US chapter 1- colonies-revolution

According to the Declaration of Independence, the people have the right to alter or abolish a government if it...

• is a monarchy
• violates natural rights
• neglects its colonies
• denies women the right to vote

What was the philosopher John Locke's main idea in his writings?

• due process of law
• natural rights
• the rights of the accused
• the right to privacy

What do the following have in common?
-Virginia House of Burgesses
-The Mayflower Compact
-The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
-New England Town Meetings

• colonial protests against British taxation
• attempts to limit democracy
• early colonial efforts in self-government
• governments imposed by the British Parliament

The document that argues that people have a right to revolt against an oppressive government is...?

• the US-British peace treaty of 1783
• the Mayflower Compact
• the Declaration of Independence
• the Intolerable Acts

Which British act, prohibited colonists from settling past the Appalachian Mountains because the British wanted to avoid conflicts between American colonists and Native American Indians?

• Tea Act
• Stamp Act
• Sugar Act
• Proclamation Line of 1763

What type of government does this describe?
-One-house lawmaking body.  
-No executive (president) or judicial branch.  
-Each state could cast one vote.
-Congress relied on money donated by the states
-laws needed ⅔ majority to pass

• US Constitution
• Articles of Confederation
• Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
• House of Burgessess

Who wrote a pamphlet entitled "Common Sense" which changed many people’s minds about declaring independence from Britain?

• Thomas Paine
• John Locke
• Thomas Jefferson
• Ben Franklin

What would be a good title for the list below?
The Sugar Act
The Stamp Act
The Quartering Act
The Townshend Acts
Boston Massacre
Boston Tea Party
Coercive Acts

• Forms of Colonial Protest
• Abuse of Power by Colonial Legislatures
• Causes of the American Revolution
• Effects of the British Navigation Laws

Under the British system of mercantilism, the American colonies served primarily as a...?

• buffer to the expansion of French and Spanish colonies
•  market for British manufactured goods and a source of raw materials
• source of manpower for the British army and navy
•  self-sufficient trading partner for other European nations

New England’s geographic features most directly influenced the region’s development of...

• industry
• sugar mills
• large plantations
• tenant farming