Unit 1 Quiz

From the Declaration of Independence, what can a reader infer about Jefferson's general attitude toward revolution?

• Revolution is a method of last resort.

• All cases of injustice justify a revolution.

• People often revolt as their first course of action.

• Revolution is a very poor way of dealing with conflict.

Which statements best describes the way Britain harmed the American economy, according to the Declaration of Independence?

• Britain stopped all commerce and trade within the American colonies.

• Britain prevented the colonies from creating a national American currency.

• Britain raised prices on many of the basic necessities Americans had to import.

• Britain imposed illegal taxes on the colonies and cut off America's international trade.

Which person is the best example of someone who demonstrates tyranny?

• a rebel

• a dictator

• a member

• a challenger

According to the Declaration of Independence, what is the main purpose of a nation's government?

• to keep people satisfied with their leaders

• to help the nation grow in wealth and power

• to see that people's basic rights are protected

• to maintain order and stability by staying in power

Which quotation from the Declaration of Independence best supports the main purpose of a nation's government.

• We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all mean are created equal; that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness...

• ...[To] secure these rights , governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed...

• ...[G}overnments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath show, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable,than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed.

• ...[A]s free and independent states, they have full power to levy war, conclude peace, contract alliances, establish commerce, and to do all other acts and things which independent states may of right do.

Which of the following is the central idea put forth in the Declaration of Independence?

• The American people will fight to the death to protect themselves from attacks by Britain.

• The American colonies are justified in rejecting British rule and setting up a new government.

• The people of Great Britain should claim their own independence from the rule of the current king.

• Americans who support the idea of independence from Great Britain greatly outnumber those who do not.

The word insurrection contains the Latin prefixes, in-, meaning "not opposite," and sur-, meaning "above, on top of." Use this information as well as your knowledge of the Latin root -rect- to choose the correct definition of insurrection.

• uprising, rebellion

• order, command

• battle, brawl

• strategy, plan

Who was the main author of the Declaration of Independence?

• Benjamin Franklin

• John Locke

• Thomas Jefferson

• George Washington

The Preamble is...

• in the beginning of the Declaration...
• the conclusion.
• in the middle.
• not in the Declaration.

What are our natural rights according to Jefferson?

• Freedom of speech, religion, and press

• Life, liberty, and property

• Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness

• Voting, rebelling, and health