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Lina Michelle
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can't, a break would be nice =]? 1. What was the result of the French and Indian War?
The French won and expanded their territory northward all the way into Canada.
The British won and acquired Canada and all the land as far west as the Mississippi.
The Indians lost all of their territory and were pushed west of the Mississippi.
The French lost the war and had to give up their territory west of the Mississippi.
2. What was the colonists' main objection to the British Parliament's policies on taxation?
The colonists thought the taxes were much too high.
The colonists thought Britain was taxing the wrong imported goods.
The colonists thought Parliament had no right to tax them directly.
The colonists thought Parliament should not tax the manufactured goods the colonists exported.
3. What was the main reason the colonists assembled for the First Continental Congress?
to demand the right to settle west of the Appalachian Mountains
to decide how much tax they wanted to impose on British goods
to work out an arrangement with the American Indians
to discuss their grievances with British policies
4. What did Thomas Paine urge the colonists to do in his pamphlet, Common Sense?
pay taxes to help Britain eliminate debt from the French and Indian War
declare independence and establish a monarchy
declare independence and establish a republic
insist upon having representation in the British Parliament
5. Who wrote the first draft of the Declaration of Independence?
John Adams
Samuel Adams
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
6. Which of the following ideas does not appear in the Declaration of Rights section of the Declaration of Independence?
Women should have a voice in government.
Everybody has the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
Governments get their power from the consent of the people they govern.
People have a right to abolish a government that does not protect their rights.
7. Who originally argued that government is obliged to protect its people's natural rights of life, liberty, and property?
John Dickinson
John Locke
Thomas Paine
George Washington
8. Which of the following was not a common argument given in support of the American colonists' declaration of independence?
Parliament did not have the right to impose taxes on the colonists.
The British government had become tyrannical.
It was ridiculous for an island to govern a continent.
Britain had plenty of other colonies all over the
The French won and expanded their territory northward all the way into Canada.
The British won and acquired Canada and all the land as far west as the Mississippi.
The Indians lost all of their territory and were pushed west of the Mississippi.
The French lost the war and had to give up their territory west of the Mississippi.
2. What was the colonists' main objection to the British Parliament's policies on taxation?
The colonists thought the taxes were much too high.
The colonists thought Britain was taxing the wrong imported goods.
The colonists thought Parliament had no right to tax them directly.
The colonists thought Parliament should not tax the manufactured goods the colonists exported.
3. What was the main reason the colonists assembled for the First Continental Congress?
to demand the right to settle west of the Appalachian Mountains
to decide how much tax they wanted to impose on British goods
to work out an arrangement with the American Indians
to discuss their grievances with British policies
4. What did Thomas Paine urge the colonists to do in his pamphlet, Common Sense?
pay taxes to help Britain eliminate debt from the French and Indian War
declare independence and establish a monarchy
declare independence and establish a republic
insist upon having representation in the British Parliament
5. Who wrote the first draft of the Declaration of Independence?
John Adams
Samuel Adams
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
6. Which of the following ideas does not appear in the Declaration of Rights section of the Declaration of Independence?
Women should have a voice in government.
Everybody has the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
Governments get their power from the consent of the people they govern.
People have a right to abolish a government that does not protect their rights.
7. Who originally argued that government is obliged to protect its people's natural rights of life, liberty, and property?
John Dickinson
John Locke
Thomas Paine
George Washington
8. Which of the following was not a common argument given in support of the American colonists' declaration of independence?
Parliament did not have the right to impose taxes on the colonists.
The British government had become tyrannical.
It was ridiculous for an island to govern a continent.
Britain had plenty of other colonies all over the