1.3 English Policies and 1.4 Declaration of Independence

Which document addressed colonial concern?

• Articles of Confederation
• U.S. Constitution
• Magna Carta
• Declaration of Independence

Which act put a tax on printed materials?

• Stamp Act
• Tea Act
• Intolerable Acts
• Townshend Act

English Parliament repealed the Stamp Act because

• of the Boston Tea Party
• colonists began boycotting British goods
• colonists destroyed newspaper offices
• of the Declaration of Independence

Which of the following was NOT a reason the colonists had for declaring independence?

• taxation
• lack of representation 
• lack of due process
• violating individual rights

"People are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights." What does this quote mean?

• people have natural rights
• government gets its power from the people
• social contract
• the purpose of government is ensure people's rights

"...to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men..." What does this quote mean?

• people have natural rights
• the governments get its power from the people
• if the government is corrupt, people should change it
• the purpose of government is to ensure people's rights

"Governments...derive their just powers from the consent of the governed." What does this quote mean?

• people have natural rights
• the governments get its power from the people
• if the government is corrupt, people should change it
• the purpose of government is to ensure people's rights

"Whenever any form of government becomes destruction of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it and institute a new government." What does this quote mean?

• people have natural rights
• the governments get its power from the people
• if the government is corrupt, people should change it 
• the purpose of government is to ensure people's rights

Where does the government get its power from?

• the President
• Congress
• the Supreme Court 
• the people

"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. — That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, — That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government..."
What document is this from?

• The Constitution
• The Articles of Confederation
• The Declaration of Independence
• The English Bill of Rights