WorksheetsUnit 1: US Government Mid-point Quiz
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 39mins
What is the pupose for Government?
Select 4 Answers that Apply:
To rule over its citizens in a Totalitarian manner
To prtoect citizens from threats w/ military
Regulate the Economy
Provide Goods & Services for its citizens
Enforce Laws & Prevent Crimes
Thomas Jefferson, who stated, "We must support our rights or lose our character, and with it, perhaps, our liberties".
This quote highlights the idea that a nation's sovereignty is intrinsically (esssential) linked to the rights and self-governance of its people.
True
False
Analyzing John Locke's quote: "For no government can have a right to obedience from a people who have not freely consented to it; which they can never be supposed to do till…they are put in a full state of liberty to choose their government."
What fundamental principle of government does this statement emphasize?
The divine right of kings to rule
The necessity of military control
The requirement of people's consent to be governed
The importance of religious authority
"The Mayflower Compact of 1620 was a set of drafted rules by the English settlers." How did this contribute to American democracy?
It established a national government
It created a formal constitution
It demonstrated self-governance principles
It abolished monarchy completely
The 13 English Colonies decide to break away from England and its (a) by declaring (b) through the Decleration of Independence, secured their freedom, then created a (c) with democratic influences based on enlightenment thinkers (d)
Analyze this quote from colonial protests: "No taxation without representation!"
What fundamental principle were the colonists defending?
The right to complete independence from Britain
The right to have elected representatives in England's Parliament voting on colonial taxes
The right to refuse all forms of taxation
The right to establish their own currency
Analyze the image: What was the immediate consequence of the Boston Tea Party (1773)?
Britain immediately granted colonial independence
The implementation of the Intolerable (Coercive) Acts
A formal apology from King George III
What was the primary outcome of the French and Indian War's Treaty of Paris (1763)?
France retained control of Canada
Spain gained control of the Mississippi River
Britain gained control of New France (Canada) and was bankrupt
Native Americans received autonomous territories
Which statement describes the Enlightenment idea of a social contract as it influenced the Declaration of Independence?
A social contract controls the way businesses make money.
A social contract specifies how much people must pay in taxes.
A social contract decides the relationship between rulers and citizens.
A social contract determines which class of people will be powerful.
The Proclamation Line of 1763, high taxes, Boston Massacre, and Boston Tea Party led to...
The French and Indian War
The Proclamation Line of 1763
The Constitutional Convention
The American Revolution
What was the impact of Thomas Paine's Common Sense?
It inspired Americans to fight for independence
It convinced Britain to negotiate with the colonies
It led to the end of the American Revolution
It had no significant impact
Analyze the attached image:
What is the message of the author of this image found in the Pennsylvania Gazette on May 9, 1754?
Thomas Jefferson's published this for support of the Declaration of Independence.
Ben Franklin's, Join or Die image used to try and unify colonies under one government called the Albany Plan.
George Washington's, published during his 1st term as the first President.
Revolutionary war image used for motivational tactics with soldiers of the Continental Army.
"When the legislative and executive powers are united in the same person, or in the same body
of magistrates, there can be no liberty; because apprehensions may arise, lest the same
monarch or senate should enact tyrannical laws, to execute them in a tyrannical manner.
Again, there is no liberty if the judiciary power be not separated from the legislative and
executive."
- Baron de Montesquieu
According to the excerpt above, which Enlightenment idea is Montesquieu arguing in favor of?
Separation of powers
Separation of church and state
Balance of power
Freedom of religion
Match the foundation article with what it established
House of Burgesses
First form of Representative Government
Magna Carta
Trial by jury and Due Process rights
Mayflower Compact
1620 Puritan and Pilgrim Agreement
Glorious Revolution (William & Mary)
English Bill of Rights
Social Contract
Agreement between the people and gov't
Which of the following apply to the Declaration of Independence? Choose (4) answers that apply:
Written by Thomas Jefferson
Was compiled of a list of 27 grievances against Great Britain
Influenced other revolutions for independence that followed after it around the world.
Included the Great Compromise
Promised Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness based on Enlightenment ideals.
What is the importance of the second section, the Preamble to the Declaration of Independence?
States that people have rights that cannot be taken away and the purpose of a government
It's the longest section that states the grievances the colonists had.
It's where members of Congress signed & pledged their loyalty to one another & declared independence
States why it is being written, which was to break away from Britain.
Annalyze the image: what EVENT is taking place?
Sons of Liberty rebelling through the Boston Tea Party
Native Americans attacking Colonial Shipping
Native Americans protesting
Native Americans hated tea so they destroyed ships containing it
This writing was published during the American Revolution, written by (a) , and paved the way for the (b) .
Analyze the image: Based off the information in the image which was a direct response to the Boston Tea Party 1765 by the British?
The Intolerable Acts carried out by the Sons of Liberty
The Stamp Act tax that required official doucments to be stamped
Lexington and Concord "shot heard round the world"
The Sugar Act which taxed sugar and molasses
This writing was published during the American Revolution, written by Thomas Paine, and paved the way for the Declaration of Independence.
Rights of man
The American Crisis
Common Sense
Join or die
