I put these answers on my test.
1. D. The colonies had an obligation to help pay the war debt Britain had taken on to defend their land.
2. Stamp, Quartering Act, Smuggling
3. B. His theories on natural rights led the text to mention life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. and D. His theories on government led to the idea that people had the right to choose a new leader.
4. B. the formation of the First Continental Congress
5. Charles Cornwallis- A. British general who surrendered at Yorktown
Marquis de Lafayette- B. French general who fought in the Continental Army
John Jay- C. American diplomat who helped negotiate the Treaty of Paris
7. B. “If colonists are to pay taxes, they should have a voice in the government.”
8. Strength- A. ability to make laws dependence on states fir funds,
C. mutual defense unicameral legislature
weaknesses- B. dependence on states for funds
D. unicameral legislature
9. causes -D. states' refusal to help veterans with debt
A. government's inability to tax citizens
effects - C. new constitutional convention
B. influential men argued for stronger government
10. B. to amend the Articles of Confederation
12. B. We need a bill of rights.
13. A, They prevent government from becoming too powerful.
14. C. The Constitution establishes a government that protects the rights mentioned in the declaration.
