WorksheetsFounding Ideas: Part 2
Total questions: 22
Worksheet time: 11mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Things people believe they should be free to do without restrictions.
a)
Rule of law
b)
Self Government
c)
Due Process
d)
Limited Government
e)
Rights
2.
People have the right to fair and reasonable laws. Officials have to follow the rules when enforcing the laws and treat all people the same.
a)
Rule of law
b)
Self Government
c)
Due Process
d)
Limited Government
e)
Rights
3.
All people must follow the law and the law must be enforced fairly.
a)
Rule of law
b)
Self Government
c)
Due Process
d)
Limited Government
e)
Rights
4.
People make decisions on how their government should work.
a)
Rule of law
b)
Self Government
c)
Due Process
d)
Limited Government
e)
Rights
5.
A government that is limited in power by an agreement or written constitution.
a)
Rule of law
b)
Self Government
c)
Due Process
d)
Limited Government
e)
Rights
6.
What kind of document was the Mayflower Compact?
a)
Government document
b)
Pamphlet
c)
Agreement between indiviuduals
d)
Newspaper article
7.
Identify which founding idea was identified in the Mayflower Compact.
a)
Rights
b)
Rule of Law
c)
Self Government
d)
Limited Government
e)
Due process
8.
What was the purpose of Thomas Paine's writing called Common Sense?
a)
Limit the power of the king
b)
Convince the colonists to support the constitution
c)
Convince the colonists to support breaking free from Britain
d)
Expand power of the Parliment
9.
Which kind of document was Cato's letters?
a)
Government document
b)
agreement between people
c)
pamphlet
d)
collection of newspaper articles
10.
What was the purpose of Cato's letters?
a)
Expand rights of parliment
b)
encourage colonists to break free from Britain
c)
argue against the king's heavy hand
d)
create their own government
11.
Which founding idea is represented in the Mayflower Compact when they all agreed to follow the laws?
a)
Rights
b)
Due Process
c)
Rule of Law
d)
Limited Government
e)
Self Government
12.
Which founding idea is represented in this part of the Constitution, "WE THE PEOPLE of the United States...do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America"?
a)
Rights
b)
Due Process
c)
Rule of Law
d)
Limited Government
e)
Self Government
13.
The Declaration can be divided up into parts; which part explains why the Declaration is being written?
a)
Preamble
b)
Natural Rights
c)
Grievances
d)
Resolution of Independence
14.
Which part of the Declaration does this phrase belong in, "We now cut all political connection with Great Britain"?
a)
Preamble
b)
Natural Rights
c)
Grievances
d)
Resolution of Independence
15.
Which of the following phrases DOES NOT belong in the "grievances" part of the Declaration?
a)
The king has tried to keep people from coming to the colonies to live
b)
When one group of people decides to separate from another, they should explain why
c)
The king has caused fighting among the colonists
d)
New laws have taken away or right to a jury trial in many cases
16.
Which of the following IS NOT a right mentioned in the preamble?
a)
The right to pursue happiness
b)
The right to liberty
c)
The right to vote
d)
The right to life
17.
What is the central point of the Declaration of Independence?
a)
That the colonies should be better represented in Parliament
b)
That the colonies are breaking with England to form their own country
c)
That the taxes on tea and stamps are too high
d)
That King George III was a terrible tyrant
18.
Which founding idea is represented in this part of the Declaration of Independence: "We declare that the colonies should be free and independent states"?
a)
Due Process
b)
Rule of Law
c)
Limited Government
d)
Self Government
e)
Rights
19.
When planning for the constitution, everybody agreed the central government should have more power.
a)
True
b)
False
20.
Different states had different needs for government to meet.
a)
True
b)
False
21.
Under the Articles of Confederation the central government had more power than the states.
a)
True
b)
False
22.
What was the first government of the United States?
a)
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
b)
Mayflower Compact
c)
United States Constitution
d)
Articles of Confederation
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