Unit 1 Test

According to the Declaration of Independence, why are governments created?

• To make money

• To go to war

• To protect people's rights

• To guarantee people are always happy

Which document was written to inform Britain that the colonies were now independent and free?

• The Declaration of Rights

• The Declaration of Freedom

• The Constitution

• The Declaration of Independence

What are the unalienable rights listed in the Declaration of Independence?

• Life, Love and Laughter

• Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness

• Voting, Free Speech and Freedom of the Press

• Life, Liberty and Property

After the Boston Tea Party...

• England did not tax the colonists
• King George surrendered
• King George closed Boston Harbor and created the Intolerable Acts

Thousands of people died during the Boston Massacre.

• True
• False

What is the meaning of taxation without representation?

• When people are taxed, but they have no say in the government
• When people are taxed twice on the same item
• When some people get taxed and others don't
• When people in the Colonies are taxed, but no one in England is

What was stated in the Proclamation of 1763?

• Colonists were banned from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains.
• Colonists were encouraged to begin settling west of the Appalachian Mountains.
• The Proclamation ended the French and Indian War. 
• The Proclamation proclaimed independence for the American colonists. 

Which of these laws made colonists provide British soldiers with food, transportation, and housing?

• the stamp Act
• the Quartering Act
• the Coercive Acts
• the Proclamation of 1763

In 1765, the Parliament of Great Britain passed the Stamp Act. The purpose of this act was to 

• get rid of colonists who were willing to support the king
• raise money by putting a tax on tea, sugar, and molasses
• get rid of French colonists in the Northern colonies
• raising money by passing a tax on newspapers and other paper products

Unalienable Rights are natural human rights, what are they according to the Declaration of Independence?

• peace, land and bread
• liberty, equality, and fraternity
• justice, tranquility and common defense
• life, liberty and pursuit of happiness