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Unit 5: Path to Democracy

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which Enlightenment Thinker was responsible for the concept of the Natural Rights?

a)

Baron de Montesquieu

b)

John Locke

c)

Ms. Duhigg

d)

Thomas Jefferson

2.

Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

a)

Thomas Jefferson

b)

James Madison

c)

Alexander Hamilton

d)

George Washington

3.

Which event came first?

a)

The Stamp Act

b)

The Boston Tea Party

c)

Lexington and Concord

d)

The Boston Massacre

4.

What war lead to the establishment of the Stamp Act and the Intolerable Acts?

a)

The Revolutionary War

b)

World War 1

c)

The French and Indian War

d)

The Civil War

5.

A boycott is when people will stop buying goods in protest.

a)

True

b)

False

6.

What document addressed colonial concerns about English policies?

a)

Bill of Rights

b)

The Constitution

c)

The Grievance Letters

d)

The Declaration of Independence

7.

Parliament would eventually repeal the Stamp Act due to the colonists protests through boycotting. 

a)

True

b)

False

8.

Self-Government is government of a country by its own people, especially after having been a colony.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

The principle that all people and institutions are subject to and accountable to the law.

a)

Rule of Law

b)

Natural Rights

c)

Social Contract

d)

Representative Democracy

10.

What is the correct timeline?

a)

Boston Massacre -> Boston Tea Party -> Intolerable Acts

b)

Intolerable Acts -> Boston Tea Party -> Boston Massacre

c)

Declaration of Independence -> 1st Continental Congress -> 2nd Continental Congress

11.

Which of the following is TRUE about the battles of Lexington and Concord?

a)

Thousands of colonists died in these battles.

b)

Both battles happened in April of 1875.

c)

These were the last battles of the Revolutionary War.

d)

These were the first battles of the Revolutionary War. 

12.

Delegates are those that were loyal to the British trying to get the colonists to not declare independence.

a)

True

b)

False

13.

After the Boston Tea Party the British Monarchy responded by stopping the Stamps Acts and allowing the colonists to do what they want.

a)

False

b)

True

14.

Which of the following is NOT something that the colonists did to protest the British?

a)

Move West

b)

Boycott British Goods

c)

Attack the Tax Collectors

d)

Protesting British Policies

15.

Which Enlightenment thinker was responsible for the concept of "separation of powers"?

a)

Baron de Montesquieu

b)

John Locke

c)

Benjamin Franklin

d)

Alexander Hamilton

16.

Self-Government

a)

the people create and run their own government

b)

the states that create and run their own government

c)

the people create and run their own towns

d)

the people created and run the British government

17.

Limited Government

a)

a government that has been limited in power by a constitution, or written agreement created by Abby Lee Miller

b)

a town that has been limited in power by a constitution, or written agreement

c)

a government that has unlimited power by a constitution, or written agreement

d)

a government that has been limited in power by a constitution, or written agreement

18.

Quartering

a)

Housing and feeding British animals

b)

Housing and feeding British citizens

c)

Housing and feeding British soldiers

d)

Housing and feeding British soldiers and their families

19.

Grievance

a)

A complaint

b)

A death

c)

A birth

d)

A consequence

20.

Which is a benefit of the rule of law that was established by the Magna Carta?

a)

Bureaucratic government procedures are reduced.

b)

Government decisions are based on the will of the majority.

c)

Government officials can act on their own instincts in emergencies.

d)

Citizens are protected from arbitrary and oppressive uses of government power.

21.

How did the Mayflower Compact influence colonists’ views on government?

a)

It provided an example of an effective limited government.

b)

It demonstrated that the colonists were capable of local, self-government.

c)

It discouraged the colonists from seeking their independence.

d)

It disproved Locke’s social contract theory, leading to revolution

22.

How did Thomas Paine's Common Sense influence the

colonists' views?

a)

It gave them the idea that everyone is entitled to

certain natural rights.

b)

It led them to create a government based on a separation of powers among different branches

c)

It encouraged them to declare their independence from Great Britain.

d)

It established the idea that government power should be limited

23.

How did both the Magna Carta and the English Bill of Rights affect colonists' views on government?

a)

Both documents introduced the idea of self-government

b)

Both documents introduced the idea of absolute monarchy.

c)

Both documents expanded the power of the monarchy.

d)

Both documents limited the government's power.

24.

Separation of Powers

a)

two branches of government with their own distinct powers and responsibilities

b)

three branches of government with their own distinct powers and responsibilities

c)

three branches of government with the same powers and responsibilities

d)

three branches of departments with their own distinct powers and responsibilities

25.

Natural Law

a)

laws rejected by government to protect natural rights

b)

laws passed by citizens to protect natural rights

c)

laws passed by government to protect nocturnal rights

d)

laws passed by government to protect natural rights