Unit Two Review TMS

After Britain won The Seven Years war what did they require form the colonies?

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• Loyalty
• New Taxes
• Their 1st born
• Mercantilism

No Taxation Without Representation means what?

• The colonist refused to pay new taxes.

• The colonists refused to pay any taxes.

• The colonists believed they had no say in taxes.

• Britain can do whatever it wants.

As we know Great Britain borrowed heavily to pay for the Seven Years War, therefore they were heavily in debt, how did Britain put this debt on the colonists?

• The British did not make the colonists pay.

• Native Americans helped pay for the war.

• They told the French to help the colonists.

• The British imposed new taxes.

Parliament passed the Stamp Act in 1765, what was the colonists response?

• The Boston Tea Party

• The colonists boycotted British goods.

• Colonist voted in Parliament to pay more taxes.

• The Navigation Acts were exposed.

How did Mercantilism create problems or tension between Britain and the colonies?

• Raw materials were sent to the mother country.

• The mother country made manufactured goods.

• Mercantilism prevented the colonies from trade with other countries.

• The mother country banned the colonies from producing any merchandise.

The Preamble to the Declaration of Independence explains what issues the Americans had with separating from Britain. Which idea is expressed in the Preamble?

• Colonists believed their rights were violated and changing the government was the only way to protect their future.

• The colonists did have representation in Parliament and felt that it was unfair of the government to impose taxes.
  

• The colonists intended to establish a constitutional monarchy in order to ensure that all men were treated equally

• Many believed that because they had worked to colonize and settle the Atlantic coast, they were within their right to declare independence.

What was the main reason for the battle of Lexington and Concord?

• Because of the Battle of Lexington and Concord, Great Britain recognized the United States as an independent country.

• The fighting at the battle of Lexington and Concord marked the beginning of the American Revolution.

• Because a lack of supplies, General Washington’s troops endured much hardship at the battle of Lexington and Concord.

• he British were moving their army to Lexington/Concord to seize colonial militia weapons and arrest colonial Patriot leaders.

Thomas Jefferson was the main writer of the Declaration of Independence, what was his main purpose in writing it?

• 1. To create the plan for a new democratic government in the colonies

  
  

• To officially state the colonists' reasons for separating from Great Britain

• To inform King George of life in the colonies

• To influence Loyalists to support the causes of the American Revolution
  

What was the purpose of Thomas Paine's Common Sense pamphlet?

• Copies of this pamphlet were printed in multiple languages to help recruit recent immigrants to the independence movement

• In plain language, this pamphlet attempted to persuade common people by openly promoting independence from Great Britain.

• Written for political leaders and wealthy merchants, this pamphlet was used to recruit the elite to the cause of American independence.

  
  

• This pamphlet was written using religious language and imagery in order to tie the cause of American independence to Christian morals.

Because of the French and Indian war Britain raised taxes among the colonies, what was the result of Britain's actions?

• he British military was significantly weakened and could not keep control of the colonies.

• The French and Indian War led to better relations between Great Britain and the colonies.

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  The British government decided it was too expensive to keep colonies in North America.

  
  

• The French and Indian War contributed to the growing desire for colonial independence.