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The concept that people have ‘natural rights’ which include life, liberty, and property, and the it is the duty of government to protect those rights comes from a book published in 1690 by 

As a consequence of the Revolutionary War, “established churches” in the former colonies ________________________________________________

The most important Enlightenment philosopher in colonial America was 

The period of rapid development of industry, transportation, communication, and the change of agriculture from small farming to business farming in the first half of the 1800s is known as ________________________________________.

Which of the following is true about the Sons of Liberty – there are multiple answers – mark all that apply. 

This Indian revolt against Spanish rule in New Mexico in 1680 was the greatest defeat that Indians ever inflicted on European efforts to conquer North America. 

When the Spanish arrived in the Americas, they found the land settled by a diverse multitude of native peoples. 

The Boston Massacre resulted from a gang of young Bostonian men taunting and threatening 

The Virginia Company sponsored the first permanent English settlement in the lands that became the USA at 

In December 1773, Patriot protesters carried out the Boston Tea Party which