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WorksheetsAG Unit 2 Part 1 Quiz (20pts)
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Where was the first permanent English settlement in North America established in 1607?
Plymouth
Roanoke
Jamestown
Charleston
What two principles were at the heart of the English Political system that colonists brought with them to the new world?
Monarchy and absolutism
Limited government and representative government
Feudalism and authoritarianism
Dictatorship and centralization
Which idea first appeared in English political heritage with the signing of the Magna Carta?
Divine right of kings
Unlimited government
Limited government
Authoritarian rule
The idea of _______________ was influenced by a European intellectual movement called the Enlightenment.
Absolute government control
Limited government
Monarchic rule
Chaotic governance
Which intellectual movement influenced the idea of limited government?
Renaissance
Romanticism
Enlightenment
Industrial Revolution
__________________, which was the idea that people are born with certain unalienable rights that given to them by their creator.
Birthright
Natural Rights
Monarch
Democracy
Both Locke and Hobbes argued for a theoretical state of nature which comes before any kind of gernment, and in that state, humans are
Alive
Free
Dead
Not present
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence with editorial help from John Adams and Benjamin Franklin?
Thomas Hobbes
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
John Locke
Thomas Jefferson
What does the Declaration of Independence identify as unalienable rights?
Property, Liberty, and Pursuit of Happiness
Life, Liberty, and Pursuit of Happiness
Life, Property, and Pursuit of Knowledge
Liberty, Property, and Pursuit of Wealth
How did the framers of the Constitution address the fear of democracy?
Implemented direct democracy
Created a republic
Established an absolute monarchy
Promoted anarchy
What was Benjamin Franklin's innovative plan for uniting the colonies in 1754 called?
The Stamp Act Party
The Albany Plan of Union
The Intolerable Acts
The Inflationary Acts
The unofficial British policy where parliamentary rules and laws were loosely or not enforced on the American colonies and trade is know as
blockade
intolerable acts
natural rights
salutary neglect
What events "drastically changed the easy relationship between the colonies and Britain"?
The Boston Tea Party and the Stamp Act
The French and Indian War and King George III's ideas
The Intolerable Acts and the Albany Plan of Union
The Committees of Correspondence and the First Continental Congress
What did the colonists no longer need from the British after Britain's victory in the French & Indian War?
Economic support
Military protection from the French
Cultural influence
Direct taxes on tea, sugar, glass, paper, and other products
What are the three main sections of the Declaration of Independence?
Introduction, Body, Conclusion
Preamble, List of Grievances, Resolution for Independence
Rights, Responsibilities, Resolutions
King's Demands, People's Response, Conclusion
Why did Thomas Jefferson write the Declaration of Independence?
To criticize the colonies
To declare independence without any explanation
To provide a clear rationale for separating from Britain
To entertain and inspire the troops
What was the primary purpose of publishing the Declaration of Independence widely throughout the colonies and the world?
To share a secret message with foreign allies
To declare war on Britain
To inspire foreign allies to join the fight
To spread awareness of the Constitutions principles
In the passage, which Enlightenment thinker is mentioned as a clear influence on the line, "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal..."?
Voltaire
Montesquieu
Rousseau
Locke
What does Jefferson claim about natural rights in the Declaration of Independence?
They are granted by the government.
They originate with the king.
They are given to people by their Creator.
They are irrelevant in the context of governance.
What concept is associated with the idea that governments derive their powers from the consent of the governed?
Divine Right
Popular Sovereignty
Absolute Monarchy
Autocracy
