Civics Boot Camp #2

Which Enlightenment thinker argued that all people were born equal and had natural rights to life, liberty, and property?

• Jean-Jacques Rousseau

• Thomas Hobbes

• Baron de Montesquieu

• John Locke

This is the idea that "the people" give the government power to protect their natural rights and must live by the rules?

• Separation of Powers

• Social Contract

• Checks and Balances

• Rule of Law

Montesquieu is most known for his ideas on?

• Social Contract

• Natural Rights

• Separation of Powers

• Protection of life, liberty and property

A pamphlet published by Thomas Paine in 1776 to convince the American colonists to support becoming independent from England.

• Common Law

• Mayflower Compact

• Common Sense

• Magna Carta

A government document that limited the power of the king of England and protected the rights of the nobility: written by English Nobles in 1215.

• Magna Carta

• Mayflower Compact

• Common Sense

• English Bill of Rights

What was the significance of the stamp on the newspaper?

• It demonstrated that Parliament ignored colonists media communications.

• It represented the colonists' opposition to English tax policies

• It demonstrated that Parliament controlled the colonists' press outlets

• It represented the colonists' fulfillment of English tax policies.

Why did Parliament eventually repeal the Stamp Act?

• The colonists established a blockade against British goods

• The colonists started buying British goods

• The colonists were able to produce their own goods

• The colonists began boycotting British goods.

"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal..." Which document contains this passage?

• Declaration of Independence

• English Bill of Rights

• Articles of Confederation

• U.S. Constitution

The List of Grievances is the part of the Declaration that

• detailed the colonists' complaints with King George.

• introduced the Declaration

• listed a man's natural rights.

• concluded the Declaration, declaring America a free country.

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

• From the King

• From God

• From the courts

• From the people