CRHS USHC - UNIT 1

What did the Declaration of Independence NOT do?

• appeal to the idea of natural rights

• call to end slavery

• appeal to sympathy of English people

• accuse King George III of tyranny

What contributed MOST to American victory in the Revolution?

• Help from France

• Loyalists not helping Britain

• Battle of Valley Forge

• Help from Canada

Early Virginia Colony settlers were looking to:

• create a religious haven

• a place for political refugees

• economic gain

• create pride for Britain

Stamp Act

• raise money to pay for British troops in America

• reduce colonies buying foreign goods

• fund the colonial postal system

• weaken the colonial assemblies

Battle that convinced France that America might win the Revolution:

• Saratoga

• Great Lakes

• Bunker Hill

• Kings Mountain

Law allowing British soldiers to look in homes for smuggled goods:

• Writs of Assistance

• Townshend Act

• Quartering Act

• Navigation Acts

British economic policy for profiting from colonies:

• isolationism

• mercantilism

• capitalism

• imperialism

"City on a Hill"

• defense against Native American attacks

• lighthouse for approaching ships

• symbol of religious inspiration for others

• separate evil and sin from the rest of society

What was designed to help the British East India Company?

• Stamp Act

• Tea Act

• Sugar Act

• Intolerable Act

Who wrote Common Sense?

• Thomas Paine

• Benjamin Franklin

• John Hancock

• John Adams