The Revolution Begins

Question 1

How were the Iroquois Constitution and the Mayflower Compact similar to each other?

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A: They were both intended to create a government for the common good.

Question 2

According to Enlightenment ideas, the goals of reason were to attain which of the following?Check all of the boxes that apply.

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A: knowledge; B: freedom; D: happiness

Question 3

Which of the following issues are identified in the social contract?Check any of the boxes that apply.

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B: civil government by common consent; C: the rights and responsibilities of citizens and rulers

Question 4

government for the common good

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B: Mayflower Compact

Question 5

the right to free elections

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B: English Bill of Rights

Question 6

the social contract

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D: Enlightenment

Question 7

Why did the colonists resist the new taxes imposed on them?

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B: They were not represented by the government that was taxing them.

Question 8

Which of these are reasons the colonists were angry with Britain?

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A: taxes, such as the Stamp Act; B: the Intolerable Acts, which punished Massachusetts; D: housing British soldiers in private homes

Question 9

What did the delegates do at the First Continental Congress?Check all of the boxes that apply.

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A: sent the king a request for relief; C: called for a boycott of British goods; D: set a time for a follow-up meeting

Question 10

life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

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A: Virginia Declaration of Rights

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