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WorksheetsGovernment Week 1
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 4mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
This was the only branch of government in the Articles of Confederation
a)
Judicial
b)
Legislative
c)
Executive
d)
Legisskater
2.
How many states were needed to make a law in the Articles of Confederaation?
a)
9
b)
13
c)
10
d)
6
3.
Who had more power under the Articles of Confederation?
a)
State governments
b)
national government
4.
Which philosopher greatly influenced the Founding Fathers when writing the Constitution?
a)
George Washington
b)
John Locke
c)
Sam Adams
d)
Thomas Jefferson
5.
In order to understand why we need government, John Locke looked at the world in the _________________ , or a world without a government.
a)
state of nature
b)
social contranct
c)
consent
d)
state of chaos
6.
According to John Locke, which of the following are the three natural rights all humans are guaranteed just by being born?
a)
life, liberty, and happiness
b)
life, liberty, property
c)
life, religion, property
d)
light, liberty, property
7.
Locke argued that the only way to ensure that everyone’s natural rights were protected was to enter a ____________________________ with each other.
a)
consent
b)
state of nature
c)
agreement
d)
social contract
8.
If the people no longer give consent to the government, what are they able to do?
a)
nothing
b)
return to the state of nature
c)
leave or change the government
d)
change their natural rights
9.
Which part of the Treaty of Paris did Americans fail to follow?
a)
becoming independent from Britia
b)
repaying war debt
c)
returning all enslaved persons
d)
making new boundaries
10.
Native Americans were invited to negotiate the terms of the Treaty of Paris
a)
true
b)
false
11.
After the American Revolution, American taxes were how many times higher than before the Revolution?
a)
they were the same
b)
5
c)
10
d)
15
12.
The movement to educate women so they may educate their sons is called...
a)
republican motherhood
b)
democractic motherhood
c)
educationalism
d)
revolutionary motherhood
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