Roots of American Democracy TEST

What is another name for the Enlightenment?

• The Age of Reason

• The Age of Great Philosophers

• The Age of Religion

• The Age of Revolution

Why might there have been such a significant number of Loyalists (or at least those uncommitted to the Patriot cause)?

• American colonists had been promised by the British that all taxes would be eliminated.

• American colonists felt a sense of loyalty to Britain due to the American colonial representation in Parliament.

• American colonists didn't believe that they would be able to defeat the British, as well as the fact that the British were significant trading partners with the colonists.

• American colonists felt threatened by King George III when he proclaimed himself as a divine-right monarch and that if the colonists didn't stay loyal to the British government, he would unleash a nuclear bomb on them.

What was the greatest type of impact the colonists' boycott of British goods have?

• It had an economic impact because the British merchants were losing money.

• It had a political impact because the King gave the colonists representation in Parliament.

• It had a social impact because people were no longer permitted to gather in groups larger than ten people.

• It had a religious impact because of impassioned sermons by Jonathan Edwards.

Why did the colonists oppose the Stamp Act?

• They opposed any attempts to censor newspapers.

• They were already paying a tax on tea.

• They did not think Parliament had the right to tax them without representation.

• They didn't like that the revenue generated from the tax only benefited Massachusetts.

The ____ was the 1770 confrontation between British soldiers and civilians that resulted in the deaths of 5 colonists and was used as propaganda to stir a sense of anger among all colonists.

• Boston Tea Party

• Boston Massacre

• Boston Marathon

• Boston Red Sox

What document was sent by the colonists to King George III in July 1775, asking for a return to the "former harmony" between the colonists and the British?

• Atlanta Compromise

• Treaty of Paris 1783

• Olive Branch Petition

• Declaration of Independence

Which of the following statements is a famous quote from the Declaration of Independence?

• “FIRST, We have granted to God, and by this our present Charter have confirmed”

• “We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union…”

• “I have decided to declare independence from the all rules at PHS”

• “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal”

According to the Declaration, from what SOURCE does government get its power?

• the consent of the governed

• the king

• the military

• the rich elite

According to the Declaration of Independence, what is the purpose of government?

• to secure their inalienable rights

• to help people respect one another

• to keep other people in check

• to create and fund public services

The ______ stated that Britain retained the right to make rules and laws for the colonies.

• Stamp Act

• Declaratory Act

• Lend-Lease Act

• War Powers Act