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Road to the Constitution

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 4hrs 45mins

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Class
Date
1.

What document created in 1215 Ad established the rights listed below?

- Basic rights of citizens

- Rule of law

- Representative assemblies

a)

the Constitution

b)

Napoleonic Code

c)

the Communist Manifesto

d)

the Magna Carta

2.
What did the Magna Carta do?
a)
Gave more power to the King
b)
Limited the power of the King
c)
Got rid of the Feudal System in England
d)
Gave more power to the Common People
3.

What is the House of Burgesses?

a)

The first legislative assembly of elected representatives in the American colonies.

b)

The first group of elected representatives to leave the colonies.

c)

The first house that was built in Jamestown, Virginia.

4.
What is the significance of the Mayflower Compact?
a)
it provided the basis for a self-governing colony
b)
it established the first representative assembly in America
c)
it extended voting rights to non-church members
d)
It established the idea of due process
5.

First written Constitution

a)

Constitution

b)

Declaration of Independence

c)

Articles of Confederation

d)

Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

6.
In 1620, the Mayflower Compact was created to promote ________________ within Plymouth.
a)
a representative assembly
b)
peace and harmony
c)
self-expression
d)
self-government
7.

What influence did the Mayflower Compact have on the colonists views of government?

a)

people can form a new government

b)

created three separate branches of government

c)

enumerated rights of the colonists

d)

called for a written constitution

8.
Why did Parliament eventually repeal the Stamp Act?
a)
the colonists established a blockade 
b)
The colonists started buying British goods.
c)
The colonists were able to produce their own goods
d)
The colonists began boycotting (refusing to buy) British goods
9.
What was The other name for the Intolerable Act?
a)
Stamp act
b)
Coercive Act
c)
Sugar Act 
d)
Military Act
10.

This taxed molasses

a)

Stamp Act

b)

Sugar Act

c)

Intolerable Acts

d)

Quartering Act

11.

Protest against the Tea Act by the Sons of Liberty

a)

Boston Liberty Bell

b)

Boston Acts

c)

Boston Massacre

d)

Boston Tea Party

12.

Five colonists killed in dispute with British soldiers

a)

Boston War

b)

Boston Acts

c)

Boston Massacre

d)

Boston Tea Party

13.

Which law taxed goods like legal documents, wills, newspapers, playing cards, etc.?

a)

Navigation Acts

b)

Pamphlet Act

c)

Stamp Act

d)

War Debt Act

14.

What did the Townshend Acts do?

a)

put a restriction on storage for the colonists

b)

give colonists in New York, Philadelphia, and Boston a curfew

c)

taxed all imports into the colonies

d)

taxed products made in the colonies

15.

It was an idea suggested by Benjamin Franklin to create a united government for the 13 colonies.

a)

Ben's Plan

b)

Albany Plan of Union

c)

The Franklin Plan of Government

d)

The Franklin Union