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Chapter 2: Roots of American Democracy

Self-Check Quizzes

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
Ideas of democracy and freedom originated with _____.
A)Thomas Jefferson
B)British law
C)John Locke
D)the Greeks
8
The _____ acted as the first American government for the colonies.
A)Constitution
B)Declaration of Independence
C)Continental Congress
D)president
9
_____ is the theory that a country's power depends on its wealth.
A)Mercantilism
B)Liberty
C)Egalitarianism
D)Triangular trade
10
The _____ explains why Continental Congress drew up the Declaration of Independence.
A)resolution
B)Preamble
C)boycott
D)Boston Tea Party
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