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WorksheetsAmericans Declare Independence
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 3hrs 30mins
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1.
Which timeline shows English policies towards the American colonists in correct chronological order?
a)
Townshend Act-->Quartering of Troops-->Stamp Act-->Tea Act
b)
Quartering of troops-->Townshend Act-->Intolerable Acts--> Tea Act
c)
Stamp Act-->Quartering of Troops-->Tea Act-->Intolerable Acts
d)
Stamp Act-->Townshend Act-->Tea Act-->Quartering of troops
2.
What was the main purpose of tar-and-feathering shown in this British caricature of the colonists?
a)
to protest their being taxed without their consent
b)
To protect the high cost of British manufactured goods
c)
to protest British involvement in the French and Indian War
d)
to protest the quartering of troops in colonists' own home
3.
Which colonial leader introduced the ideas of John Locke's "social contract" theory into the Declaration of Independence?
a)
John Hancock
b)
Thomas Paine
c)
James Madison
d)
Thomas Jefferson
4.
Which work publicized the concept of "natural rights," later found in the Declaration of Independence?
a)
Magna Carta
b)
The English Bill of Rights
c)
The Mayflower Compact
d)
John Locke's "Two Teatises of Government"
5.
According to the Declaration of Independence, what was an "unalienable right" that all governments should protect?
a)
the right to social equality
b)
the right to personal liberty
c)
the right to religious equality
d)
the right to elect government officials
6.
The passage below comes from the Declaration of Independence.
"He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures..."
Which section of the Declaration contained this passage?
"He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures..."
Which section of the Declaration contained this passage?
a)
its list of colonial grievances
b)
its justification of the conduct of the colonists
c)
its theory of government based on a social contract
d)
its announcement of American independence from Britain.
7.
Which statement best describes the role of government according to the Declaration of Independence?
a)
"The purpose of government is to expand and glorify the state."
b)
The main purpose of government is to protect the unalienable rights of individuals.
c)
The main purpose of government is to protect the rights and privileges of His majesty, the King."
d)
The main purpose of government is to promote the general welfare of the community by taking steps toward social equality.
8.
"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, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness. That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed."
According to this passage, what is the principal role of government?
According to this passage, what is the principal role of government?
a)
To promote great social equality.
b)
To protect the natural rights of citizens
c)
To glorify the ruler in the eyes of the Creator
d)
To help individuals cooperate against forces of nature.
9.
1. People are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights.
2. Governments are instituted among men to secure these rights.
3. Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed.
4. ?
Which statement belongs in #4?
2. Governments are instituted among men to secure these rights.
3. Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed.
4. ?
Which statement belongs in #4?
a)
Because governments derive their powers from the consent of the governed, they are incapable of acting against the people.
b)
Whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to take peaceful measures to alter those policies.
c)
Whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it and institute new government.
d)
Because governments derive their powers from the consent of the governed, it is the obligation of the people to obey their government whatever it commands.
10.
Based on the Declaration of Independence, which is a natural right?
a)
the right to vote
b)
the right to bear arms
c)
the right to pursue happiness
d)
the right to equal protection of the laws
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