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Founding America

Authored by Rustell LoManto

Social Studies

8th Grade

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was the ultimate reason for the 13 colonies declaring independence from Britain?

Lack of resources

Taxation without representation

Cultural differences

Military oppression

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What did the new government in the American colonies base its ideas on?

British traditions

Enlightenment thinkers

Ancient Roman laws

Native American customs

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What did the Continental Congress do after Jefferson wrote the first draft of the Declaration of Independence?

They immediately adopted it

They made a few other revisions

They rejected it

They sent it back to Jefferson for more changes

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What does the Declaration of Independence begin with?

A list of grievances

A plan for a new government

The preamble

A summary of principles

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What does the preamble of the Declaration of Independence explain?

The founders’ ideas about rights

The laws of the new government

The grievances against the king

The principles of the French Revolution

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which president called the Declaration of Independence "a rebuke and a stumbling-block to tyranny and oppression"?

George Washington

Thomas Jefferson

Abraham Lincoln

John Adams

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What did Montesquieu's writing lead to in the United States Constitution?

The separation of powers and checks and balances

The creation of new states

The establishment of a monarchy

The abolition of slavery

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