American History Quiz

What was the Enlightenment?

• Time of creating light bulbs

• Time of new ideas and applying science to political life

• Time of equality for men and women

What is a "social contract?"

• agreement between the government and the people

• the people give permission for the government to exist

• rights we have by birth

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What is "popular consent?"

• agreement between the government and the people

• the people give permission for the government to exist

• rights we have by birth

What are "natural rights?"

• agreement between the government and the people

• the people give permission for the government to exist

• rights we have by birth

What was the French and Indian War primarily about?

• Control over colonies in the Americas

• Trade routes in Asia

• Religious freedom in Europe

• Territorial disputes in Africa

What did the Proclamation of 1763 declare?

• Colonists could not settle west of the Appalachian Mountains

• Colonists must pay taxes on tea

• Colonists could trade freely with France

• Colonists must return to Britain

What was the purpose of the Stamp Act of 1765?

• To tax paper items like newspapers and legal documents

• To tax imported goods like tea and sugar

• To provide free education to colonists

• To allow colonists to vote in British elections

What event is known as the Boston Massacre?

• British soldiers killed 5 Boston townspeople

• Colonists dumped tea into Boston Harbor

• The first battles of Lexington and Concord

• The signing of the Declaration of Independence

What was the Boston Tea Party a protest against?

• Taxes on tea without representation in Parliament

• The Proclamation of 1763

• The Stamp Act

• The Intolerable Acts

Who were the Minutemen?

• A colonial military group formed in response to British military presence

• A group of British loyalists

• A Native American tribe allied with the French

• A political party in Britain