EOC REVIEW PACKET A

Which thinker introduced the idea of a separation of powers for effective government?

• Thomas Hobbs

• John Locke

• Charles Montesquieu

• Thomas Paine

According to John Locke’s theory of government a social contract existed between the people and which other entity?

• Between the people and their sovereign

• Between the people and their court system

• Between the people and their property owners

• Between the people and their church

“Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains.” In this statement by Rousseau, what did the word “chains” represent?

• Chains of natural rights

• Chains of poverty

• Chains of philosophy

• Chains of government

Based on Montesquieu’s quote, which form of government would he most likely prefer?

• Communism

• Socialism

• Absolute Monarchy

• Democracy

Which document was published anonymously advocating that the colonists declare their independence from the British crown?

• Common Sense

• Mayflower Compact

• Magna Carta

• English Bill of Rights

In the Magna Carta, the idea of limited government requires for the king to govern according to which of the following?

• The nobles’ demands

• The serfs’ demands

• The established rules of the feudal system

• Established rules of law

Which of the following individuals advocated a movement for sovereignty of the people, establishing a written constitution and having an effective system of governmental checks and balances?

• John Adams

• British citizens

• Alexander Hamilton

• Thomas Paine

“No country on the globe is so happily situated, or so internally capable of raising a fleet as America. Tar, timber, iron, and cordage are her natural produce. We need go abroad for nothing. Whereas the Dutch, who make large profits by hiring out their ships of war to the Spaniards and Portuguese, are obliged to import most of the materials they use. We ought to view the building a fleet as an article of commerce, it being the natural manufactory of this country.”

• Common Sense

• English Bill of Rights

• Mayflower Compact

• Magna Carta

Which British Law required certain Colonists to allow British troops to live in their homes?

• Townshend Revenue Act

• Declaratory Act

• Quartering Act

• Intolerable Acts

What was one immediate effect of the passage of The Stamp Act?

• Colonists began to make their own paper

• British tax collectors began to live more comfortable lives

• Colonists began to boycott British goods

• British ships refused to dock in Boston harbor