Unit 2: Revolution

Which of the following documents limited the power of the King of England?

• English Bill of Rights
• Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
• Magna Carta
• Mayflower Compact

In 1620, the Mayflower Compact was created to promote ________________ within Plymouth.

• a representative assembly
• peace and harmony
• self-expression
• self-government

In the Colonial Era, developments such as the New England town meetings and the establishment of the Virginia House of Burgesses represented

• colonial attempts to build a strong national government
• efforts by the British to strengthen their control over the colonies
• steps in electing representatives (Congress)

• early social reform movements

The Mayflower Compact of 1620 is considered an important step in the development of democracy in America because it

• expressed the importance of self-government
• established freedom of religion
• created the first colonial judicial system
• granted all males the right to vote

How did the outcome of the French and Indian War (1754-1763) affect American colonists?

• Colonial trade regulations were reduced.

• Settlements were allowed west of the Appalachians

• British troops were removed from the colonies.

• The war resulted in British debt and attempts to tax colonists

The Proclamation of 1763 was issued by Great Britain after the French and Indian War primarily to...

• promote colonial settlement beyond the Appalachian Mountains

• limit conflict between Native American Indians and colonial settlers

• encourage colonial economic ties with France

• force French settlers to leave British territory

In general, how did the colonists view the Proclamation of 1763?

• They felt that it supported their freedom and they SUPPORTED it.

• They felt it was an infringement on their freedom of movement and were ANGRY about it.

• They were not involved so it did not affect them.

• They supported it because they believed the King had the AUTHORITY to make this law.

This act put a tax on all printed material? All printed material had to be stamped and the stamp had to be placed by British officials.

• Sugar Act

• Stamp Act

• Townshend Act

• Intolerable Acts

The event in which the Sons of Liberty dumped British property into the Boston Harbor in protest of British rule was the... 

• Boston Massacre
• Revolutionary War
• Boston Tea Party
• Tea Act

No taxation without _________

• Gold

• Money

• Representaiton

• Declaration of independence