Revolution Quiz 1

The people who opposed the Revolution were called:
 

• Loyalists
•  Whigs
• Republicans

According to the Declaration of Independence, the main purpose of a government is to-

• ensure the stability of the economy
• protect the rights of the individual
• provide strong military leadership
• protect a nation from foreign invasions

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CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

What are unalienable rights?

• Rights of this world
• Rights granted by the King
• Rights you have just because you were born
• Rights given in the Constitution

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CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

According to the Declaration of Independence, from where does government get the power to achieve its purpose?

• it is endowed by nature
• from the permission of the king
• from the authority of parliament
• from the consent of the governed

Who wrote the first draft of the Declaration?

• Ben Franklin
• John Hancock
• James Madison
• Thomas Jefferson

The Continental Army was led by whom?

• George Washington

• George III

• Curious George

• George of the Jungle

The United States won its independence from:

• Spain

• France

• Britain

• America

Hired soldiers from other countries are called

• Mercenaries

• Redcoats

• Bushman

• Doughboys

Which quote from Declaration of Independence reflects the colonial complaint about no taxation w/o representation?

• "For cutting off our trade with all parts of the world"

• "for imposing taxes on us without our consent"

• "for depriving us of trial by jury"

• "for quartering large bodies of armed troops among us"

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CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

"For quartering large bodies of armed troops among us". This quote from the DOI likely refers to which complaint?

• having colonial governments dissolved

• having to house British troops

• having to pay taxes on certain goods

• having no say in the British government

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CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RI.7.8