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VUS.4 Questions
VUS.4 Essential Information on the Revolutionary Period
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| When did new ideas about the rights of people and their relationship to their rulers develop? | During the Enlightenment during the 17th and 18th centuries |
| Which Enlightenment philosopher influenced the American ideas of self-government more than any other? | John Locke |
| What are the natural rights Locke wrote were given to all people? | Life, liberty and property which rulers cannot take away |
| What is Locke’s idea of social contract? | original power resides in the people, they consent to enter into a social contract among themselves to form a govt to protect their rights. In return the people promise to obey the laws and rules est. by their govt, est. a system of “ordered liberty.” |
| What should the people do if the government becomes a threat to the people’s natural rights? | Break the social contract and people have the right to alter or overthrow the government |
| What types of governments were challenged by Locke’s ideas? | Dictatorial rule by kings, emperors, and tribal chieftains |
| Who wrote Common Sense? | Thomas Paine |
| What did Common Sense challenge? | The rule of the American colonies by the King of England |
| Why was this pamphlet so important? | It was widely read in the colonies and it contributed to a growing sentiment for independence from England |
| Who authored the Declaration of Independence? | Thomas Jefferson |
| Whose ideas did Jefferson use in the Declaration of Independence? | Locke and Paine |
| Which document has these words: “We hold these truths to be self evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.” | The Declaration of Independence |
| Which document has these words: “That to secure these rights, government are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed…” | The Declaration of Independence |
| Which document has these words: “That whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it, and to institute new government…” | The Declaration of Independence |
| What ideas from Common Sense did Jefferson express in the Declaration of Independence? | Jefferson detailed many of the grievances against the king that Paine had earlier described in Common Sense |
| The rivalry in North America between England and France led to which war? | The French and Indian War |
| Which side was driven out of Canada and their territories west of the Appalachian Mountains? | France |
| What were the two main results of the French and Indian War that angered the American colonies and led to the American Revolution? | The Proclamation of 1763 and new taxes |
| What was the Proclamation of 1763? | Issued by the British which prohibited settlement west of the Appalachian Mountain because it was costly for the British to protect |
| Why did the British levy new taxes on the American colonists? | To pay for the costs incurred during the French and Indian War and for British troops to protect the colonists |
| What were these taxes on? | Legal documents (the Stamp Act), tea and sugar |
| What was the Boston Tea Party? | A protest of the tax on tea |
| What was the significance of the First Continental Congress? | All of the colonies except Georgia was present and it was the first time most of the colonies had acted together |
| What was the Boston Massacre? | British troops fired on anti-British demonstrators |
| When and where did the war begin? | When Minutemen in Massachusetts fought a brief skirmish with British troops at Lexington and Concord |
| Who were the Patriots? | Colonists who believed in complete independence from England |
| Who inspired the Patriots? | Locke, Paine, Patrick Henry |
| Who said “Give me liberty, or give me death”? | Patrick Henry |
| Which group provided the troops for the American Army? | The Patriots |
| Who was the commander of the American Army? | George Washington of Virginia |
| Who were the Loyalists? | They remained loyal to Britain because of cultural and economic ties to Britain |
| What is another name for the Loyalists? | Tories |
| How did the Loyalist feel about the taxation of the colonies? | They believed it was justified to pay for the British troops to protect the American settlers from Indian attacks |
| Who were the Neutrals? | Those who tried to stay as uninvolved in the war as possible |
| Who negotiated a Treaty of Alliance with the French? | Benjamin Franklin |
| How did George Washington contribute to the colonial victory? | As general of the American Army, he avoided any situation that threatened the destruction of his army, and his leadership kept the army together when defeat seemed inevitable. |
| What was the final battle of the American Revolution? | Yorktown |
| Which army and navy contributed to the American victory at Yorktown? | The French |
| List three factors that contributed to the victory of the American rebels? | a. Benjamin Franklin’s treaty with the French b. George Washington’s leadership c. the French army and navy at Yorktown |
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