Title: Rule Britannia! The English Empire, 1660–1763
Course: Marie's Demo Course

Q: Which of the following had the greatest role in the economic growth of Britain’s North American colonies in the 1700s?
- the efforts of investors
- the expansion of slavery
- the construction of factories
A: the expansion of slavery

Q: What evidence suggests that the American colonies’ declaration of independence against Great Britain was bound to happen decades before it did?
- The colonies had developed their own economic structures independently from Great Britain.
- The writings of the European Enlightenment philosophers were especially popular in the colonies.
- Great Britain had been slowly leveraging new taxes and penalties in an effort to test the colonies’ loyalty.
A: The colonies had developed their own economic structures independently from Great Britain.

Q: Which ideas of the European Enlightenment were most influential to the American colonists?
- Inalienable rights
- Rationality of nature
- Equality for all humans
A: Inalienable rights