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No More British Accents!!!

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
"Three of the most fundamental rights are life, liberty, and property."
Who said it first?
a)
Thomas Jefferson
b)
Thomas Paine
c)
John Locke
d)
Mr. Campbell
2.

Inalienable rights means:

a)

Rights that you need

b)

Rights given by a ruler

c)

Rights that you are born with

d)

right that cannot be taken away

3.
Enlightenment philosopher who believed to limit government, that it should be divided into separate branches that shared power.
a)
John Locke
b)
Montesquieu
c)
Rousseau
d)
Voltaire
4.
According to John Locke, why are governments created?
a)
God gives monarchs a divine right to rule over their people
b)
People are naturally selfish and need a strong ruler to create order
c)
People set up governments to protect their lives and property
d)
Civil government must be established to offset the power of the church
5.
What term does this image represent?
a)
Separation of powers
b)
Judicial Review 
c)
Rule of law
d)
Political parties 
6.

Which concept/idea best matches up with the Magna Carta?

a)

government that isn't doing its job should be overthrown

b)

individual rights

c)

Self-government

d)

Limited Government

7.

Which concept/idea best matches up with the Mayflower Compact?

a)

Limited Government

b)

Self-government

c)

individual rights

d)

government that isn't doing its job should be overthrown

8.

Which concept/idea best matches up with the English Bill of Rights?

a)

Limited Government

b)

Self-government

c)

individual rights

d)

government that isn't doing its job should be overthrown

9.
A pamphlet published by Thomas Paine in 1776 to convince the American colonists to support becoming independent from England.
a)
Common Law
b)
Common Sense
c)
Compact
d)
Magna Carta
10.

What was the significance of the stamp on the newspaper?

a)

It demonstrated that Parliament ignored the colonists’ media communications

b)

It demonstrated that Parliament controlled the colonists’ press outlets.

c)

It represented the colonists’ opposition to English tax policies.

d)

It represented the colonists’ fulfillment of English tax policies.

11.
Which series of Acts punished the town of Boston for the Boston Tea Party
a)
Intolerable Acts
b)
Quartering Acts
c)
Stamp Act
d)
Sugar Act
12.
"No taxation without representation" means?
a)
Colonists shouldn't be taxed if they had no one representing them in Parliament
b)
The representative can tax me
c)
Seize weapons right away
d)
None of the above
13.
_______ taxed all legal documents such as books, pamphlets, newspapers, and deck of cards
a)
Stamp Act
b)
Boston Tea Party
c)
Quartering Act
d)
Boston Massacre
14.
_______ was an incident where British soldiers panicked and shot and killed five colonists in Boston.
a)
Stamp Act
b)
Boston Tea Party
c)
Quartering Act
d)
Boston Massacre
15.
_______ forced colonists to provide housing, food, and supplies for British troops.
a)
Stamp Act
b)
Boston Tea Party
c)
Quartering Act
d)
Boston Massacre
16.
__________ was a refusal to buy goods in protest.
a)
Stamp Act
b)
Boston Tea Party
c)
Quartering Act
d)
Boycott
17.

How did colonists feel about taxation without representation?

a)

they didn't like it because they couldn't vote or have a say

b)

they weren't affected by it

c)

they were fine because they got to vote for their leaders

d)

colonists didn't mind paying taxes

18.

Who wrote the Declaration of Independence primarily?

a)

Thomas Paine

b)

Thomas Jefferson

c)

Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson

d)

Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, and Thomas Jefferson

19.

Where did the Revolutionary war begin?

a)

Jamestown

b)

Lexington and Concord

c)

Boston

d)

Bunker Hill

20.
Many American Colonists believed that British tax laws were unfair because
a)
Colonists lacked representation in Parliament
b)
the British treasury had a surplus of funds already
c)
Native Americans were exempt from the British tax laws
d)
taxes were higher in the Colonies than in England
21.
The Preamble is...
a)
in the beginning of the Declaration...
b)
the conclusion.
c)
in the middle.
d)
not in the Declaration.
22.
According to the Declaration of Independence, what truth was "self-evident"?
a)
All men are created equal
b)
Rights are given by good kings
c)
Government exists to protect us from ourselves
d)
Only a democracy can protect our rights
23.
The words self-evident means what?
a)
confusing
b)
obvious
c)
wrong
d)
self-aware
24.
What are our natural rights according to Jefferson?  (He got the idea from John Locke, but he changed the last right.)
a)
Freedom of speech, religion, and press
b)
Life, liberty, and property
c)
Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness
d)
Voting, rebelling, and health
25.
Why was the Declaration of Independence written?
a)
To stop taxes from the British Empire.
b)
To make a United States army.
c)
To gain independence from the British Empire
d)
To install their own king in America
26.
When Thomas Jefferson copied John Locke's ideas about the social contract, what did he say the people had the right to do to a government who was not protecting the people's rights?
a)
Write a letter
b)
Suggest how it could be better
c)
Wait until they started to respect the people's rights
d)
Abolish it
27.
According to the Declaration of Independence who gives us our rights? 
a)
given by God at birth 
b)
given by our government 
c)
given by our president 
d)
given by our parents 
28.

Which the meaning of Grievances?

a)

Virtues

b)

Complaints

c)

Petitions

d)

Answers

29.
The List of Grievances were the part of the Declaration that
a)
detailed the colonists' complaints with King George.
b)
listed a man's natural rights.
c)
introduced the Declaration.
d)
concluded the Declaration, declaring America a free country.
30.
What country did The United States declare independence from?
a)
Britain
b)
France
c)
Spain
d)
Belgium

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