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WorksheetsUnit 2 Part 1 (1.1,1.2 & 1.3)
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
What is the belief that individuals are born with basic rights that cannot be taken away by government?
natural law
social contract
separation of powers
consent of the governed
An agreement among the people and the government is called a
natural law
separation of powers
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social contract
Which phrase below reflects John Locke's theory of social contract?
Legislatures should have more power than a king
Government should protect economic conditions
The people should alter or abolish that government
Monarchs could grant certain rights to their subjects
What were John Locke's 3 natural rights?
Life, Liberty, Pursuit of Happiness
Live, Laugh, Love
Life, Liberty, Property
Life, Speech, Religion
Benchmark: SS.7.C.1.2 Complexity: DOK2
Thomas Paine mainly wrote Common Sense to
Demand limited government
Convince people to declare independence
Illustrate the king’s oppression
Expand the rights of the people
Which idea is from the Magna Carta?
What document that listed and expanded the rights of the people, and further limited the rights of the king?
Magna Carta
Mayflower Compact
English Bill of Rights
Common Sense
Which one established self-government in the American colonies?
Magna Carta
English Bill of Rights
Social Contract
Mayflower Compact
How did King George III and Parliament decide to deal with their debt problems after the French and Indian War?
By selling off lands in North America
By taxing the defeated French people
By taxing the American colonists
By selling off colonies in Asia
Which phrase represented American colonists' opposistion to British taxes because they did not elect members of Parliament?
No Representation without Taxation
Taxation with Representation is Tyranny
No Taxation without Representation
Taxation and Representation are Tyranny
Which act taxed printed materials such as newspapers, legal documents, and playing cards?
Quartering Act
Townshend Acts
Stamp Act
Sugar Act
Which act required American colonists to house and feed British soldiers?
Quartering Act
Intolerable Acts
Tea Act
Townshend Acts
Which forms of colonial protest to British acts hurt Britain's economy most?
Tarring and feathering of tax collectors
Smuggling and boycotts
Assemblies and petitions
Riots and acts of civil disobedience
