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WorksheetsFoundations of American Government
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 10mins
The founding document that officially separated us from Great Britain was the
Constitution
Declaration of Independence
Articles of Confederation
Bill of Rights
The primary author of the Declaration of Independence was
Thomas Jefferson
John Adams
Thomas Paine
George Washington
Which of the following terms means, an implicit agreement among the members of a society to cooperate for social benefits?
Anarchy
Natural Rights
Democracy
Social Contract
Whose ideas had the greatest impact on the writing of the Declaration of Independence?
John Locke
Aristotle
Cesare Beccaria
King George
Which of these was NOT one of the natural rights listed by John Locke?
Life
Liberty
Property
Happiness
The ______________ was the final attempt by the Continental Congress to avoid war with Great Britain.
Olive Branch Petition
Intolerable Acts
Boycotting of goods
Capture of Fort Ticonderoga
Thomas Jefferson borrowed many of his ideas from which Enlightenment Philosopher?
John Locke
Thomas Hobbes
Thomas Paine
John Adams
According to the Declaration of Independence who institutes or creates governments?
The King
The People
The Pope
The President
Which of the following is the central idea put forth in the Declaration of Independence?
The American people will fight to the death to protect themselves from attacks by Britain.
The American colonies are justified in rejecting British rule and setting up a new government.
The people of Great Britain should claim their own independence from the rule of the current king.
Americans who support the idea of independence from Great Britain greatly outnumber those who do not.
What was the name of the war that started the American Revolution?
British Parliament
The French and Indian War
Lexington and Concord
The Civil War
Why did the British put a tax on paper materials in the colonies?
The British did not like the colonists
The British would use that money to buy weapons
King George needed money to pay the soldiers
The British were in debt because of the war
The Declaration of Independence has 27 grievances against King George III. What is a grievance?
reasons for the "break-up" (a complaint)
a last ditch effort to get back together (last chance)
reasons why the colonies like King George (a positive review)
peace treaty between US and England
