B2 (Lecture Quiz): The American Revolution
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17 questions
First, watch the video lecture and take guided notes (on paper).
Then, use the key terms to create a concept map (on paper).
Finally, take the lecture quiz (starts below the video) WITHOUT looking at the lecture or your guided notes.
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Check off all of the following that were true of the world BEFORE the American Revolution.
Check off all of the following that were true of the world BEFORE the American Revolution.
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Enlightenment thought included ideas such as life, liberty, property, equality, and other individual rights.
Enlightenment thought included ideas such as life, liberty, property, equality, and other individual rights.
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One of the main reasons why Europeans wanted control of the American colonies was that they could make a large profit off of them.
One of the main reasons why Europeans wanted control of the American colonies was that they could make a large profit off of them.
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All of the following European nation-states controlled colonies in the Americas in the 1700s except for ____________________________.
All of the following European nation-states controlled colonies in the Americas in the 1700s except for ____________________________.
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Check off the TWO MAIN underlying factors that ultimately led to the American Revolution.
Check off the TWO MAIN underlying factors that ultimately led to the American Revolution.
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Which of the following is the best description of "salutary neglect"?
Which of the following is the best description of "salutary neglect"?
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Check off the two countries who fought each other in the French and Indian War.
Check off the two countries who fought each other in the French and Indian War.
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What was the main reason these countries fought the French and Indian War?
What was the main reason these countries fought the French and Indian War?
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Because fighting a war is expensive, the British were in a lot of debt after the French and Indian War.
Because fighting a war is expensive, the British were in a lot of debt after the French and Indian War.
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What does the phrase "taxes and troops" mean?
What does the phrase "taxes and troops" mean?
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Americans who protested British taxes, troops, and policies were inspired by the ideas of the Enlightenment.
Americans who protested British taxes, troops, and policies were inspired by the ideas of the Enlightenment.
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Right from the start, most American colonists wanted to declare war on the British and break free to create their own country.
Right from the start, most American colonists wanted to declare war on the British and break free to create their own country.
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Many colonists were not opposed to paying taxes as long as those taxes were __________ and the colonists were also given __________ in Parliament.
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In which present-day state did the first battles of the American Revolution break out?
In which present-day state did the first battles of the American Revolution break out?
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In order to win the Revolutionary War, the Americans needed help from their French and Spanish allies.
In order to win the Revolutionary War, the Americans needed help from their French and Spanish allies.
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Which of the following was not a disadvantage faced by the American colonists?
Which of the following was not a disadvantage faced by the American colonists?
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The American colonists defeated the British and won the American Revolution.
The American colonists defeated the British and won the American Revolution.