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1
American colonists hated the stamp act because it was a.....
It regulated trade in the colonies
it required colonists to tar and feather the british
Revenue raising measure & no representation in Parliament
it quartered British soldiers in colonial houses
2
Britain began declaring taxes on its American colonies because....
The colonists were rich, and deserved to be taxed
The colonists should help pay French and Indian War debts
The colonists were buying smuggled tea from the Dutch
The colonists liked Enlightenment ideas
3
The Constitution incorporated Montesquieu's....
checks and balances (separation of powers)
divine right
natural rights
social contract
4
The Bill of rights were meant to guarantee people's
happiness
natural rights
social contract
independent authority
5
The two major Enlightenment thinkers that influenced the American Revolution were.....
Rousseau and Wollstoncraft
Locke and Montesquieu
Plato and Aristotle
Louis XVI and Hobbes
6
The 2 main reasons the British lost the American Revolution were....
poor leadership and weak soldiers
Loyalist opposition and Indian support
poor leadership and poor resources
distance from England and the French assisting Americans