American Revolution Review

John Locke, an Enlightenment thinker, believed all people are free, equal, and have “’natural rights” of--

• the pursuit of happiness

• voting and the ownership of property

• life, liberty, and property

• freedom of religion and speech

The French and Indian War was between--

• the French (supported by British North American colonies) and a coalition of Native American tribes.

• two Native American tribes.

• the British (supported by British North American colonies) and a coalition of Native American tribes.

• the British (supported by British North American colonies) and the French (supported by Native American allies of the French in North America).

As a result of the outcome of the French and Indian War, Britain began to _________________ to pay off its war debt, and to pay for increased British troop presence in North America.

• tax the colonists

• borrow money from other European nations

• increase the prices of its exports

• increase agricultural production

_____________________ wrote Common Sense in 1776, which was written in language that the common person could readily understand.  It argued for American independence and against government by Kings and Queens.

• Thomas Jefferson

• Thomas Paine

• Patrick Henry

• Samuel Adams

_______________________ authored the Declaration of Independence in 1776.

• Benjamin Franklin

• Thomas Paine

• Patrick Henry

• Thomas Jefferson

____________________ was a 17th century Enlightenment thinker who developed the Social Contract Theory, which stated that man was born with the natural rights of life, liberty, and property.

• Benjamin Franklin

• Thomas Paine

• John Locke

• Thomas Jefferson

The key principles of __________________increased in the American experience over a period of time.

• the Declaration of Independence

• the Mayflower Compact

• the Emancipation Proclamation

• the Proclamation of 1763

After the French and Indian War, the ______________________ prohibited colonial settlers from moving into the new British territory west of the Appalachian Mountains.

• Sugar Act

• Proclamation of 1763

• Townshend Duties

• Quartering Act

The perceived unfairness of British policies in the American colonies was one of the causes of--

• the Stamp Act

• the Proclamation of 1763

• the Tea Act

• the American Revolution

In 1770, the ________________________ occurred when a colonial mob incited British troops to fire on the crowd in Boston, resulting in the death of five colonists. This event generated much colonial anger against the British government.

• Boston Massacre

• Boston Tea Party

• Battle of Lexington and Concord

• Olive Branch Petition