THE REVOLUTIONARY PERIOD AND THE INFLUENCE OF...

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1.
		Choose the option that best completes the excerpt below:
Considered the father of liberal thought, _____________ started questioning the legitimacy of the divine right given to kings. Locke was favorable to the establishment of political practices that were not against the world¿s natural laws. According to his view, a power that could not guarantee the right to property and the protection of human life could not be legitimate.
	
	
	
	George Washington
	
	
	Thomas Jefferson
	
	
	Robert Lee
	
	
	Abraham Lincoln
	
	
	John Locke
	
Explicação: 
Considered the father of liberal thought, John Locke started questioning the legitimacy of the divine right given to kings. Locke was favorable to the establishment of political practices that were not against the world¿s natural laws. According to his view, a power that could not guarantee the right to property and the protection of human life could not be legitimate.
	
	
	
	 
		
	
		2.
		When did the USA become a free country? 
	
	
	
	On Sept 7, 1812. 
	
	
	On July 4, 1776. 
	
	
	On Dec 25, 1500. 
	
	
	On July 7, 1976. 
	
	
	On April 1, 1215.
	
Explicação: 
This is a very straight forward type of question and answer. All the students needs to know is to recognise a certain date.
	
	
	
	 
		
	
		3.
		American Revolution had profound impact on the United States life. Choose the alternative that reveals a devastating effect of it: 
	
	
	
	A collapse in the economy.
	
	
	Most Americans felt great disappointment against the ones who were ruling the country. 
	
	
	A feeling of faith in communism. 
	
	
	Civil War 
	
	
	It gave a whole new dimension to ideas of liberty and equality. 
	
Explicação: 
Liberty and equality are positive aspects which ought to be taken into account in any society. Living a life without them must be a very hard task.
	
	
	
	 
		
	
		4.
		How did England lose control over the colonies in America?
	
	
	
	Because the English Parliament was able to understand the concepts of freedom and search for liberty during the Revolutionary period in the United States.
	
	
	The English Parliament nominated William Carster their representative in America and he was incompetent to deal with the reality of American life.
	
	
	England thought it was more relevant to devote its attention to the war which was going on against Italy so as not to lose control of the sea. As a result of that, they gave more freedom to the American people .
	
	
	The English King preferred to invest his efforts in the development of arts and culture in his own country.
	
	
	As the kings of England were too worried with great struggles occurring in England itself, they paid almost no attention to what was going on in the colonies in America. As a result of that, before the Parliament could bring its attention to the task of molding the American colonies to an imperial policy, they had grown strong and prosperous in their own right.
	
Explicação: 
In the early days, the colonies were able to hold fast to their heritage of rights because of the king¿s arbitrary assumption that they were not subject to parliamentary control. In addition, for years afterwards, the kings of England were too worried with great struggles occurring in England itself - a struggle which culminated in the Puritan Revolution. 
	
	
	
	 
		
	
		5.
		What is usually present in colonial history of the U.S.?
	
	
	
	References to marriages among colonists and indians.
	
	
	When we read about colonial history of the U.S., we tend to find accounts of the peaceful contacts between English representatives and American colonists.
	
	
	References to the fact that most emigrants who left England were seeking for adventure. They were usually male, single men. 
	
	
	Colonial history abounds in struggles between the assemblies elected by the people and the governors appointed by the king.
	
	
	References to the fact that emigration from England  was often directly sponsored by the English government.
	
Explicação: 
In the description of colonial life in America, authors usually provide the readers with many references to the difficulties the colonists had to face concerning the governors appointed by the King. There was clearly a big difference between the interests of the ones who were living in the US and the ones which  the representatives of the rulers in England in this era of American history defended.
	
	
	
	 
		
	
		6.
		What did the American and the French Revolution have in common?
	
	
	
	Both revolutions took place in America.
	
	
	Both revolutions were based on religious reasons.
	
	
	Both of them were led by people who were fascinated by Hitler's ideals.
	
	
	Both  fought against tyrannical oppresion.                                                                                                                                                     
	
	
	The ones involved in the revolutions spoke the same language.
	
Explicação: 
The American and the French revolutions were fought several years and an ocean apart. However, they bear enough similarities, for instance: both revolutions occurred in the late eighteeenth  century, both subverted an existing monarchical government, both  fought against tyrannical oppresion.  Both created good conditions for constitutionalism and deep patriotism.                                                                                                                                                            
	
	
	
	 
		
	
		7.
		What did colonists who went to the U.S. incorporate into Virginia´s first charter?
	
	
	
	They incorporated rules about the use of the English language all over the country and of the study of the Bible in all schools.
	
	
	It was decided that each member of a community who was above sixteen should work for the development of their religious creed and this issue was included into Virginia´s first charter.
	
	
	They incorporated social norms into Virginia first charter so as to preserve the union.
	
	
	They incorporated concepts of freedom into Virginia´s first charter in their struggle for political liberty.
	
	
	They established the ones who disobeyed the laws would be sent to prison and forced to pay a fine and incorporated this rule into Virginia´s first charter.
	
Explicação: 
The colonists-inheritors of the traditions of the Englishman's long struggle for political liberty-incorporated concepts of freedom into Virginia's first charter. This provided that English colonists were to exercise all liberties, franchises, and immunities "as if they had been abiding and born within this our Realm of England." (webclass)
	
	
	
	 
		
	
		8.
		During the American Revolution, liberty, equality, private property and representative government began to make sense to European observers. These ideas were based on men using
	
	
	
	imagination
	
	
	reason
	
	
	violence
	
	
	experience
	
	
	force
	
Explicação: 
Liberty, equality, private property and representative government are important to Capitalism and they all come as a result of reasonable attitudes taken by the rulers of a country.