The Revolution Begins

Question 1

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

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

Question 2

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

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

Question 3

life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

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Virginia Declaration of Rights

Question 4

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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knowledge; freedom; happiness

Question 5

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

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

Question 6

government for the common good

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Mayflower Compact

Question 7

the right to free elections

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English Bill of Rights

Question 8

the social contract

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Enlightenment

Question 9

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

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

Question 10

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

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

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