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WorksheetsUnit 2 Founding Fathers Review
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 7mins
Why did colonists want to break free from England?
No representation in Parliament
Quartering Act
Numerous taxes on imports
England not listening to colonists requests
All of the above
A cruel and oppressive ruler is also known as a (a) .
What did the Quartering Act make colonists do?
Throw quarters at people
Forced them to only buy tea from England
Forced them to house and feed British troops
Forced them to pay taxes
The Tea Act forced colonists to only buy tea from (a) /
The Coercive Acts:
blocked any imports or exports using a naval blockade in harbor
Forced colonists to house and feed British troops
Taxed all legal documents
The ______ were the leading thinkers in what is now the United States of America
Colonists
Loyalists
Founding Fathers
Patriots
Which Enlightenment thinker believed in natural rights and social contract?
Baron de Montesquieu
John Locke
Plato
Aristotle
Which historical document was the first example of SELF GOVERNMENT?
Magna Carta
English Bill of Rights
"Common Sense"
Mayflower Compact
Which document was the first document that LIMITED THE POWER OF THE MONARCH?
Magna Carta
English Bill of Rights
Mayflower Compact
"Common Sense"
Who wrote "Common Sense", the pamphlet that fanned the flames of revolution?
John Locke
Thomas Edison
Thomas Paine
Benjamin Franklin
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.
Magna Carta
Mayflower Compact
English Bill of Rights
Common Sense
The 13 American colonies severed their political connections to Great Britain on what day?
July 4, 1776
July 4, 1987
July 4, 1176
