WorksheetsCRM1.3 Lesson 1 Review
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 35mins
What was the name of the conflict that caused the British to be in debt and to start taxing the Colonies..
The Taxation War
The Colonial War
The French and Indian War
The French and English War
The colonists reasons for declaring independence can be summarized into 3 main themes:
Legislative, Judicial, and Executive
Magna Carta, English Bill of Rights, Common Sense
Taxation, Individual rights, and Representation
Quartering Act, Stamp Act, Tea Act
This extremely popular pamphlet titled _____________________ pushed the colonists to declare independence from Great Britain.
Common Sense
Declaration of Independence
Magna Carta
Mayflower Compact
Taxation without Representation means...
to complain
to get rid of
to agree or approve
when citizens are required to pay taxes to a government authority without having any say in that government's policies.
Declaration of Independence was...
protest by the American Colonists against the British government by throwing the ships' cargo of tea overboard into the ocean.
a tax on a variety of papers and documents, including newspapers, that were produced in the American colonies.
clearly true and requiring no proof; obvious
a historical document written by Thomas Jefferson declaring the freedom of the thirteen American colonies from Great Britain.
Many colonists protested and boycotted British goods after the tax acts. What is a boycott?
Refusal to buy goods and services
To buy more items
To leave a country to move to another
to ask the government to change laws
Complexity: M
The chart below lists a series of British taxes on the colonists.
Sugar Act (1764)
Stamp Act (1765)
Townshend Act (1767)
Tea Act (1773)
Why did the colonists object to these measures?
They were already taxed more heavily that people living in Britain.
They wanted to elect their own representatives to Parliament.
They no longer respected the rule of law.
They objected to taxes that were imposed without their consent.
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights…”
What does Jefferson mean by “unalienable” rights?
Select one:
rights guaranteed only by the colonial governments
rights that cannot be taken away
rights that the king granted in the colonies’ charters
rights guaranteed to all citizens of Britain
Taxation involves :
freedoms guaranteed to a person
having a voice
everyone follows the law
paying a fee to the government on purchases of goods
What was the effect of the 1776 publication of Thomas Paine’s Common Sense?
Many colonist started to disagree with separating from England because they didn't feel like their political rights were taken away.
Many colonist started to agree with separating from England because they felt like their political rights were taken away.
Many colonist gathered together and dumped tea in the Boston Harbor because they felt like their political rights were taken away.
Many colonist started to wonder why the founding fathers would listen to Locke and Montesquieu instead of Thomas Paine.
