Unit 2: American Revolution

What is a civil liberty?

• a right that cannot be violated

• a document that declared America's independence

• laws passed to recover the cost of defending the colonies

Why did the Sugar Act, Stamp Act, Townshend Acts, and Tea Act anger the colonists?

• They were approved without colonial representation.

• The colonists felt like they were not paying enough taxes.

• Colonists wanted to pay off the French and Indian war debt on their own.

How did the colonists respond to the Stamp Act?

• Colonists did not protest.

• Colonists purchased more British goods.

• Colonists boycotted British goods.

Why did the British Parliament begin taxing the colonists?

• To assert financial control over the colonies.

• To impose control over the colonies.

• To recover the cost of defending the coloneis during the French and Indian war.

Unalienable rights are:

Define consent.

• to give permission or approval

• to represent in government

Which colonial group protested by boycotting British goods?

• Sons of Liberty

• Continental Army

• militias

In which document are unalienable rights defined?

• Magna Carta

• Declaration of Independence

• English Bill of Rights

A grievance is a...

• permission

• change

• complaint

Why was the Boston Massacre an important cause of the American Revolution?

• It was used as a celebration of patriotism.

• It was used as propaganda to unite the colonists against the British.

• It was an act of civil disobedience.