Enlightenment
Declaration or Constitution
Acts or Tariffs
Battles
French And Indian War
100

What contract stated that citizens could agree to give up some rights and powers in return for peace and protection?

The Social Contract

100

Who wrote the original Constitution?

James Madison

100

What Act forced colonists to pay more in taxes for tea sugar and everyday items?

The Sugar Act

100

In which battle did minutemen respond to British soldiers but retreated and lost 8 men?

Lexington and Concord

100

How did the colonists think of the British after the war?

They were not impressed with British troops or their leadership

200

Which enlightenment thinker believed that you can rebel against an unjust government that fails to protect their right?

John Locke

200

Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

Thomas Jefferson 

200

Which act forced colonists to board British soldiers in their homes without any compensation or reward?

The Quartering Act
200

In which war did George Washington lose almost all of his men?

The French and Indian War

200

Why was the Albany Plan of Union significant?

It set a precedent for later, more revolutionary congresses in the 1770s
300

Which enlightenment thinker believed all humans are naturally selfish and violent? 

Thomas Hobbes

300

Which Document has been changed many times to fit our constantly changing country?

The Constitution.

300

What was the first direct tax that the colonists had to pay?

The Stamp Act

300

In which colony did the first battles of the Revolutionary War take place?

The Massachusetts Bay Colony

300

With what treaty did the British extend their control over North America and drive out the French?

The Treaty of Paris

400

Which Enlightenment thinker believed a governments purpose is to protect freedom and help people get along?

Jean Jacques Rousseau

400

In what document does the first Continental Congress declare their freedom from the British King George?

The Declaration of Independence

400

Which acts intensified the conflict between the colonies and the British government?

The Intolerable Acts

400

In what battle did the colonial militia fortify Breed's Hill until a British force attacked and took the hill?

Bunker Hill

400

In the 1760s, why did the colonists start to become "More attentive to their liberties?"

There was a dramatic change in Britain's colonial policies

500

Which Enlightenment thinker believed that the government should be split up into three branches. He also believed in checks and balances so that not one branch would be more powerful than the others

Baron de Montesquieu 

500

In what amendment does it state that anyone accused of a crime has the right to a speedy public trial and the right to call and question witnesses?

The 6th

500

What was the significance of Parliament’s Prohibitory Act of 1775 also known as the Olive Branch?

It severed trade between England and its colonies and removed the colonies from the King's protection, and doomed colonial trade vessels to attacks by England

500

Even though Bunker Hill was considered a military defeat for the colonists, why did they feel as though it was a victory?

Because they killed many British men before losing

500

What were the immediate effects of the French and Indian War? (Multiple answers)

Great Britian unchallenged supremacy in North America

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