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NBMS Pre-American Revolution
NBMS Pre-American Revolution
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Quiz on the events leading up to the American Revolution
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1
Locke said that governments get their power from where?
God
Parliament
The King
The people
2
What event was the start of the American Revolution?
Boston Massacre
Concord
Boston Tea Party
Shot Heard Round The World
3
According to Montesquieu, governments should be split into what 3 branches?
Judicial, Courts, President
Executive, King, Judicial
Congress, Parliament, House of Commons
Legislative, Executive, Judicial
4
Colonists are not allowed to settle west of the Appalachian Mountains
Writs of Assistance
Navigation Acts
Proclamation of 1763
Quartering Act
5
the three-way trade between the Americas, Europe, and Africa was known as:
Square Trade
Triple Threat
Triple Trade
Triangle Trade
6
According to John Locke, what 3 rights are people given at birth?
Life, Liberty, Pursuit of Happines
Liberty, Equality, Tranquility
Life, Liberty, Property
Life, Freedom of Press, Habeas Corpus
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Which document was the first to limit the power of the King?
Two Treatises on Government
Magna Carta
The Declaration of Independence
English Bill of Rights
8
What says that the law must be followed, even by the government?
Natural Rights
Bill of Rights
Rule of Law
Magna Carta
9
According to Divine Right, where do monarchs get their authority from?
God
Parliament
King
The people
10
The French and Indian War was fought between
French/British vs Colonists/Indians
British vs Colonists
French/Indians vs Colonists/British
French vs Indians
11
What point was Ben Franklin trying to make with his "Join or Die" drawing?
Colonies needed to band together
Colonies needed to kill snakes
Colonies needed to join the French
Colonies needed to attack each other
12
What act required colonists to house and feed British soldiers?
Townshend Acts
Sugar Act
Stamp Act
Quartering Act
13
People who refused to turn against the British were known as:
Loyalists
Redcoats
Minutemen
Whigs
14
Magna Carta, English Bill of Rights, & Parliament all made the colonists demand ________
More soldiers
Independence
Voting rights
Representation
15
What did the 1st Continental Congress do?
Start the Boston Massacre
Draft the Declaration of Independence
Declare war on the British
Boycott British goods
16
Why did the British decide to tax the colonists?
They wanted to buy the King a new palace
They needed to increase revenue to build more colonies
They were greedy
They wanted to pay off debt from the French and Indian War
17
Habeas Corpus means that you cannot:
rebel against the King
be imprisoned without being accused of a crime
Be imprisoned for libel
Read John Locke
18
What allowed British officials to search colonists homes/ships?
Writs of Assistance
Quartering Act
Stamp Act
Proclamation of 1763
19
The Intolerable Acts included each of the following EXCEPT:
strengthened Quartering Act
No town meetings
Closed Boston Harbor
Eliminated freedom of the press
20
Rights that belong to every human being from birth are known as:
rule of law
Birth rights
Natural rights
Divine right
21
How did the British punish Boston for the Boston Tea Party?
Proclamation of 1763
Intolerable Acts
Tea Act
Quartering Act