American Revolution/Enlightenment

Where was the first English settlement in what is now the United States?

• Plymouth Rock

• Saint Augustine

• Kingston, Jamaica

• Jamestown

The French and Indian War was fought primarily between whom?

• the British and Iroquois tribe

• the French and British

• the United States and British

• the French and Indians

What were the Pilgrims fleeing in England?

• high taxation

• religious persecution

• famine

• a sassy King James I

What British law taxed all printed paper products in the American colonies?

• Townshed Act

• Navigation Act

• Intolerable Act

• Stamp Act

Which 1776 document includes the words "we hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights, and that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness..."

• the Constitution

• the Bill of Rights

• the Emancipation Proclamation

• the Declaration of Independence

Who was asked to be leader of the Continental Army in the American Revolution?

• John Adams

• George Washington

• Thomas Jefferson

• Samuel Hood

What was the first system of government in the new United States?

• Direct Democracy

• the Constitution (Representative Democracy)

• Monarchy

• the Articles of Confederation

Why did the Articles of Confederation fail?

• the was not a strong enough central government

• the British were threatening war again if the US did not change forms of government

• the states were paying too much for the Continental Congress

• the Continental Army under the Articles became too oppressive

The Constitution was written for and by

• Congress

• The President

• No one

• We the People

Dividing powers between National government and State government is called

• States rights

• Federalism

• Stateism

• Nationalism