Civics EOC Review

How did the British government respond to the colonial concerns expressed during the Boston Tea Party?

• It passed the Intolerable Acts, closing Boston Harbor.
• It recognized colonial grievances and agreed not to pass any more taxes.
• It ordered troops to fire on colonial demonstators in a public square in Boston.
• It declared the colonists to be in a state of open rebellion and outside the King's protection.

According to the Declaration of Independence, when do people have the right to abolish their government and establish a new one?

• Whenever a government passes a law that is disliked by some.
• Whenever their government becomes despotic and oppressive.
• Whenever the majority party in control of government changes.
• Whenever a king attempts to act without the approval of Parliament.

Based on the introduction to the Declaration of Independence, what was the main purpose of that document?

• To list all the injuries that the English King had committed against them.
• To set forth a new American theory of government to help future nations.
• To explain how the colonists had repeatedly tried to settle their differences peacefully.
• To explain to the rest of the world why the colonists were ending their allegiance to Great Britain.

What pamphlet denounced British rule and fanned the flames of revolution?

• Magna Carta
• Two Treatises of Government
• Mayflower Compact
• Common Sense

How did the Magna Carta influence the colonist's views of government?

• It encouraged them to declare their independence from Great Britain.
• It gave them the idea that everyone is entitled to certain natural rights.
• It led them to create a government based on a separation of powers among different branches.
• It granted them rights as English subjects, including the right to a trial by jury and not to be taxed without consent.

How was John Locke's social contract theory related to his belief in natural law?

• He argued subjects had the right to rebel against a ruler who acted against natural law.
• He argued that whatever the king did was good according to natural law.
• He argued that natural law required the colonists to be given their independence.
• He argued that God had especially chosen kings to rule over their subjects as part of nature.

What most attracted the Founding Fathers to Montesquieu's explanation of the separation of powers?

• Their separation could help prevent the central government from becoming tyrannical and oppressive.
• Their separation could protect the rights of the nobility from the actions of the king.
• Their separation could preserve the privileges of the monarch and nobles from popular attack.
• Their separation raised judicial power to a level of equality with legislative and executive power.

Which of the following were most similar?

• The Mayflower Compact and John Locke's social contract theory
• The English Bill of Rights and Thomas Paine's Common Sense
• Magna Carta and Montesquieu's separation of powers
• The Mayflower Compact and Montesquieu's separation of powers

Which statement describes the influence of natural law beliefs on Enlightenment thinkers?

• They argued it was natural for subjects to obey established governments.
• They questioned any practices that seemed to go against reason and natural law.
• They believed that royal power was natural because it was based on divine right.
• They claimed church teachings should not be challenged since they rested on natural law.

Why were the colonists outraged by taxes imposed by the British government?

• Because they were denied trials by a jury of their peers.
• Because they had no representation in Parliament.
• Because they made British paper products less expensive.
• Because they had to house British soldiers.