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Question 1

What did American settlers want to escape?

Answer 1

religious & economic conditions in England

Question 2

What did colonial governments have?

Answer 2

independence from the crown & Parliament, and real independence from one another.

Question 3

What happened to England after the French and Indian (Seven Years) War?

Answer 3

England was cash-strapped

Question 4

What did England expect from Colonists after the French & Indian (Seven Years) War?

Answer 4

to pay for their defense & protection.

Question 5

What did the Colonists hate?

Answer 5

•Treaty of Paris, which halted westward expansion.
•Sugar & Stamp Acts (“No taxation without representation”)
•British denial of rights for suspected criminals.

Question 6

Stamp Act Congress

Answer 6

A) First step toward a national government
B) Successfully petitioned for a repeal of the Stamp Act, but Parliament later passed the Townsend Act (tea tax).

Question 7

First Continental Congress

Answer 7

formalized boycotts and attempted to petition King George III for a peaceful address of grievances.

Question 8

Second Continental Congress

Answer 8

the first real national government, formed after Lexington & Concord battles.

Question 9

The Declaration of Independence

Answer 9

A) primarily written by Thomas Jefferson, with an “assist” from John Locke
B) holds that all people are “created equal”
C) people are given rights by their Creator
D) a government’s purpose is to protect the people’s rights (social contract)
E) the people can alter or abolish any gov. that does not protect their rights