US History: American Revolution

A major argument for American independence found in the Declaration of Independence was that the British

• stopped participating in the slave trade

• refused to sell products to Americans

• deprived Americans of their natural rights

• censored American representatives in Parliament

During the early to mid-1700s, the British policy of salutary neglect toward the American colonies contributed to

• a decline in colonial manufacturing

• the decline of slavery in the northern colonies

• a decrease in French and Spanish influence in North America

• the development of independent colonial trade practices

John Locke’s theory of natural rights, as reflected in the Declaration of Independence, states that

• government is the source of all individual rights

• power should be concentrated in the monarchy

• power to govern belongs to the people (consent of the governed)

• individual liberties are best protected by a strong government

Thomas Paine’s publication Common Sense was most influential in persuading American colonists to support

• additional British taxes on the colonies

• colonial independence

• the Whiskey Rebellion

• continued ties with Great Britain

Which title is most accurate for this time line?

• Forms of Colonial Protest

• Effects of British Navigation Laws

• Causes of the American Revolution

• Abuse of Power by Colonial Legislatures

The main reason Great Britain established the Proclamation Line of 1763 was to

• avoid conflicts between American colonists and Native American Indians

• make a profit by selling the land west of the Appalachian Mountains

• prevent American industrial development in the Ohio River valley

• allow Canada to control the Great Lakes region

The authors of the Declaration of Independence used the phrase “Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness” to identify

• natural rights

• legal rights

• States rights

• economic rights

American colonists showed their opposition to the British taxation and trade restrictions of the 1760s primarily by

• supporting the French against the British

• boycotting products from Great Britain

• overthrowing the royal governors in most of the colonies

• purchasing additional products from Native American Indian tribes

The results of the French and Indian War (1754–1763) led to the independence movement in the thirteen colonies because the British

• lost control of Canada and Florida

• began imposing new taxes on the colonists

• removed the Spanish threat to the colonists

• opened the area west of the Appalachian Mountains to colonial settlers

The slogan “no taxation without representation” was first used by Americans to protest Britain’s

• policy of salutary neglect

• issuance of the Proclamation of 1763

• passage of the Coercive Acts

• attempts to raise revenue through the Stamp Act