US History Q1 Benchmark Review

Which of the following inspired new ideas about personal faith and religious freedom?

• Common Sense

• The Great Awakening

• The Declaration of Independence

• The Bill of Rights

Who was the primary author of the Declaration of Independence?

• Thomas Paine

• Thomas Jefferson

• John Locke

• George Washington

The purpose of the Declaration of Independence was to...

• create the US Constitution

• establish Thomas Jeffereson as president of the United States

• ask the king to protect the colonists' rights

• announce the colonies separation from Britain

What are unalienable rights?

• rights given to people by their government

• righs people give to their governments

• rights people are born with and that can't be taken away

• rights given to foreignors who enter a new country

According to the Declaration of Independence, who holds power in government?

• the King

• the Creator

• the people

• the president

Which Enlightenment thinker most influenced the philosophy of government expressed in the Declaration of Independence?

• Thomas Paine

• John Locke

• Thomas Hobbes

• Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Who would most likely make the following quote? "I know not what course others may takel but as for me, give me Liberty or give me death?"

• a patriot

• a loyalist

• King George III

• a federalist

This European nation provided naval aid to the Americans during the Revolutionary War.

• Germany

• Italy

• France

• England

Which event illustrated the weakness of the Confederation Congress?

• The Boston Massacre

• Shays' Rebellion

• Bacon's Rebellion

• The Boston Tea Party

Which of the following was accomplished at the Constitutional Convention?

• The Articles of Confederation were revised

• The Declaration of Independence was signed

• The Bill of Rights was written

• A new constitution was created for the United States