American Revolution and The Declaration of Independence

Why was the Sugar Act enacted?

• to pay for the French and Indian War.

• to pay for the French Revolution

• to pay for the cost of the Proclamation of 1763

What did the Declaratory Act state?

• Britain was able to bind the colonies in all ways

• Britain would grant the colonies independence

• Colonies could not pass the Appalachian Mountains

How did Britain punish the colonists for the Boston Tea Party?

• closing Boston Harbor and implementing martial law

• with the Quartering Act

• both of these

What did Enlightenment ideas stress?

• reason and logic

• superstition

• religion

What did John Locke state?

• all men have natural rights

• all men have the right to happiness

• the social contract can be broken by good leaders

If a government takes away natural rights, people have a right to overthrow and choose a new government according to the

• Social Contract

• Constitution

• Bill of Rights

Main author of the Declaration of Independence

• Thomas Jefferson

• George Washington

• Benjamin Franklin

What did Jefferson’s document declare?

•  the rights to “Life, Liberty and pursuit of Happiness” are unalienable rights

•  the rights, “Life and Liberty ” are unalienable rights

•  the rights of “Life, Liberty and property” are unalienable rights

Why did Patriots support independence?

• they saw political and economic independence in an independent America

• they were afraid of punishment

What was the result of the American Revolution?

• Independence of the United States of America from the British Empire

• colonization

• paternalism