American Revolution

"No ________ without representation"

• voting
• taxation
• rights
• liberty poles

Why were the American Colonist taxed after the French and Indian War?

• Britain was in debt and needed money
• That was the agreement with the Native Americans
• They made too much money
• Townshend Acts

Which document was based on the Enlightenment ideals and established the separation of the colonies from Britain?

• English Bill of Rights
• US Constitution
• Declaration of Independence
• Declaration of the Rights of Man

Mercantilism allows trade between

• all free countries

• only countries who sign agreement

• only between a Mother Country and a colony

• colonies to other colonies

The Sugar Act, Quartering Act, and the Stamp Act all contributed to the start of the Revolutionary War by....

• Restricting trade with American Indians
• Imposing regulations on colonial agriculture
• Angered colonists who believed that civil liberties had been violated
• Punishing colonists for resisting the authority of Parliament

The rights in the Declaration of Independence are considered...

• Granted to citizens by their government
• Natural and possessed at birth
• Protected under religious doctrine
• Defined by the courts

Thomas Jefferson drew on the ideas of which English philosopher when writing the Declaration of Independence?

• George Mason
• George Stout
• John Adams
• John Locke

Jefferson's political ideas were influenced by the ______________________, a movement that emphasized science and reason as guides to help see the world more clearly.

• Enlightenment

• Scientific Revolution

• Great Awakening

• French Revolution

The ________ Branch of government makes the laws.

• Judicial
• Executive
• Legislative
• Bicameral