Topic 2 Review Quiz (Lessons 1 and 2)

The English colonists brought with them a prior knowledge of political systems that influenced constitutional government in North America.

Which term holds that people should have a voice in determining what their government can and cannot do?

• Colonialism

• Limited Power

• Ordered Government

• Representative Government

Which historic document did the Barons require King John to sign in 1215, effectively limiting the power of a monarch for the first time in history.

• English Bill of Rights

• Magna Carta

• Mayflower Compact

• Two Treatise of Government

Which event below, born out of "The Glorious Revolution" and signed by William and Mary in 1689, directly influenced political ideas and traditions in the American colonies.

• King John imposed heavy taxes on the English people and was a victim of the English civil war.

• Charles I called Parliament into session to limit his power.

• Parliament enacted the English Bill of Rights to limit the power of the monarch and guarantee certain rights to English citizens.

• Parliament offered the crown to William and Mary following the Glorious Revolution in 1688.

What was the first permanent English colony established in North America in the year of our Lord, 1607?

• Roanoke Island

• Jamestown

• Plymouth

• Rhode Island

In 1620, this second permanent English colony in North America was established by a group of puritans fleeing religious persecution.

• Plymouth

• Roanoke Island

• Jamestown

• Rhode Island

​ This agreement, seen as an important step in the development of democracy in the English colonies,

stated that "all would work together for just and equal laws and the overall good of the Plymouth colony."

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• Mayflower Compact

• English Bill of Rights

• Magna Carta

• Declaration of Independence

Which of the following BEST describes why delegates from the 13 colonies met in Philadelphia at the First Continental Congress in 1774?

• The colonists wanted to boycott British goods.

• The British parliament had levied a series of unfair taxes and acts on the American colonists in the years following the French and Indian War.

• Parliament requested a meeting of the colonial legislatures.

• The 13 colonies wanted to seek immediate independence from Great Britain.

Which of these actions did the Second Continental Congress take when it convened in May 1775?

• All of these

• Appointed George Washington as commander of the Continental Army

• Began printing Continental money(currency)

• Set up a committee to conduct foreign relations

He authored Common Sense, the pamphlet published in January 1776, which made a passionate plea for the colonists to break with Great Britian.

• John Adams

• Thomas Paine

• Thomas Jefferson

• George Washington

In the late spring of 1776, the Second Continental Congress asked this Virginia Delegate to draft the Declaration of Independence?

• John Adams

• Thomas Paine

• George Washington

• Thomas Jefferson