US History Facts 1-53 A

__________ and his “Social Contract” theory influenced our Founding Fathers with the idea that a government should protect one’s natural rights.

• John Locke

• James Madison

• Benjamin Franklin

• George Washington

Someone who trades the cost of passage to America for services they would give for the next 4-7 years is an __________.

• immigrant

• emigrant

• loyalist

• indentured servant

Our Founding Fathers believed that _________came up with the idea of “Civic Virtue”, putting others needs before your own, which was essential in establishing an effective government.

• Henry Ford

• Baron de Montesquieu

• Patrick Henry

• Cinncinnatus

The period of religious revival that occurred during the 1730s-50s was the ______________.

• The Virginia Plan

• The Whiskey Rebellion

• Great Awakening

• The Scientific Method

TThe ___________ passed in 1689, reduced the powers of the English monarch. 

• Missouri Compromise

• English Bill of Rights

• Magna Carta

• writs of assistance

The __________ written by Benjamin Franklin, proposed a unified government for the colonies.

• Bill of Rights

• Social Contract

• Articles of Confederation

• The New Jersey Plan

__________declared that no person could be forced to attend a particular church or be required to pay for a church with tax money.

• American System

• The New Jersey Plan

• The Great Compromise

• The Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom

An order allowing British officials to conduct searches of homes was the __________.

• The Quartering Act

• The Writs of Assistance

• The Stamp Act

• The First Amendment

A law forcing colonists to house and feed British soldiers was the _________later inspiring the third amendment.

• Mayflower Compact

• First Amendment

• Quartering Act

• Writs of Assistance

Laws  passed in 1774 by Parliament, such as closing the port of Boston, and increasing the powers of the governor, were called the __________.

• Writs of Assistance

• Quartering Act

• Intolerable Acts

• Bill of Rights