VA/US SOL 4

What document was justified due to new political ideas about the relationship between people & their government?

• Articles of Confederation

• Declaration of Independence

• The US Constitution

• Treaty of Versailles

What is the name for the time period in Europe during the 17th & 18th centuries that saw the development of new ideas about peoples' rights & relationships with their rulers?

• Protestant Reformation

• The Enlightenment

• Common Sense

• Proclaimation of 1763

Which philosopher believed all were equal with natural rights of life, liberty & property?

• Hobbes

• Locke

• Hamilton

• Jefferson

Who authored Common Sense?

• Thomas Jefferson

• Thomas Paine

• John Locke

• Thomas Hobbes

Who was the primary author of the Declaration of Independence?

• James Madison

• Thomas Paine

• Thomas Jefferson

• John Locke

What in addition to the perceived unfairness of British policies provoked debate & resistance by the American colonists?

• Ideas of the Enlightenment

• Ideas of Evolution

• Ideas of Darwinism

• Ideas of Natural Selection

What prevented settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains?

• Proclamation of 1763

• Declaration of Independence

• Treaty of Alliance

• Common Sense

What document's key principles increased political, social & economic participation in the American experience overtime?

• Proclamation of 1763

• Declaration of Independence

• Stamp Act

• Intolerable Acts

What event took place in a New England city when British troops fired on anti-British demonstrators?

• Boston Tea Party

• Boston Massacre

• New York New Years' Eve Celebration

• Battle of Cowpens

Who was the general of the American army that avoided any situation that threatened the destruction of his army?

• George Cornwallis

• George Washington

• King George III

• Thomas Jefferson