American Revolution

Question 1

Enlightenment

Answer 1

an 18th century intellectual movement that

applied scientific reasoning to politics, science, and restored literature, the arts, and music as important disciplines

Question 2

The Great Awakening

Answer 2

A revival of religious feeling in the American colonies during the `1730’s & 1750’s

Opposed the notion of a single truth or a single church.

Question 3

Jonathan Edwards

Answer 3

His preaching was one of the driving forces of The Great Awakening. Believed we were all sinners who were destined for hell unless they had a great change of heart.

Question 4

Boston Tea Party

Answer 4

The Boston Tea Party was a political protest in 1773 where Americans destroyed the entire supply of tea to protest the British Tax on Tea & escalated into the American Revolution.

Question 5

Declaration of Independence

Answer 5

The document, written by Thomas Jefferson, in which the Continental Congress signed on July 4, 1776, which declared the colonies independence from Britain.

Question 6

John Locke

Answer 6

One of the key Enlightenment thinkers who believed that people have natural rights to life, liberty, & property.

Question 7

Stamp Act

Answer 7

A British Law/Tax established the first direct taxation of goods & services within the British colonies in America.

It required that many printed materials in the colonies be produced on stamped paper produced in London, carrying an embossed revenue stamp.

Question 8

Thomas Paine’s “Common Sense”

Answer 8

Is a pamphlet that inspired people in the Colonies to declare and fight for independence from Great Britain.

Question 9

Compare & Contrast Enlightenment & the Great Awakening

Answer 9

Enlightenment was a scientific/artistic movement, the Great Awakening was a religious one.

Question 10

American Revolution

Answer 10

The American Revolution was a war between the Thirteen American Colonies & the British Empire.