Civics Review Day 2--1.2, 1.3 and 1.4

SS.7.C.1.1 & 1.2

Which of the following were most similar?

• the Mayflower Compact and John Locke's social contract theory

• the English Bill of Rights and Thomas Paine's Common Sense

• Magna Carta and Montesquieu's separation of powers

• the Mayflower Compact and Montesquieu's separation of powers

SS.7.C.1.2

The diagram above indicates that the colonists based some of their political views on historic documents.

Which phrase completes the diagram?

• Natural law

• Separation of powers

• Divine Right of Kings

• Guarantee of certain individual rights

SS.7.C.1.2

The statements above are from the 1776 Virginia Declaration of Rights.

Which statement guarantees a right first granted by Magna Carta?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

SS.7.C.1.2

The statements above are from three of the first amendments to the U.S. Constitution.

Which earlier document contained similar rights?

• Magna Carta (1215)

• The Mayflower Compact (1620)

• The English Bill of Rights (1689)

• Montesquieu's Spirit of the Laws (1784)

SS.7.C.1.3

Which timeline shows English policies towards the American colonists in correct chronological order?

• Townshend Act - Quartering of troops - Stamp Act - Tea Act

• Quartering of troops - Townshend Act - Intolerable Acts - Tea Act

• Stamp Act - Quartering of troops - Tea Act - Intolerable Acts

• Stamp Act - Townshend Act - Tea Act - Quartering of troops

SS.7.C.1.3

Use the diagram above to answer Questions 3 and 4.

What was the impact of the continued fighting between British troops and the Continental Army in Massachusetts and New York in 1775 and 1776?

• Point 1

• Point 2

• Point 3

• Point 4

SS.7.C.1.3

What was the impact of the passage of the Stamp Act by the British Parliament in 1765?

• Point 1

• Point 2

• Point 3

• Point 4

SS.7.C.1.4

Which colonial leader introduced the ideas of John Locke's "social contract" theory into the Declaration of Independence?

• John Hancock

• Thomas Paine

• James Madison

• Thomas Jefferson

SS.7.C.1.4

According to the Declaration of Independence, what was an "unalienable right" that all governments should protect?

• the right to social equality

• the right to personal liberty

• the right to religious equality

• the right to elect government officials

SS.7.C.1.4

The passage below comes from the Declaration of Independence (1776)

"He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies

without the Consent of our legislatures..."

Which section of the Declaration contained this passage?

• its list of colonial grievances

• its justification of the conduct of the colonists

• its theory of government based on a social contract

• its announcement of American independence from Britain