Revolutionary Figures
Which Revolutionary Figure is described below:
- Founder of the Democratic-Republican Party
- Primary author of the Declaration of Independence
- 3rd President of the United States
Thomas Jefferson
According to John Locke, these are life, liberty, and property.
Natural rights
The American Revolution's purpose was to separate from which European country?
This Act put a tax on all printed documents.
The Stamp Act
This section of the Declaration of Independence lists the colonists' complaints to King George III
The List of Grievances
Nathanael Greene and Benedict Arnold are examples of ____________.
American military leaders
This is Montesquieu's idea that governments should be separated into 3 different branches
Separation of Powers
Which country allied with the colonies during the Revolutionary War?
France
This Act gave the British East India Company control over the sale of tea to the colonies.
The Tea Act
This was the European leader that the Declaration of Independence was addressed to
King George III
This person stood up to the British by warning colonists and revolutionary leaders that the British were approaching on his famous Midnight Ride.
Paul Revere
This was the principle that The Enlightenment Era was mainly based on
Reason/Logic
This event was a protest in 1773 in response to the Tea Act passed by Britain.
The Boston Tea Party
This Act forced colonists to let troops in their homes.
The Quartering Act
This section of the Declaration of Independence is the introduction stating why the colonists wanted to separate from Britain
The Preamble
This founding father served as a diplomat to France and secured their alliance during the Revolutionary War.
Benjamin Franklin
This is the idea that citizens give up some power to the government in exchange for protection of their rights.
Social Contract
What new concept emerged from the American Revolution?
Self-government
This Act prohibited (did not allow) colonists to move west of the Appalachian Mountains, increasing tensions between the colonies and Britain
The Proclamation of 1763
Unalienable rights
This member of the Daughters of Liberty wrote poems, plays, and was the first woman to publish a documentation of the Revolution.
Mercy Otis Warren
The Declaration of Independence
These Acts cut off the colonies' trade with other countries and was a punishment for the Boston Tea Party
The Intolerable Acts
Fill in the blank: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created __________"
Equal