U2: Quiz Check-In

Which description is an example of an unalienable right

from Thomas Paine's Common Sense?

• Happiness – People can do lawful things that they enjoy.

• Patriotism – People can choose to join any of the armed forces.

• Wealth – People’s salaries should be dependence on their skills.

• Equality – People’s education should be equal in every state.

How did American colonists IMMEDIATELY respond to the 1774 law described in these headlines?

• The colonists adopted the Articles of Confederation.

• The First Continental Congress declared war on Great Britain.

• The colonists adopted the Bill of Rights.

• The First Continental Congress sent a list of grievances to King George III.

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1st Continental Congress

The map shows the New England region of the 13 Colonies.

Which location on the map shows the location of harbor that was closed due to the Intolerable Acts?

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Intolerable Act

Match the following historical figures of the American Revolution

to their correct descriptions.

• Wrote the pamphlet Common Sense.

• Thomas Paine

• First casualty of the Boston Massacre.

• Crispus Attucks

• Wrote the Declaration of Independence.

• George Washington

• "Father" of the American NAVY.

• John Paul Jones

• General of the Continental ARMY.

• Thomas Jefferson

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Figures

This sequence of events resulted in the adoption of the –

• Articles of Confederation

• Bill of Rights

• Treaty of Paris

• Declaration of Independence

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DOI

Which geographic feature did England use as a

boundary for the Proclamation Line?

• Mississippi River

• Appalachian Mountains

• Rocky

  Mountains

• Gulf of Mexico

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Proclamation Line

How did Mercantilism create tension between England & the 13 Colonies?

• By limiting the amount of farmland each colonist could have.

• By requiring colonists to enlist in the military.

• By introducing indentured servitude to the middle colonies.

• By not allowing the colonists to trade with other foreign countries.

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Mercantilism

Explain how the Intolerable Act affected the economy of Boston & the

New England Colonies.

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Intolerable Act

Which of these COULD be a grievance from the Declaration

of Independence?

• Colonists born in American were prohibited from holding elected office.

• Colonists were forced to quarter troops in their homes.

• Colonists were not eligible to become officers in the British Army.

• Colonists were required to serve a year in their colony’s militia.

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DOI

Correctly organize the purposes of the two Continental Congress'.

Groups:

(a) 1st Cont. Congress

,

(b) 2nd Cont. Congress

• Met together after the Battles of Lexington/Concord.

• Hired Thomas Jefferson.

• Met together after the Intolerable Act.

• Write a "break up" letter with England.

• Hired George Washington.

• Write a letter of grievances.

• Hired John Paul Jones.

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1st Continental Congress