Origins of American government quiz

English nobles forced the king to sign the Magna Carta because they were upset over...?

• Being forced to fight in the king's army

• Poor road and other infrastructure

• Lack of available jobs

• Unfair taxation and imprisonment of citizens

A government in which people elect delegates to make laws for them is called a...?

• monarchy

• authoritarian dictatorship

• representative democracy

• direct democracy

The English Bill of Rights was written by...

• English Parliament

• The King of England

• American Colonists

• The King of France

This was an intellectual movement that greatly influenced American government

• The Industrial Revolution

• The Enlightenment

• The Renaissance

• The Progressive Era

The Mayflower Compact was...

• A declaration of independence from England

• An agreement to share The Mayflower itself between the 13 colonies

• An early plan for self-government

• A peace agreement between the colonists and the Native Americans

To pay for the French and Indian War, England

• placed new taxes on the American colonies

• Took over colonial businesses

• got rid of colonial legislatures

• Forced all colonies to industrialize

The goal of the First Continental Congress was to

• Declare war on Great Britain

• Try to repair the relationship with Great Britain through representation

• Build an Army to fight Great Britain

• Figure out how to pay off the French and Indian War

The colonies did not officially break their relationship with Britain until they

• Passed the Declaration of Independence

• Literally fought British Troops at Lexington and Concord

• Met at the first Continental Congress

• Formed the committee of correspondence

Who wrote the first draft of the Declaration of Independence and is considered its main author?

• Ben Franklin

• Sam Adams

• John Adams

• Thomas Jefferson

he Preamble to the Declaration of Independence states that all men

• Are created equal

• Have the right to vote

• are innocent until proven guilty

• Have the right to own a farm