Causes of the American Revolution

Q. During the enlightenment period, the writiers and thinkers fostered the idea of ______ and _______ .

1. revolution
2. humanism
3. conflict
4. freedom

Q. What must be the main idea which motivated the people to fight for their freedom?

1. financial gain
2. self government
3. cultural importance
4. to kill the Britishers

Q. Match the following acts with its purpose.

1. Troop maintenance
2. Import of rum
3. British currency
4. Legal documents

Q. ______ banned all American currencies except the English currency for business transactions.

1. The Quartering Act
2. Money Act
3. The Currency Act
4. The English currency Act

Q. Against various oppressive acts, the American colonies raised the slogan _________________.

1. No taxation without representation
2. No taxation without manufacturing
3. No reprentation without taxation
4. No taxation without American

Q. 'Age of Enlightenment' led to _________ in America and France in the late 18th century.

1. Age of Conflict
2. Age of Revolution
3. Age of War
4. Age of Colonisation

Q. American struggle for freedom was mainly a manifestation of conflict for ________ between Britain and her colonies.

1. political interest
2. economic interest
3. cultural interest
4. social interest

Q. Both parties deprecated war, but one of them would make war rather than let the nation survive, and the other would accept war rather than let it perish, and the war came." -Abraham Lincoln.

Which of the following statements is an accurate interpretation of the above quote?

1. The North was to blame for the war.
2. The South wanted to fight a war more than it wanted to preserve slavery.
3. The North wanted the South to perish.
4. The war started due to the actions of both sides.
5. Both sides wanted to preserve the union.

Q. was fought between the coalition of Great Britain and its allies against a coalition of France and its allies.

1. The Six Years War
2. The Seven Years War
3. The Eight Years War
4. The Nine Years War

Q. Which of these following were philosophers who voiced for the political independence of America?

1. Montesquieu
2. Abraham Lincoln
3. Voltaire
4. John Locke
5. Washington
6. Rousseau
7. Thomas Paine
8. Emmannuel Kant
9. Cornwallis
10. Dalhousie