CH 2 Review

What was the MAIN frustration for colonists concerning tensions with Britain?

• colonial business began to support royal taxes

• Colonists faced a shortage of goods when Britain refused trade.

• colonists wanted have representation in Parliament if they were going to be taxed

• disagreed with laws passed by parliament to govern the colonies

Thomas Jefferson, the main author of the Declaration of Independence, was directly inspired by what Enlightenment philosopher (Natural Rights/Social Contract)?

• B. Montesquieu

• J. Rousseau

• N. Machiavelli

• J. Locke

Political separation from Britain and declaring why were the reasons behind what document?

• The Olive Branch Petition

• Declaration of the Rights of Man

• Articles of Confederation

• Declaration of Independence

Shay's Rebellion...

• was the event that launched the American Revolution

• Led to the Boston Massacre

• exposed the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?

• was the colonists' response to the Intolerable (Coercive) Acts

Why didn't the framers of the Constitution just revise the Articles?

• It required a unanimous vote to make changes, which was very difficult

• The Federalists wrote papers convincing framers to throw out the Articles.

• Not enough states came to the convention to revise the Articles

• The Anti-federalists refused to participate in the convention if they planned to revise articles.

The natural rights listed in the Declaration are referred to as ____ rights because they can not be taken away (endowed by our Creator).

Which of the following is NOT a natural right listed by Thomas JEFFERSON in the Declaration?

• Life,

• Liberty

• Pursuit of Happiness

• Property

Which of the following is NOT one of the parts of the Declaration of Independence?

• Preamble

• Amendments

• Grievances

• Resolution

• Declaration of Natural Rights

When Jefferson explains why the colonists are justified in their rebellion, he compiles a list of...

• rights

• grievances

• enlightenment philosophers

• the states that refuse trade with Britain

The first plan for government for the United States was known as the ___ __ ___.