Quiz on Founding Fathers

wrote five of the Federalist Papers

• George Mason

• James Madison

• John Jay

• John Locke

Father of the Constitution

• James Madison

• George Mason

• Roger Sherman

• George Washington

primary author of the Declaration of Independence

• Thomas Jefferson

• John Jay

Who wrote more than half of the Federalist Papers?

• Alexander Hamilton

• Roger Sherman

• James Madison

• Thomas Jefferson

• John Jay

Who is associated with the social contract theory of government?

• James Madison

• John Locke

• John Jay

• Roger Sherman

Who was the author of the Great Compromise?

• George Mason

• Roger Sherman

• Thomas Jefferson

• George Washington

What was the first representative assembly in the New World?

• the House of Commons

• the House of Burgesses

• the Pennsylvania state legislature

• the Court of Common Pleas

Which of the following was not an English influence on colonial government?

• legislative bodies

• limited government

• federalism

• local government

What is an act of protest in which business is withheld or refused?

• boycott

• burn in effigy

• tar and feather

• riot

Which of the following is not an unalienable right according to the Declaration of Independence?

• liberty

• life

• the pursuit of happiness

• happiness