Foundational Documents

true or false.. The Intolerable Acts were a set of punishing laws enacted by the British Parliament in the aftermath of the Boston Tea Party in 1774.

• true

• false

what is a social contract

• Governments keep the country secure by defending it from threats, internal or external.

•  is a decision that the economy makes as a whole 

• The unspoken agreement between a government and its people that the people give up rights for governmental benefits 

Who wrote the declaration of independence

• Benjamin Franklin

• George Washington

• John Adams

• Thomas Jefferson

Where was the Continental Congress held?

• Washington

• new york

• Philadelphia 

• ohio

In which of the Founding Documents would you find a long list of grievances (complaints) against King George III and Britain?

• The Bill of Rights
• The Constitution
• The Federalist Papers
• The Declaration of Independence

What document allowed the colonists to break away from England?

• Declaration of Independence
• U.S. Constitution
• Articles of Confederation

Why did the colonists want to break away from England?

• more money
• freedom to govern themselves
• more land

What is the form of government where the citizens rule?

• Monarchy

• Rule of Law

• Democracy

• Dictatorship

This document created a weak central government which led to the writing of the Constitution of the United States of America-

• The Articles of Confederation

• The Declaration of Independence

• The Virginia Declaration of Rights

• The Virginia Statute of Religious Freedom

The Articles of Confederation created a weak central government which led to the writing of which document?

• Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom

• Constitution

• Declaration of Independence

• Virginia Declaration of Rights