Quiz 2 Practice

According to the Declaration of Independence, what is the purpose of government?

Select one:

• to protect the rights of the people

• to limit the power of the leaders

• to guarantee voting for all people

  
  

• to protect the people from invaders

“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights…”

What does Jefferson mean by “unalienable” rights?

Select one:

• rights guaranteed only by the colonial governments

• rights that cannot be taken away

• rights that the king granted in the colonies’ charters

• rights guaranteed to all citizens of Britain

Who signed the Declaration of Independence?

Select one:

• members of each colonial legislature

• members of the Second Continental Congress

• members of the Stamp Act Congress

• members of the Sons of Liberty

  
  

The ___________________________ Act was a tax on finished goods like glass, lead, and paper.

• Townshend Act

• Tea Act

• Stamp Act

• Glass Act

Which act placed a tax on almost all printed materials?

• The Sugar Act

• The Stamp Act

• The Townshend Acts

• The Delcaratory Acts

The Intolerable/Coercive Acts were a series of laws that did what?

• Closed Boston Harbor

• Forced the colonies to let British soldiers live among the colonists

• Banned town meetings in Massachusetts

• All of the above

What was the name of the conflict that caused the British to be in debt and to start taxing the Colonies..

• The Taxation War

• The Civil War

• The Colonial War

• The French and Indian War

• The French and English War

This Act forced the colonists to provide housing for British soldiers.

• Townshend Act

• Stamp Act

• Tea Act

• Soldier Act

• Quartering Act

A famous saying from the colonists was " No _____________ without ______________ in Parliament"

• Laws, Discussion

• Jail, Trials

• Taxation, Representation

• Quartering, Meetings

How many colonists died in the Boston Massacre?

• 1

• 2

• 5

• 10