The Right to be FreeThe Right to be Free

Writers in the Time of the RevolutionWriters in the Time of the Revolution

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Answer 1: Answer 1: The writings of The writings of English philosopher John English philosopher John Locke and the BibleLocke and the Bible

Question:Question: What two sources What two sources gave rebellious colonists the gave rebellious colonists the mental preparedness and mental preparedness and moral strength for the moral strength for the revolution?revolution?

Answer 2: Answer 2: Life, liberty, and Life, liberty, and the right to own propertythe right to own property

Question:Question: What are natural What are natural rights?rights?

Answer 3: Answer 3: Slavery and Slavery and Native AmericansNative Americans

Question:Question: What were two What were two important issues during the important issues during the American Revolution?American Revolution?

Answer 4: Answer 4: Reform that might Reform that might have prohibited slavery was have prohibited slavery was haltedhalted

Question:Question: What happened What happened when powerful Southern when powerful Southern landowners exerted their landowners exerted their influence in the new influence in the new government?government?

Answer 5: Answer 5: Government officials Government officials worked with existing missions worked with existing missions set up by the principal set up by the principal churches of the time to teach churches of the time to teach Native Americans Christian Native Americans Christian theology, reading, and writing theology, reading, and writing as well as to train them in as well as to train them in agricultureagricultureQuestion:Question: What did the US What did the US government do to assimilate government do to assimilate North Americans into the Anglo North Americans into the Anglo culture?culture?

Answer 6: Answer 6: Authorized the Authorized the relocation of tribes from the relocation of tribes from the Southeastern states to land Southeastern states to land west of the Mississippi west of the Mississippi River, in order to free up the River, in order to free up the well-cultivated Indian well-cultivated Indian farmland for white settlersfarmland for white settlersQuestion:Question: What did the What did the Indian Removal Act do?Indian Removal Act do?