Chapter 4

Name the document listing reasons the colonists decided to separate from England.

• U.S. Constitution
• Committee of Correspondence
• Magna Carta
• Declaration of Independence

What could wealthy white men who owned land do in the colonies that others could not do?

• get a job

• vote

• own slaves

• sign legal documents

Why were the first public school established in the colonies?

• to train workers

• teach farming

• teach to read and understand the Bible

• create ministers

Our first form of National Government was the

• U.S. Constitution
• Declaration of Independence
• VA House of Burgesses
• Articles of Confederation

Where did the idea of a direct democracy come from?

• Athens, Greece
• Ancient Rome
• England
• France

Who held the majority of power under the Articles of Confederation?

• National Government
• King
• States
• People

What angered the colonists over the post war taxes by England?

• They had no representation in Parliment
• They were too high
• They did not consider themselves part of England
• Nothing they loved paying them 

Name the first colonial legislature

• Parliament
• Articles of Confederation
• VA House of Burgesses
• First Contintial Congress

Which document forced government leaders, for the first time,to obey the law

• Magna Carta

• Declaration of Independence

• English Bill of Rights

• Common Sense

Who said that citizens should not obey a government that does not protect their natural rights

• Thomas Paine
• Montesquieu
• Ben Franklin
• John Locke