---

• allow Canada to control the Great Lakes region

• avoid conflicts between American colonists and Native American Indians

• make profits by selling the land west of the Appalachian Mountains

• protect the French Catholics of Quebec

Which geographic feature serves as the western boundary for British colonial settlements prior to the American Revolutionary War?

• Rocky Mountains

• Appalachian Mountains

• Mississippi River

• Great Plains

The American colonists used the slogan, "No taxation without representation," to express their belief in the need for ---

• economic interdependence

• mercantilism

• the consent of the governed

• Parliamentary supremacy

What was a major effect of the Stamp Act?

• The colonists no longer needed British goods.

• The British refused to sell certain products to the colonists.

• The law led to a decline in the value of colonial currency.

• Many colonists participated in protests and boycotts in opposition to the act.

According to the theory of mercantilism, the principal purpose of the thirteen original colonies was to provide Great Britain with ---

• workers and manufactured goods

• raw materials and markets

• naval bases

• military recruits

Which statement is most consistent with the views of Samuel Adams?

• Taxation without representation is tyranny.

• Colonists should be grateful to be part of the British Empire.

• Citizens, under British rule, should support King George III.

• The English King deserves respect and loyalty from his subjects.

Why were the colonists angered by the issuance of the Proclamation of 1763?

• It took too much land from Canada.

• It gave territory in Florida to France.

• It limited their freedom to move west.

• It promoted raids by Native American Indians.