WorksheetsColonial America & the Declaration of Independence Test Review
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 11mins
Preamble
Explains why the Continental Congress made the declaration
Declaration of Natural Rights
A list of citizens rights, and explains that citizens form government to protect those rights.
List of Grievances
A list of complaints about the British Government
Resolution of Independence
Declares the colonies as "Free and independent states" with the power to make political decisions
Signers
All the names of the people who contributed.
Thomas Hobbes
social contract
John Locke
natural rights
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
self elected government
Baron de Montesquieu
separation of powers (3 branches of government)
Voltaire
Freedom of religion, trade & speech.
Self government was the main idea of the ________________.
Mayflower Compact
Magna Carta
Petition of Right
Declaration of Independence
Limited government is the idea that our Founding Fathers got from the ______________
Magna Carta
Mayflower Compact
Constitution
English Bill of Rights
democracy
a government in which citizens hold the power to rule
repeal
to cancel a law
boycott
to refuse to purchase certain goods or services
liberty
the quality or state of being free
social contract
an agreement among people in a society with their government
Sending a letter to King George III and demanding that he restore their rights was a result of __________________
The first Continental Congress
The second Continental Congress
The French and Indian War
The battle at Lexington and Concord.
In which colonial region was the plantation system of farming popular?
The Southern Colonies
The Middle Colonies
The New England Colonies
A cash crop is a crop that is sold instead of going to feed the farmer's family.
True
False
In which colonial region were cash crops most popular?
The Middle Colonies
The New England Colonies
The Southern Colonies
A written agreement is a _____________
compact
petition
How did the Great Awakening affect colonists' ways of thinking in both religion AND politics?
It pressed colonists to question traditional authority.
It encouraged the colonists to wake up early to harvest more crops.
Promoted love and support for all of the new taxes the king was imposing.
What was the final event that made the colonists want to declare independence from Great Britain?
Thomas Paine's "Common Sense"
The Coercive Acts
The French and Indian War
The Boston Tea Party
How did the long distance between the colonies and Great Britain affect their relationship?
The distance made it difficult for colonists to have a say in English government.
The distance made them miss Great Britain and plan to move back.
It made them respect the Royal Governors because they were the only direct connection to Great Britain they had.
How did early English colonists feel towards the King and the colonial government?
They were loyal to the king and valued their rights as English citizens.
They were angry with the king for forcing them to leave their homeland.
They were frustrated with all the unnecessary taxes the king was imposing.
The colonists felt like the king was punishing them with the increasing amount of taxes that were being placed on them and so they rebelled.
True
False
