American History Quiz

What is a person chosen to act for or represent others called?

• Traitor

• Delegate

• Sovereignty

• Aristocrat

What is a written document that many people sign to show that they want a person, group, and/or government to do or change something?

• Treaty

• Petition

• Levy

• Consent

Who were the colonists that opposed American independence and remained loyal to Great Britain during the American Revolution?

• Traitors

• Delegates

• Loyalists

• Aristocrats

What is the term for rights that every person has that cannot be taken away by government?

• Sovereignty

• Unalienable rights

• Common Sense

• Levy

What is the name of the pamphlet written by Thomas Paine that helped persuade colonists to break away from Britain?

• Treaty

• Petition

• Common Sense

• Sovereignty

What is the term for the government's absolute power?

• Sovereignty

• Delegate

• Levy

• Consent

What do you call people of the highest class of society who held inherited titles and were often part of the ruling class in government?

• Loyalists

• Aristocrats

• Traitors

• Delegates

What does it mean to impose taxes?

• Import

• Relinquish

• Levy

• Abdicate

What is the term for bringing goods or services into a country from abroad?

• Abdicate

• Import

• Relinquish

• Delegate

What does it mean to withdraw or retreat from something?

• Abdicate

• Import

• Relinquish

• Levy