Declaration of Independence
After the French & Indian War...
...Before the American Revolutionary War
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Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Jefferson
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What was proposed by the Albany Plan of Union? Who suggested the plan?
The colonies need to join together (join or die).
Benjamin Franklin
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What did the Quartering Act say colonists had to do?
The Quartering Act said the colonists needed to provide housing for British soldiers.
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Which phrase from the Declaration of Independence most clearly reflects the idea that the people are the source of government?
a. “... that all men are created equal,..."
b.“... all men are ... endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights”
c. “...governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes ..."
d.“... deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed...“
d.“... deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed...“
^This is saying that governments derive [get] their power from the governed [the people].
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After the fall of Quebec and Montreal (end of French & Indian War), eastern North America was controlled by what country?
Britain
(The British won the French and Indian War)
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What was the slogan colonists used to protest unfair taxes?
"No taxation without representation!"
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“That to secure these Rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed..."
According to this quote, from where do governments derive their power?
male citizens
(I will also accept "men", "the people", "the governed", but "male citizens" is the answer on the test)
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What was the name of the treaty that ended the French & Indian War?
The Treaty of Paris
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What did the Proclamation of 1763 say? How did it cause problems between England and the colonies?
Proclamation of 1763 said Colonists are not allowed to move west past the Appalachian Mountains. A desire for good farmland caused many colonists to defy the proclamation; others merely resented the royal restrictions on trade and migration.
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"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; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness; ..."
^Where did Jefferson get these ideas???
European Enlightenment Philosophers
(like John Locke's "natural rights")
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Which describes colonists' feelings toward Britain after the French and Indian War:
A. a weakening of colonial loyalty to Britain.
B. an increased colonial dependence on Britain.
A. a weakening of colonial loyalty to Britain.
(Colonists were less loyal to Britain after the F&I War because they were mad about the taxes and the Quartering Act)
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What products did the Stamp Act put taxes on?
Legal documents and printed materials (things like wills, newspapers, pamphlets, and even playing cards and dice).
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According to John Locke's theory of the social contract, as developed in the United States Declaration of Independence, what should the people do if the government does not protect their rights?
Revolt, have a revolution, overthrow the government and make a new one.
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Why did the British government decide to tax the American colonies? (Why did they need so much money?)
to pay off war debts
(British had spent too much money on the French and Indian War)
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List two strengths and two weaknesses of the British and the Americans during the Revolutionary War.
British strengths
-Trained Army
-Big Navy, many weapons
British Weaknesses
-Fought in straight lines (doesn't work in the woods) & wore red (basically walking targets)
-Didn't know the land
-Far from home
American Strengths
-Knew the land
-They were fighting for their freedom, so they were more inspired and fought harder
-Used guerilla war tactics
American Weakness
-No trained army
-Not many weapons or ships
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According to the Declaration of Independence, the people have the right to alter or abolish a government if that government violates the people's ______ ______.
natural rights
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“The only representatives of the people of these colonies are persons chosen therein by themselves; and that no taxes ever have been, or can be constitutionally imposed on them but [except] by their respective legislatures."
-Statement by the Stamp Act Congress, 1765
According to this quote, who should be allowed to levy taxes on the colonist?
Only the colonists' elected representatives should have the power to levy taxes.
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“Everything that is right or reasonable pleads for separation...Every spot of the old world is overrun with oppression..." --- Thomas Paine
What is Thomas Paine saying the colonists should do?
Declare independence (separate from Britain)
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Who wrote the pamphlet "Common Sense"? What did it say and why was it important?
Thomas Paine
"Common Sense" was a pamphlet he wrote that listed reasons why America should be independent from Britain. (It was basically like a really good Facebook rant that went viral.) It is significant because it persuaded lots of colonists to support American independence.
