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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.

Many European countries were controlled by absolute monarchs.

Enlightenment ideas were spreading throughout the colonies and inspiring Americans.

Many European countries wanted to control colonies in the Americas so they could be rich and powerful.

Individual people were generally given very few rights.

Many American colonists were eager to go to war against the British.

Many European countries were in competition with each other.

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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.

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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.

American belief that the plantation system was inherently unfair

Development of an advanced military and weaponry in the Americas

Spread of Enlightenment thought, especially regarding equality, throughout the colonies

Competition and rivalries between European nation-states

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Which of the following is the best description of "salutary neglect"?

In the plantation system, the enslaved Africans were left to do most of the hard labor but were given no say in the government.

Because the British were run by an absolute monarch, they refused to allow any British or American people the right to control anything on their own.

The colonists refused to obey any of the British laws unless the British gave them independence.

Even though the British ruled over the American colonies before the Revolution, they actually let the colonial governments control most of their local issues.

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Check off the two countries who fought each other in the French and Indian War.

French

British

Spanish

Portuguese

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What was the main reason these countries fought the French and Indian War?

Whoever won this war would get to control the American colonies, giving them more power and wealth.

Whoever won this war would get to help the United States become an independent country.

Whoever won this war would get to abolish slavery and end the plantation system.

Whoever won this war would get a chance to invade South America and take control of Spain's colonies.

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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?

The American Revolution was fought because taxes were too high and no military troops were sent to protect the colonies.

After the French and Indian War, the British tried to pay off their debt by creating new taxes and sending military troops to the colonies.

The British refused to collect taxes or use military troops after the French and Indian War.

When the United States gained independence, it stopped collecting taxes and started creating a military.

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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.

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Many colonists were not opposed to paying taxes as long as those taxes were in Parliament.

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In which present-day state did the first battles of the American Revolution break out?

Massachusetts

Virginia

Maine

Vermont

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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?

They were fighting far away from home

They had very few resources

They ran into economic problems like inflation

They had very little military experience

They had no real functioning government

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The American colonists defeated the British and won the American Revolution.

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B2 (Lecture Quiz): The American Revolution

B2 (Lecture Quiz): The American Revolution

Check off all of the following that were true of the world BEFORE the American Revolution.

Enlightenment thought included ideas such as life, liberty, property, equality, and other individual rights.

One of the main reasons why Europeans wanted control of the American colonies was that they could make a large profit off of them.

All of the following European nation-states controlled colonies in the Americas in the 1700s except for ____________________________.

Check off the TWO MAIN underlying factors that ultimately led to the American Revolution.

Which of the following is the best description of "salutary neglect"?

Check off the two countries who fought each other in the French and Indian War.

What was the main reason these countries fought 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.

What does the phrase "taxes and troops" mean?

Americans who protested British taxes, troops, and policies were inspired by the ideas of the Enlightenment.

Right from the start, most American colonists wanted to declare war on the British and break free to create their own country.

In which present-day state did the first battles of the American Revolution break out?

In order to win the Revolutionary War, the Americans needed help from their French and Spanish allies.

Which of the following was not a disadvantage faced by the American colonists?

The American colonists defeated the British and won the American Revolution.

Check off all of the following that were true of the world BEFORE the American Revolution.

Enlightenment thought included ideas such as life, liberty, property, equality, and other individual rights.

One of the main reasons why Europeans wanted control of the American colonies was that they could make a large profit off of them.

All of the following European nation-states controlled colonies in the Americas in the 1700s except for ____________________________.

Check off the TWO MAIN underlying factors that ultimately led to the American Revolution.

Which of the following is the best description of "salutary neglect"?

Check off the two countries who fought each other in the French and Indian War.

What was the main reason these countries fought 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.

What does the phrase "taxes and troops" mean?

Americans who protested British taxes, troops, and policies were inspired by the ideas of the Enlightenment.

Right from the start, most American colonists wanted to declare war on the British and break free to create their own country.

In which present-day state did the first battles of the American Revolution break out?

In order to win the Revolutionary War, the Americans needed help from their French and Spanish allies.

Which of the following was not a disadvantage faced by the American colonists?

The American colonists defeated the British and won the American Revolution.