CFA Review: The Revolution

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All the events listed above occurred during...
*Intolerable Acts Imposed
*First Continental Congress Convened
*Thomas Paine's Common Sense Published

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The Revolutionary Era

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The excerpt reflects the dissatisfaction of American colonists with the...

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Economic policies imposed by Great Britain following the French and Indian War.

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Unalienable Rights
*Life
*Liberty
*Pursuit of Happiness
The rights listed above were - 

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defined by Thomas Jefferson in the Declaration of Independence.

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Which excerpt from the Declaration of Independence best explains why colonists were unhappy about their lack of representation in the British Parliament? Options: "He has refused to pass other Laws for the accommodation of large districts of people", "For imposing Taxes without our Consent", "He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good.", "For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences."

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For imposing Taxes without our Consent

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This excerpt refers to the rights that people -
"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..."
Declaration of Independence, 1776

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have as a result of being human.

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The American colonists used the slogan, "No taxation without representation," to express their belief in the need for -

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the consent of the governed

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Which statement is most consistent with the views of Samuel Adams?

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Taxation without representation is tyranny

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Which action by the colonists could be categorized as an act of Civil Disobedience? Options: Colonists throwing British Tea into Boston Harbor, Placing restrictions on trade with Spain and France, Paying the stamp tax to British tax collectors, firing guns at British soldiers at Lexington and Concord, Mass.

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Colonists throwing British Tea into Boston Harbor

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

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The Intolerable Acts

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What was stated in the Proclamation of 1763?

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Colonists were BANNED from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains.