Test 2

Question 1

3 documents limited the powers of the monarchy in England

Answer 1

Magna Carta, Petition of rights, English Bill of Rights

Question 2

Which King of England signed the Magna Carta and when(year)

Answer 2

King John (1215)

Question 3

Order in which the landmark English documents were signed

Answer 3

Magna Carta, Petition of Rights, English Bill of Rights

Question 4

Which types of colonies exist before the signing of the Declaration of Independence?

Answer 4

Royal, Propriety, and Charter

Question 5

How did English documents such as the English Bill Rights influence American settlers

Answer 5

It gave them the Bill of Rights

Question 6

Which type of government the colonists wanted that could not take away basic individual rights

Answer 6

Limited Government

Question 7

Which colonies became proprietary colonies

Answer 7

Maryland, Pennsylvania, Delaware

Question 8

Which colonies became charted colonies

Answer 8

Connecticut, Rhode Island

Question 9

Eight Royal Colonies

Answer 9

New Hampshire , Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia

Question 10

3 concepts of government that the English brought with them to the colonies

Answer 10

Ordered , Limited , Representative Government

Question 11

What caused the First Continental Congress to convene

Answer 11

The Intolerable Act

Question 12

What happened during the Second Continental Congress

Answer 12

King George III refused to accept the Declaration of Rights

Question 13

Which document became the first written plan of government for the new nation

Answer 13

Articles of Confederation

Question 14

Which important document gave the people the right to “Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness” in 1776

Answer 14

Declaration of Independence

Question 15

4 weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation

Answer 15

Powerless to tax, Firm league of friendship, only one vote for each state, no executive power.

Question 16

What Congress had to do in order to revise the Articles of Confederation

Answer 16

Called a Constitutional Convention

Question 17

The difference between the Virginia Plan of Government and The New Jersey Plan of Government

Answer 17

Virginia Plan - called for 3 branches of government

New Jersey Plan - wanted to keep unicameral legislature

Question 18

Which congress settled the issue of how the states would be represented in Congress

Answer 18

Connecticut

Question 19

Which compromise settled the problem of how slave would be traded

Answer 19

Three-Fifth Compromise

Question 20

What freedoms The Bill of Rights guaranteed Americans in 1789

Answer 20

Speech, Press, Religion

Question 21

Who became the 1st president of the United States under the new government and where the first capital was located.

Answer 21

George Washington/ New York City

Question 22

Who was the main author of the Declaration of Independence

Answer 22

Thomas Jefferson

Question 23

1215

Answer 23

Magna Carta

Question 24

1628

Answer 24

Petition of Rights

Question 25

1689

Answer 25

English Bill of Rights

Question 26

1763

Answer 26

Stamp Act passed

Question 27

1774

Answer 27

First Continental Congress met

Question 28

1775

Answer 28

American Revolution War

Question 29

1776

Answer 29

Declaration of Independence

Question 30

1777

Answer 30

Articles of Confederation

Question 31

1787

Answer 31

Signing of Constitution

Question 32

1789

Answer 32

Constitution takes effect

Question 33

The first 10 Amendments are called

Answer 33

The Bill of Rights

Question 34

The 5 rights in the first Amendments

Answer 34

Freedom of Religion, Speech, Press, Assembly, Petition

Question 35

Parts of the U.S. Constitution

Answer 35

The Preamble, Articles, and the Amendments

Question 36

6 principles on which the Constitution is based

Answer 36

Popular Sovereignty, Limited Government, Separation of Powers, Checks and Balances, Federalism, Judicial Review