WorksheetsColonial Influences
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 8mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
In which year was the Magna Carta written?
a)
1620
b)
1215
c)
1689
d)
1776
2.
Who wrote Common Sense?
a)
English nobles
b)
John Locke
c)
Thomas Hobbes
d)
Thomas Paine
3.
Which of the "Big Ideas" was best represented in the Mayflower Compact?
a)
due process
b)
self government
c)
limited government
d)
rights
4.
Which document was written by anonymous authors?
a)
Cato's Letters
b)
Common Sense
c)
English Bill of Rights
d)
Magna Carta
5.
Which of the "Big Ideas" was best represented in the English Bill of Rights?
a)
Due Process
b)
Limited Government
c)
Rule of Law
d)
Self Government
6.
Which of the following were most similar?
a)
The Mayflower Compact and John Locke’s social contract theory
b)
The English Bill of Rights and Thomas Paine's Common Sense
c)
Magna Carta and Montesquieu’s separation of powers
d)
The Mayflower Compact and Montesquieu’s separation of powers
7.
The statements below are from three of the first amendments to the US Constitution.
“Congress shall make no law ... prohibiting … the rights of the people ... to petition the government for a redress of grievances”
“The right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed” “No cruel or unusual punishments shall be inflicted”
Which earlier document contained similar rights?
“Congress shall make no law ... prohibiting … the rights of the people ... to petition the government for a redress of grievances”
“The right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed” “No cruel or unusual punishments shall be inflicted”
Which earlier document contained similar rights?
a)
Montesquieu’s Spirit of the Laws (1748)
b)
The English Bill of Rights (1689)
c)
The Mayflower Compact (1620)
d)
Magna Carta (1215)
8.
Which thinker introduced the idea of a separation of powers for effective government?
a)
John Locke
b)
Thomas Jefferson
c)
Thomas Paine
d)
Baron de Montesquieu
9.
Which right was guaranteed in the excerpt below from the Magna Carta?
“No free man shall be seized or imprisoned, or stripped of his rights or possessions, or outlawed or exiled, or deprived of his standing in any other way, nor will we proceed with force against him, or send others to do so, except by the lawful judgement of his equals or by the law of the land”
“No free man shall be seized or imprisoned, or stripped of his rights or possessions, or outlawed or exiled, or deprived of his standing in any other way, nor will we proceed with force against him, or send others to do so, except by the lawful judgement of his equals or by the law of the land”
a)
Freedom of religion
b)
Freedom of the press
c)
No taxation without representation
d)
Trial by Jury
10.
_____________: •Concept that all members of the government, even the leader, must follow the law.
a)
Constitutional Monarchy
b)
Absolute Monarchy
c)
Dictatorship
d)
Rule of Law
11.
_______ _________ gave American colonists the ideas of rule of law and that the leader's power should be limited.
a)
Declaration of Independence
b)
Roman Republic
c)
Direct Democracy
d)
Magna Carta
12.
What phrase was used in the 1700s and means Parliament and King George III should not tax us unless we have someone representing us in Parliament?
a)
"Taxation with Representation"
b)
"No taxation without representation!"
c)
"Tax us please!"
d)
"Taxation is fair!"
13.
A _________ is someone who wanted to stay with England and was loyal to the king.
a)
Sons of Liberty
b)
Loyalist
c)
Patriot
d)
Red Coat
14.
Colonist who opposed (did not support) the king and wanted to start its own country.
a)
Patriot
b)
Loyalist
c)
Red Coats
d)
Parliament
15.
In the mid 1700s, _____________ of England ruled over the 13 American Colonies.
a)
King Philip
b)
King George III
c)
King Washington
d)
George Washington
16.
The Magna Carta was the first document to _________________.
a)
place limits on the power of wealthy landowners.
b)
establish a monarchy.
c)
place limits of an English ruler's power.
d)
give greater power to an English ruler.
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