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WorksheetsCH 3 America's Independence
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 16mins
Thomas Jefferson borrowed many of his ideas from which Enlightenment Philosopher?
John Locke
Thomas Hobbes
Thomas Paine
John Adams
Which quotation from the Declaration of Independence best supports the main purpose of a nation's government.
We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all mean are created equal; that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness...
...[To] secure these rights , governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed...
...[G}overnments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath show, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable,than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed.
...[A]s free and independent states, they have full power to levy war, conclude peace, contract alliances, establish commerce, and to do all other acts and things which independent states may of right do.
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 are unalienable rights?
rights that can't be taken away
rights that can be denied
rights that are temporary
rights that can be removed at any time
The ___________________________ Act was a tax on finished goods like glass, lead, and paper.
Townshend Act
Tea Act
Stamp Act
Glass Act
Which act placed a tax on almost all printed materials?
The Sugar Act
The Stamp Act
The Townshend Acts
The Delcaratory Acts
The Intolerable/Coercive Acts were a series of laws that did what?
Closed Boston Harbor
Forced the colonies to let British soldiers live among the colonists
Banned town meetings in Massachusetts
All of the above
What was the name of the conflict that caused the British to be in debt and to start taxing the Colonies..
The Civil War
The Revolutionary War
The French and Indian War
The French and English War
This extremely popular pamphlet titled _____________________ pushed the colonists to declare independence from Great Britain.
Common Sense
Declaration of Independence
Magna Carta
Mayflower Compact
What event was a direct result of the colonist frustration with the Tea Act?
Boston Massacre
Gaspee Affair
The Olive Branch Petition
The Boston Tea Party
Which term refers to an agreement made by the people to establish a government and obey its laws?
Natural Rights
Separation of powers
Checks and balances
Consent of the governed
______ is a place ruled by a country from far away.
Colony
Hotel
City
County
What is a merchant?
A person who owns a business that buys and sells goods.
A person who takes care of animals.
A person who cooks food for the rich.
A person who acts or sings in plays and movies.
