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Unit 2 Founding Fathers Review

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Why did colonists want to break free from England?

a)

No representation in Parliament

b)

Quartering Act

c)

Numerous taxes on imports

d)

England not listening to colonists requests

e)

All of the above

2.

A cruel and oppressive ruler is also known as a (a)   .

3.

What did the Quartering Act make colonists do?

a)

Throw quarters at people

b)

Forced them to only buy tea from England

c)

Forced them to house and feed British troops

d)

Forced them to pay taxes

4.

The Tea Act forced colonists to only buy tea from (a)   /

5.

The Coercive Acts:

a)

blocked any imports or exports using a naval blockade in harbor

b)

Forced colonists to house and feed British troops

c)

Taxed all legal documents

6.

The ______ were the leading thinkers in what is now the United States of America

a)

Colonists

b)

Loyalists

c)

Founding Fathers

d)

Patriots

7.

Which Enlightenment thinker believed in natural rights and social contract?

a)

Baron de Montesquieu

b)

John Locke

c)

Plato

d)

Aristotle

8.

Which historical document was the first example of SELF GOVERNMENT?

a)

Magna Carta

b)

English Bill of Rights

c)

"Common Sense"

d)

Mayflower Compact

9.

Which document was the first document that LIMITED THE POWER OF THE MONARCH?

a)

Magna Carta

b)

English Bill of Rights

c)

Mayflower Compact

d)

"Common Sense"

10.

Who wrote "Common Sense", the pamphlet that fanned the flames of revolution?

a)

John Locke

b)

Thomas Edison

c)

Thomas Paine

d)

Benjamin Franklin

11.

Which document gave British citizens Representative Government (Parliament), The monarch could no longer collect taxes without Parliament’s permission or limit free speech, Also included right to petition and other rights that are included in our Constitution.

a)

Magna Carta

b)

Mayflower Compact

c)

English Bill of Rights

d)

Common Sense

12.

The 13 American colonies severed their political connections to Great Britain on what day?

a)

July 4, 1776

b)

July 4, 1987

c)

July 4, 1176