Revolutions and Turning Points Exam rEview

These two philosophers played a major role in ideas that help contribute to change including social contract, limited government, consent of the governed and separation of powers.

• Edison and Franklin

• Augusta and Nicholas

• Marx and Engels

• Montesquieu and Rousseau

Which of the following countries did not stake a claim to territory in the new world (Americas) previous to the American revolution?

• Spain

• Russia

• France

• England

This was the name of the conflict between France and Great Britain for control of the new world and American colonies.

• The Hundred Years' War

• The Seven Years' War

• The War of the Roses

• The Napoleonic Wars

This was the term given to the British practice of leaving the colonies alone as long as they were producing and making money for the British. It led to the colonies beginning to govern themselves.

• Salutary Neglect

• Misplaced Aggression

• Anglo Saxon Persuasion

• Independence Solution

Which of the following is not an act or tax that caused Colonial protest and trend towards revolution?

• Sugar Act

• Silk Road Tariff

• Quartering Act

• Tea Act

Finish this colonial saying for taxes and acts in the colonies without a seat in the British Parliament. "No taxation without ..............................."

• Representation

• Justification

• Legislation

• Consultation

This group led protests around the American Colonies highlighting the unfair British taxes and acts.

• Founding Fathers

• Minutemen

• Continental Army

• Sons of Liberty

The Spark that caused the American Revolution took place here

• Lexington and Concord

• Boston

• Philadelphia

• Jamestown

The date that the Declaration of Independence was signed, signaling the begin of America as a nation

• July 4, 1867

• July 4, 1776

• July 14, 1776

• June 4, 1776

The name of America's first constitution

• Declaration of Independence

• Communist Manifesto

• Articles of Confederation

• Magna Carta