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OAA 5.2

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Select the following that are natural rights...

a)

Life

b)

Property

c)

Liberty

d)

The pursuit of happiness

2.

What was every colony NOT prepared to declare?

a)

independence

b)

happiness

c)

having tacos on Tuesday

3.

ONE OF THE BELIEFS TAKEN FROM THE ENLIGHTENMENT IS THAT ALL PEOPLE ARE CREATED...

a)

Equal

b)

Unequal

c)

Round

d)

From Jedi

4.

A PERIOD OF TIME FROM 1600-1800 IN WHICH MANY WRITERS USED REASON TO EXPLAIN TOPICS SUCH AS SCIENCE AND POLITICS.

a)

The Bronze Age

b)

The Golden Age

c)

The Enlightenment

d)

The Glorious Revolution

5.

THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE'S ADOPTION IS CELEBRATED ON THE HOLIDAY...  

a)

Thanksgiving

b)

Independence Day (July 4th 1776)

c)

Memorial Day

d)

Labor Day

6.

ALL OF THESE WERE WRITERS OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE EXCEPT...

a)

John Adams

b)

George Washington

c)

Benjamin Franklin

d)

Thomas Jefferson

7.

THE IDEAS OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE ARE BASED OFF OF...

a)

The Enlightenment

b)

The Glorious Revolution

c)

The French Revolution

d)

Both The Enlightenment and The Glorious Revolution

8.

AS SUPPORT FOR INDEPENDENCE GREW, THE CONTINENTAL CONGRESS CREATED A COMMITTEE TO EXPLAIN...

a)

Where they would attack Great Britain

b)

The creation of a new colony

c)

why the colonies had declared independence

d)

How they would write the Declaration of Independence

9.

THE SHORT BOOK "COMMON SENSE" by Thomas Paine...

a)

Convinced many colonists to support independence

b)

Was an influence on the Declaration of Independence

c)

Explained why the 13 Colonies should remain with Great Britain

d)

Condemned the city of Boston for starting the American Revolution

10.

BY LATE _____ KING GEORGE III OF BRITAIN MADE IT CLEAR THAT HE WAS NOT WILLING TO WORK WITH THE COLONISTS.

a)

1775

b)

1776

c)

1976

d)

1703