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WorksheetsAHON CHAPTER 6 SECTION 1
Total questions: 8
Worksheet time: 4mins
1. John Adams complained that Loyalists used the prospect of independence ______________________.
A. to encourage people to join militias.
B. to frighten colonists into giving up.
C. to discourage Britain’s “royal brute.”
D. to support the idea of divine right.
2. Who composed the Declaration of Independence?
A. John Adams
B. Benjamin Franklin
C. Thomas Jefferson
D. Thomas Paine
3. The Declaration’s “list of grievances” included ________________________________ .
A. colonists being taxed without their consent.
B. colonists being executed without trial.
C. colonists being forced to hold jury trials.
D. colonists being forced to observe the Magna Carta.
4. The words “all men are created equal” originally benefited primarily ___________________________________ .
A. white males and freed African Americans.
B. white males and white females.
C. white, male property owners.
D. southern white males.
5. The Declaration of Independence is divided into a preamble and three main sections. The first main section ______________________________________ .
A. details a long list of specific complaints against King George III.
B. states some general ideas about society and government.
C. declares that the colonies are “free and independent states.”
D. states that King George III must be considered “unfit to be the ruler of a free people.”
6. What was the main purpose of the Declaration?
A. to set forth the structure of the United States government
B. to declare the separation of the United States from Britain
C. to declare the rights of the individual
D. to list complaints against King George III
7. The Virginia resolution, proclaiming that the colonies were “free and independent states,” was introduced to Congress by ______________________________ .
A. Benjamin Franklin.
B. Thomas Jefferson.
C. John Adams.
D. Richard Henry Lee.
8. Which of the following phrases from the Declaration of Independence emphasizes the importance of natural rights __________________________________ .
A. “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal . . .”
B. “The History of the King of Britain is a History of repeated injuries . . .”
C. “Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient [short-lived] causes . . .”
D. “In every state of these oppressions, we have petitions for redress [correction] in the most humble terms . . .”
