Declaration/Articles Mastery Test

Which of the following was a major grievance of the colonists against Great Britain?

• lack of adequate military defense

• taxation without representation

• insufficient housing for colonists

• denial of more land for colonists

How did Shay's Rebellion highlight major problems with the Articles of Confederation?

• By ending the rebellion, the strong central government angered the local state government.

• The rebellion showed that local farmers needed to defend themselves against the government.

• A prospering Massachusetts showed that a strong central government was not needed.

• State governments had difficulties fixing their economies and raising militias for defense.

What form of government did the Articles of Confederation create?

• a republic with a chief executive

• a strong central government with many agencies and departments

• a government with legislative and judicial branches at the national level

• a league of free and independent states with a limited national government

What was a major problem with the central government under the Articles of Confederation?

• The central government could collect unlimited taxes from the people.

• The president could make decisions without Congress's approval.

• Congress depended on the states for raising funds and defense.

• Citizens were not able to elect representatives to Congress.

Which document does the second paragraph of the Declaration of Independence echo?

• John Locke's Second Treatise of Government

• Thomas Hobbes's Leviathan

• Baron de Montesquieu's The Spirit of Laws

• The US Constitution