Civics Unit 2 Review 4 - Foundations of America

The List of Grievances were the part of the Declaration that...

• detailed the colonists' complaints with King George.

• listed a man's natural rights.

• introduced the Declaration.

• concluded the Declaration, declaring America a free country.

This diagram describes a cause that led to the writing of the Declaration of Independence. What action completes the diagram?

• Colonial agriculture trade increases.

• Colonial religious devotion increases.

• Colonial demand for political change increases.

• Colonial demand for military assistance increases.

The Magna Carta was the first document to...

• place limits on the power of the English King.

• establish a monarchy.

• place limits on the power of wealthy landowners.

• give greater power to an English ruler.

The passage in the graphic comes from...

• Declaration of Independence

• Articles of Confederation

• English Bill of Rights

• U.S. Constitution

The passage pictured was written by Thomas Paine in his 1776 book, Common Sense. Based on this passage below, with which complaint against the king from the Declaration of Independence would Thomas Paine agree?

• persecuting immigrant groups

• taking away religious rights

• taking away political rights

• persecuting racial groups

In the Declaration of Independence, when Jefferson referred to the rights of “Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness,” he was clearly inspired by

• John Locke’s ideas about natural rights.

• the rights awarded by British Parliament.

• George Washington.

• the Mayflower Compact.

Who is credited with writing the Declaration of Independence?

• John Adams

• Ben Franklin

• Thomas Paine

• Thomas Jefferson

What is one way that the ideas stated in the Declaration of Independence are evident today?

• equal employment opportunities

• voting rights amendments

• selective service

• term limits

What was the CAUSE of the Boston Massacre? 

• To avoid conflict with Native Americans
• Colonists were angry that the British soldiers were in the colonies
• King George was in debt from the French & Indian War
• Boycott

The British levied punishments against the the colonist after the Boston Tea what were these punishments called

• The Townshend Acts

• The Tea Act

• The Punitive Acts

• The Intolerable Acts