Ch.5. Road to independence

What right was established by Magna Carta in 1215?

• the right to a trial by jury

• the right to choose the monarch

• the right to bear arms

• the right to self-govern

The Mayflower Compact is significant because it established ___________ in America?

• divine oversight of government

• tyranny

• self-government

• oligarchy

In the 1760s and 1770s, the British Parliament passed the Stamp Act, Townshend Act, Tea Act, and Intolerable Acts. What was the impact of these British policies?

• Indian tribes were able to keep their lands.

• Colonists began to think of becoming independent.

• The British government was able to pay off its debt.

• The French were defeated in the French and Indian War.

Which act required American colonists to house and feed British soldiers?

• Quartering Act

• Intolerable Acts

• Tea Act

• Townshend Acts

Why were the colonists angered by issuance of the Proclamation of 1763?

• It took too much land from Canada.
• It gave territory in Florida to France.
• It limited their freedom to move west.
• It promoted raids by Native American Indians.

The diagram describes the events leading up to the Declaration of Independence. Which event completes the diagram?

• British give up the attempt to tax the colonists.

• British apply armed force against the colonists.

• British agree to give the colonists their independence.

• British grant the colonists representation in Parliament

How could the British government have possibly prevented the American Revolution?

• By allowing King George III to be an absolute monarch.

• By allowing colonists to elect Representatives to Parliament.

• By forcing the colonists to accept the Stamp Act without protest.

• By overruling the decisions of the colonial legislatures.

According to the Declaration of Independence, what was an "unalienable right" that all governments should protect?

• the right to social equality

• the right to personal liberty

• the right to own property

• the right to elect government officials

Which complaint against King George III is stated in the Declaration of Independence?

• He has quartered his troops among the colonists.

• He has forced the colonists to accept the practice of slavery.

• He has required the colonists to trade with French merchants.

• He has failed to defend the colonists in the French and Indian War.

Which grievance contributed to the American colonists' desire for independence?

• The British government had refused to recognize the colonists' right to self-govern.

• The British government had taxed the colonists without their consent.

• British policies had made frontier lands too expensive.

• The King had denied the colonists' ability to practice their religion.