American Revolution

What are the 3 unalienable rights listed in the Declaration of Independence?

• Life, Liberty, Injustice

• Liberty, Life, and No taxation without representation

• Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness

"No taxation without __________"

• representation
• colonization

What colony was the Sons of Liberty founded?

• Georgia
• Massachusetts
• South Carolina
• Virginia

What document did the colonists write to share their concerns with England and to break away?

• Mayflower Compact

• Bill of Rights

• Magna Carta

• Declaration of Independence

What are unalienable rights?

• Rights that government cannot take away

• Rights that government takes away

• rights for aliens

• Government is needed to promote equality

Where does government get their power?

• God

• Elected officials

• The people

• The President

Who is the main author of the DoI?

• George Washington

• Thomas Jefferson

• John Adams

• Obama

When Thomas Jefferson copied John Locke's ideas about the social contract, what did he say the people had the right to do to a government who was not protecting the people's rights?

• Write a letter
• Suggest how it could be better
• Wait until they started to respect the people's rights
• Abolish it

Why were the colonists upset about the taxes?

• the colonists were not upset; they agreed to the taxes

• because the taxes were only for the rich people

• because they had no representatives in Parliament

• because the taxes came from France

.The 1765 act that taxed all paper and printed goods in the colonies was called the ____________.

• Sugar Act

• Tea Act

• Stamp Act

• Quartering Act