Civics Today: Citizenship, Economics, & You

Chapter 2: Roots of American Democracy

Roots of American Democracy

1
King __________ was forced to sign the Magna Carta in 1215.
A)Henry III
B)William
C)John
D)James II

2
Common law is based on __________.
A)precedent and customs
B)the English Bill of Rights
C)Parliament's rulings
D)Constitutional law

3
The first representative assembly in the English colonies was the __________.
A)Mayflower Compact
B)Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
C)Virginia House of Burgesses
D)New England town meeting

4
In response to the taxes imposed by the British Parliament, many American colonists decided to boycott, or __________, British goods.
A)cancel
B)refuse to buy
C)nullify
D)tax

5
The author of the Declaration of Independence was __________.
A)Benjamin Franklin
B)John Adams
C)Roger Sherman
D)Thomas Jefferson

6
Many of the ideas in the Declaration of Independence were drawn from English philosopher __________.
A)John Locke
B)Thomas Paine
C)Alexis de Tocqueville
D)Jean Jacques Rousseau

7
Which state's constitution served as a model for the U.S. Constitution?
A)Virginia
B)Pennsylvania
C)New York
D)Massachusetts

8
The first government of the United States was the __________.
A)Constitution
B)Declaration of Independence
C)Articles of Confederation
D)Bill of Rights

9
All of the following were weaknesses of the Articles government EXCEPT __________.
A)Congress had no power to collect taxes
B)Congress could not see the country through the end of the Revolutionary War
C)no national court system existed
D)Congress could not pass laws without the approval of 9 states

10
__________ Rebellion made it evident that the Articles of Confederation needed to be revised.
A)Bacon's
B)Shays's
C)Tecumseh's
D)Turner's
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