The Enlightenment/American Revolution

Which term matches the following definition...

A forcible overthrow of a government or social order, in favor of a new system.

• Revolution

• Liberty

• Declaration of Independence

• None of These Answers

Which term matches the following definition...

The right to be free.

• Revolution

• Liberty

• Declaration of Independence

• None of These Answers

The Declaration of Independence was officially adopted by the Second Continental Congress on July 4, 1776.

• True

• False

(Check All That Apply) The Stamp Act of 1765...

• was ordered without the consent of the British subject in the colonies.

• was a tax on all paper goods and products.

• was ordered by the constitutional convention.

• None of Them Apply

Which of the following was an act of protest against British authority that would spark the Intolerable Acts?

• Boston Massacre

• Boston Tea Party

• Boston Tar and Feathering

• None of These Answers

What was the significant outcome of the second continental congress?

• The Declaration of Independence

• Boycott Ideas

• Boston Tea Party

• The Intolerable Acts

(Check All That Apply) Which of the following are Enlightenment Philosophers?

• John Locke

• Baron de Montesquie

• Jean-Jacques Rousseau

• Sir Earnest Hemingway

John Locke believed that all people possess natural rights. These rights include the rights to life, liberty, and property.

• True

• False

Which country started supporting the United States after the Battle of Saratoga?

• Great Britain
• Germany
• France
• Russia

What did the colonists call the acts Britain used to punish Boston after the Boston Tea Party?

• The Tea Act
• The Intolerable Acts
• The Stamp Act
• The Punishing Acts