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COLONIAL INFLUENCES

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which is not an influence on the Founding Fathers when developing a government?

a)

British traditions

b)

Athenian/Greek

c)

Roman

d)

1st Amendment

2.

Which would not be found on the colonial bookshelf of a colonial Founding Father?

a)

War and Peace

b)

Cato's Letters

c)

Common Sense

d)

Magna Carta

3.

Which was not mentioned in the Magna Carta?

a)

Laws and punishments to be fair and equal

b)

rights for ALL Englishmen

c)

Due process of the laws and fair trials

d)

Property rights

4.

The Mayflower Compact contained all of the following EXCEPT.......

a)

agree to follow all laws

b)

government will serve all people

c)

offered protection for all

d)

right to bear arms and free speech

5.

This document, used as a guide by the Founding Fathers, gave us the idea for the first ten amendments to our Constitution.

a)

Magna Carta

b)

Cato's Letters

c)

English Bill of Rights

d)

Magna Carta

6.

Ben Franklin's newspaper was called the (a)   ? CONVENTIONS PEOPLE!!!!

7.

What is a pseudonym?

a)

A disease of the Psyche

b)

a fake name

c)

a cell structure from science

d)

a Phil Collins song

8.

The authors of these newspaper editorials in

Britain argued against the king’s heavy-handed

rule. These editorials were called?

a)

Magna Carta

b)

English Bill of Rights

c)

Common Sense

d)

Cato's Letters

9.

The TWO names used for the English newspaper editorials aimed at attacking the kings tyrannical rule were _.

(a)  

10.

Where did the Founding Fathers meet to discuss the independence movement?

a)

Runnymeade

b)

Great Britain

c)

Plymouth, Massachusetts

d)

Philadelphia

11.

This Big Idea, outlined in the unit Colonial Influences, says that people must follow the laws, and the laws should be enforced fairly.

a)

Due Process

b)

Self Government

c)

Rule of Law

d)

Limited Government

12.

This Big Idea, outlined in the unit Colonial Influences, says that people can make decisions on how their government should work. .

a)

Due Process

b)

Self Government

c)

Rule of Law

d)

Limited Government

13.

This BIG IDEA, outlined in the Colonial Influences unit, says that people have the right to fair and reasonable laws. Officials have to follow rules when enforcing laws and need to treat all people in the same way.

a)

Due Process

b)

Rule of Law

c)

Self Government

d)

Limited Government

14.

This BIG IDEA, outlined in the Colonial Influences unit, says a government that has been limited in power by a constitution, or written agreement is called.

a)

Rights

b)

Rule of Law

c)

Limited Government

d)

Self Government

15.

A SET of things that people believe they should be free to do without restrictions.

a)

Rights

b)

Rule of Law

c)

Limited Government

d)

Self Government

16.

All of the following are big ideas of the Magna Carta except?

a)

Rights

b)

Rule of Law

c)

Due Process

d)

Self Government

17.

The Mayflower Compact was an agreement among the members of what religious group?

a)

Puritan

b)

Anglican

c)

Pilgrim

d)

Quaker

18.

All of the following were BIG IDEAS of the English Bill of Rights EXCEPT.

a)

Limited Government

b)

Rights

c)

Due Process

d)

Self Government

19.

The most important BIG IDEA from Cato's Letters was which of the following?

a)

Limited Government

b)

Rights

c)

Self Government

d)

Limited Government

20.

The first ten amendments in the Bill of Rights guarantee certain rights and freedoms that include:

•Freedom of speech, the press, and religion

•Right to petition the government and to bear arms

•Prohibition of excessive bail or fines, or cruel and unusual punishments for crimes. Which BIG IDEA fits this description?

a)

Due Process

b)

Rights

c)

Rule of Law

d)

Self– Government

21.

The U.S. Constitution created three branches of government. Each branch is given the power to check, or limit the power of the other two. This system of checks and balances keeps any one branch from getting too powerful which is an example of..........

a)

Self– Government

b)

Due Process

c)

Limited Government

d)

Rule of Law

22.

The U.S. Constitution, 5th Amendment states, "No person shall...be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law”

This is an example of which BIG IDEA?

a)

Self-Government

b)

Due Process

c)

Limited Government

d)

Rule of Law