WorksheetsUnit 5: Path to Democracy
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 12mins
Which Enlightenment Thinker was responsible for the concept of the Natural Rights?
Baron de Montesquieu
John Locke
Ms. Duhigg
Thomas Jefferson
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Jefferson
James Madison
Alexander Hamilton
George Washington
Which event came first?
The Stamp Act
The Boston Tea Party
Lexington and Concord
The Boston Massacre
What war lead to the establishment of the Stamp Act and the Intolerable Acts?
The Revolutionary War
World War 1
The French and Indian War
The Civil War
A boycott is when people will stop buying goods in protest.
True
False
What document addressed colonial concerns about English policies?
Bill of Rights
The Constitution
The Grievance Letters
The Declaration of Independence
Parliament would eventually repeal the Stamp Act due to the colonists protests through boycotting.
True
False
Self-Government is government of a country by its own people, especially after having been a colony.
True
False
The principle that all people and institutions are subject to and accountable to the law.
Rule of Law
Natural Rights
Social Contract
Representative Democracy
What is the correct timeline?
Boston Massacre -> Boston Tea Party -> Intolerable Acts
Intolerable Acts -> Boston Tea Party -> Boston Massacre
Declaration of Independence -> 1st Continental Congress -> 2nd Continental Congress
Which of the following is TRUE about the battles of Lexington and Concord?
Thousands of colonists died in these battles.
Both battles happened in April of 1875.
These were the last battles of the Revolutionary War.
These were the first battles of the Revolutionary War.
Delegates are those that were loyal to the British trying to get the colonists to not declare independence.
True
False
After the Boston Tea Party the British Monarchy responded by stopping the Stamps Acts and allowing the colonists to do what they want.
False
True
Which of the following is NOT something that the colonists did to protest the British?
Move West
Boycott British Goods
Attack the Tax Collectors
Protesting British Policies
Which Enlightenment thinker was responsible for the concept of "separation of powers"?
Baron de Montesquieu
John Locke
Benjamin Franklin
Alexander Hamilton
Self-Government
the people create and run their own government
the states that create and run their own government
the people create and run their own towns
the people created and run the British government
Limited Government
a government that has been limited in power by a constitution, or written agreement created by Abby Lee Miller
a town that has been limited in power by a constitution, or written agreement
a government that has unlimited power by a constitution, or written agreement
a government that has been limited in power by a constitution, or written agreement
Quartering
Housing and feeding British animals
Housing and feeding British citizens
Housing and feeding British soldiers
Housing and feeding British soldiers and their families
Grievance
A complaint
A death
A birth
A consequence
Which is a benefit of the rule of law that was established by the Magna Carta?
Bureaucratic government procedures are reduced.
Government decisions are based on the will of the majority.
Government officials can act on their own instincts in emergencies.
Citizens are protected from arbitrary and oppressive uses of government power.
How did the Mayflower Compact influence colonists’ views on government?
It provided an example of an effective limited government.
It demonstrated that the colonists were capable of local, self-government.
It discouraged the colonists from seeking their independence.
It disproved Locke’s social contract theory, leading to revolution
How did Thomas Paine's Common Sense influence the
colonists' views?
It gave them the idea that everyone is entitled to
certain natural rights.
It led them to create a government based on a separation of powers among different branches
It encouraged them to declare their independence from Great Britain.
It established the idea that government power should be limited
How did both the Magna Carta and the English Bill of Rights affect colonists' views on government?
Both documents introduced the idea of self-government
Both documents introduced the idea of absolute monarchy.
Both documents expanded the power of the monarchy.
Both documents limited the government's power.
Separation of Powers
two branches of government with their own distinct powers and responsibilities
three branches of government with their own distinct powers and responsibilities
three branches of government with the same powers and responsibilities
three branches of departments with their own distinct powers and responsibilities
Natural Law
laws rejected by government to protect natural rights
laws passed by citizens to protect natural rights
laws passed by government to protect nocturnal rights
laws passed by government to protect natural rights
