Unit 1 USHC

The assistance of the French was given to the American Continental Army after the battle of

• Cowpens

• New York.

• Saratoga.

• Lexington.

The British surrendered to the Continental Army in 1781 following

• the Boston Massacre.

• the Battle of Yorktown.

• the Battle of Lexington.

• the Battle of Saratoga.

The people who came to the American colonies in the 17th century had already been exposed to the idea of limited government thanks mainly to

• the Magna Carta.

• the Constitution

• the Council of Trent.

• the Articles of Confederation.

Which of these was a major philosophy expressed in the Declaration of Independence?

• support for states' rights and slavery

• a belief in the natural rights of citizens

• the need for a federal system of government

• a belief in the benefits of a laissez-faire economy

In the Declaration of Independence, whom did the Americans indict for "repeated injuries and usurpations"?

• King George III, because of the crown's apparent intention to establish despotism

• Parliament, because of the oppressive legislation that it had passed over ten years

• British merchants, because their drive for personal profits had caused them to ignore the greater good of the empire

• The king's ministers, because they had refused to compromise and had turned the king and Parliament against the colonies

How did the Stamp Act, the Tea Act, and the Intolerable Acts encourage American colonists to consider revolution against British rule?

• by representing an effort in Britain to end the slave trade in the colonies

• by increasing conflict between the colonists and neighboring Indian tribes.

• by revealing the British plan to expand the American colonies farther west on the continent

• by raising taxes in the American colonies without granting the colonies any representation in Parliament

The Magna Carta is MOST important for which reason?

• it created Parliament

• it was the "great charter"

• it created the first democracy in England

• it put limits on the monarch's powers

The political theory that people form governments for their mutual protection and that government rules only with the consent of those people is known as

• communism.

• socialism.

• divine right theory.

• social contract theory.

The “Rule of Law” states that

• there should be no barriers to the right to vote.

• a just government derives its power from the governed.

• all people, including those who govern, must obey the law.

• a country’s citizens are the source of the government's power.

Which of these was considered a "Mid-Atlantic"/"Middle" colony in North America?

• New York

• Virginia

• Rhode Island

• New Hampshire