Government - Chapter 2 Quiz

A document that outlines the powers of the government is called the __________.

• Magna Carta
• Declaration of Independence
• Constitution
• Bill of Rights

How do citizens giver their consent to a government?

• Voting
• Minority Rights
• Taxes
• Legislature

According to the Declaration of Independence, what truth was "self-evident"?

• All men are created equal
• Rights are given by good kings
• Government exists to protect us from ourselves
• Only a democracy can protect our rights

Why was the Declaration of Independence written?

• To stop taxes from the British Empire.
• To make a United States army.
• To gain independence from the British Empire
• To install their own king in America

To Great Britain, the signing of the Declaration of Independence was

• an act of loyalty.
• an act of treason.
• an act of bravery.
• an act of insanity.

When Thomas Jefferson copied John Locke's ideas about the social contract, what did he say the people had the right to do to a government who was not protecting the people's rights?

• Write a letter

• Suggest how it could be better

• Wait until they started to respect the people's rights

• Alter or Abolish it

What is a refusal to buy goods called?

• repeal

• boycott

• rebellion

• quartering

This was a direct response to the Boston Tea Party

• Declaration of Independence

• Intolerable Acts

• Stamp Act

• Tea Act

What is the name of the first written plan of government in America?

• Constitution
• Treaty of Paris
• Declaration of Independence
• Articles of Confederation

Under the Articles of Confederation, most of the power was where?

• Legislative branch
• the president
• the states
• national government