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Chapter 4 Test: Enlightenment and Declaration of Independence
Please highlight what the question is asking you! This is worth points!
1)
The economy of the New England colonies depended strongly on… (Level 1)
A) agriculture
B) mining
C) the sea
D) a warm climate
2)
The Southern Colonies were known for their (Level 1)
A) fertile land
B) industry and trade
C) ports and shipbuilding
D) rocky terrain
Use the following chart to answer
question 3.
3)
Why was the colony of Georgia established? (level 2)
A) to provide religious freedom
B) as a military defense for the other
colonies
C) as a source of profits for British
trading companies
D) to honor King George III on his
fiftieth birthday
4)
What is a boycott? (Level 1)
A) a loud protest with people marching
and carrying signs
B) a tax on goods being brought into the
country
C) the act of moving goods into or out
of the country illegally
D) an organized movement to refuse to
buy something
5)
Who did the colonists have grievances against during the time leading up to the
Revolutionary War? (level 1)
A) The tea people
B) King George III & the British
Parliament
C) King James & the British
Legislatures
D) The British Soldiers
Use the document below to answer questions 6and 7.
6) How does paragraph 30 of the
Magna Carta protect citizens (freemen) from abuse by the government? (level 2)
A) It creates courts with justices and
juries to decide trials.
B) It establishes the rule of law, and
appoints sheriffs to enforce it.
C) It requires people to live
peacefully according to the laws of the church.
D) It prevents the government from
taking people’s property.
7)
The purpose of this document is to (level 2)
A) limit the power of the king.
B) limit the rights of free men.
C) prevent free men from ever being
imprisoned.
D) proclaim the power of the English
Church.
8) What was the result of the
second Continental Congress? (level 2)
A)
boycotting British goods
B) requesting rights of English
citizens
C) the Boston Tea Party
D) the writing of the Declaration of
Independence
Use the document below to answer
questions 9-12.
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men 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. — That to
secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just
powers from the consent of the governed…
The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of
repeated injuries and usurpations (taking away of rights), all having in direct
object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States. To prove
this, let Facts be submitted…
For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world:
For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent:
For depriving us in many cases, of the benefit of Trial by Jury:
For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended
offences…
That these united
Colonies are, and of Right ought to be Free and Independent States, that they
are Absolved from all Allegiance (loyalty) to the British Crown, and that all
political connection between them and the State of Great Britain, is and ought
to be totally dissolved;
9) What document is the excerpt above taken from? (Level
1)
A) the
Constitution
B) the
Mayflower Compact
C) Common Sense
D) the
Declaration of Independence
10) All of the following are grievances of the American
colonists EXCEPT (Level 2)
A)
interfering with colonial trade.
B) denying
them freedom of religion.
C) denying
colonists the right to trial by jury.
D) taking
colonists to Britain to stand trial.
11) According to the excerpt above, how did the colonists
decide to resolve their grievances with Great Britain? (level 2)
A) to
dissolve all political connections with Great Britain
B) to end
trade with Great Britain
C) to
maintain their allegiance to Great Britain
D) to take no
action
12) According to this excerpt how does the source of
natural rights compare to the source of government power?(level 3)
A) Natural
rights come from the government; government power comes from the people.
B) Natural
rights come from God; government power comes from the people.
C) Natural
rights come from the government; government power comes from God.
D) Natural
rights come from God; government power comes from God.
13) Which idea from the Enlightenment inspired the Second
Continental Congress to seek independence from Great Britain? (level 3)
A)
the Social Contract
B) Freedom of Speech
C) the Rule of Law
D) Separation of Power
14)
What was the British government’s reaction to the “Boston Tea Party”? (Level 2)
A) Parliament repealed (removed) the tax
on tea.
B) Parliament passed a series of harsh
laws to punish the colonists.
C) Parliament ignored the colonists’
actions.
D) Parliament outlawed the sale of tea
in the colonies.
15)
Why did many colonists believe that British policies in the mid-1700’s were
unfair? (Level 2)
A) The colonists believed Parliament was
trying to create conflict among colonists.
B) The colonists believed Parliament used
the policies to favor some colonies over others.
C) The colonists viewed the policies as
limiting their ability to travel as they wished.
D) The colonists viewed the policies as a
violation of their rights as English citizens.
16) Which three of the following are “Natural Rights”
described by Thomas Jefferson in the Declaration of Independence? (level 2)
Life Pursuit
of Happiness Career
Property Tea Health
Liberty Independence Dreams
______________, ________________, and
____________________.
Short Answer: Remember that a complete answer is one with
the question re-worded into the answer!
17) Explain the concept of Unalienable Rights (natural
rights). Use complete sentences: (level 2)
18) Describe at least
one differences in each column between a Patriot and a Loyalist in the
American colonies?
You may NOT use the words patriot, patriotism, loyal, loyalty, or any other
word that contains either loyal or patriot in your answer. (level 2)
Patriot I Loyalist
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I
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19)
Explain how the location and geography of the Middle Colonies helped turn
cities like Philadelphia and New York into large centers of business and trade.
Think about the Economy section in your
brochure. Write your answer in complete sentences. (Level 3)
BONUS: Which of the following documents was
influential in persuading the colonists to support independence? (Level 1)
A) the
Constitution
B) the
Articles of Confederation
C.)Thomas
Paine’s Common Sense
D) the
Federalist Papers
Long Answers: Pick one of the following two options below.
Answer the following question to the best of your ability. Please provide
specific examples and show that you understand the material through your
answer. Please answer this on the separate sheet of paper that you took out.(all
are level 3)
Option
1: Natural Rights (unalienable rights)
Please explain how natural rights
(unalienable rights) connects with the colonists' complaints before they broke
away from Great Britain and how they used that to guide the newly developed
government. You need to compare and contrast the complaints the colonists about
their natural rights before they broke away to the rights that they now hold in
the Declaration of Independence. Make sure you use examples.
Option
2:
Pretend you are a colonist at the time:
Design a letter to the king showing why you think he is being unfair. Please
give examples of why the King and Parliament are making you upset. make sure
that they know your reasoning’s. Don't forget to sign off at the end as if you
really are a colonist at the time.
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