Civics EOC Quiz - Pages 3-4

Tax on every piece of printed paper; legal documents, licenses, newspapers etc.

• Stamp Act

• Townshend Act of 1767

• Tea Act of 1773

• French & Indian War

Placed new taxes of lead, paint, glass, and tea.

• Stamp Act

• Townshend Act of 1767

• Tea Act of 1773

• French & Indian War

Required colonists to buy tea only from the British East India Company

• Stamp Act

• Townshend Act of 1767

• Tea Act of 1773

• French & Indian War

Colonists wanted more land westward. Britain sent troops to help win the war. King George felt the colonists should have to repay war costs and forbade them to expand into old French territory. Taxing of the colonists increased.

• Stamp Act

• Townshend Act of 1767

• Tea Act of 1773

• French & Indian War

Required colonists to provide housing for British soldiers

• Quartering Act

• Second Continental Congress

• Thomas Paine’s Common Sense

• First Continental Congress

Sent a letter to King George asking him to respect the colonists’ rights as British citizens. Organized a boycott of British goods and banned trade with Britain.

• Quartering Act

• Second Continental Congress

• Thomas Paine’s Common Sense

• First Continental Congress

The 1776 publication moved colonists to declare independence from England

• Quartering Act

• Second Continental Congress

• Thomas Paine’s Common Sense

• First Continental Congress

Fighting between colonist and British had begun. Approved the Declaration of Independence

• Quartering Act

• Second Continental Congress

• Thomas Paine’s Common Sense

• First Continental Congress

“We hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are created equal that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights” means:

• People are born with certain rights that can’t be taken away.

• When the government becomes oppressive and does not protect the rights of the people, it becomes a tyranny.

• Governments get their power only if citizens give them permission.

• Thomas Jefferson got the ideas for these rights from John Locke’s natural rights.

• The purpose of government is to protect the rights of the citizens.

“Among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.” means...

• People are born with certain rights that can’t be taken away.

• When the government becomes oppressive and does not protect the rights of the people, it becomes a tyranny.

• Governments get their power only if citizens give them permission.

• Thomas Jefferson got the ideas for these rights from John Locke’s natural rights.

• The purpose of government is to protect the rights of the citizens.