Enlightenment and American Revolution

The French and Indian War was between...

• The French and Natives

• The British and Natives

• The French and the British

• The French and the Colonists

What was the primary reason Parliament passed these acts?

• To promote the growth of cottage industries in the colonies

• To encourage foreign trade with the colonies

• To recover the cost of defending the colonies in war

• To fund the establishment of new colonies

Which excerpt from the Declaration of Independence best explains why colonists were unhappy about their lack of representation in the British parliament?

• "He has refused to pass other laws for the accommodation of large districts of people."

• "For imposing Taxes on us without our consent."

• He has refused to Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good."

• "For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences."

.The 1765 act that taxed all paper and printed goods in the colonies was called the ____________.

• Sugar Act

• Tea Act

• Stamp Act

• Quartering Act

What did the colonists call the laws that were passed as a punishment for the Boston Tea Party?

• The Boston Massacre

• The Intolerable Acts

• The Stamp Act

• The Quartering Act

This famous engraving/image shows the event that was called the

• Boston Party

• Boston Tea Party

• Boston Massacre

• Boston Brutality

Great Britain was responsible for making the laws for the colonists, similar to our Congress. What was this group called? 

• Senate
• House of Representatives
• Congress
• Parliament

True or False: Mercantalism is the belief that the 13 Colonies existed to give the mother country (england) raw materials and goods

• True

• False

What was the Proclamation of 1763?

• King George III made the Appalachian Mountains the western boundary of the colonist

• The Proclamation was a series of taxes

• The Proclamation gave the colonies their independence

What enlightenment philosopher was heavily influential on the Declaration of Independence?

• John Locke

• Thomas Hobbes

• Jean Jacques Rousseau

• Voltaire