HOW WELL do you know your Historic Documents? -US History

Which of the following were one reason The Declaration of Independence was created?

• Colonists in America feared their natural rights were in jeopardy

• Americans wanted a supreme law of the land and had no document outlining it

• The Articles of Confederation proved too weak to provide for a strong central government

• People wanted strong states rights rather than a strong central government

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________________ was an inspiration for the Declaration of Independence, especially the idea of “life, liberty (and in the case of the American colonists) happiness”

• Enlightenment Thinking

• States' rights

• Nulification Crisis

• Hobbes concept of a single ruler

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King George III made many mistakes that led to the Declaration of Independence, which included

• Protecting the Western colonial borders from aggression

• Taxing colonists while allowing them to represent their communities

• Refusing to quarter troops in colonial houses

• Not allowing colonial participation in government

Ideas that spurred the Declaration of Independence included:

• Locke's idea of "protection from cruel and unusual punishment"

• Voltaire's idea of separation of powers

• Rousseau's idea of a "social contract"

• all of these are correct

The Declaration of Independence signaled:

• The beginning of King George III's reign

• The official start of the American Revolutionary War

• The initiation of the Boston Massacre

• The end of the Revolutionary War and the beginning of America

After the end of the Revolutionary War, the question of how to ___________________ came to the forefront.

• expand West

• repel British attacks

• build a national military

• build factories

The ___________________ allowed us to properly determine how new states should be formed.

• Ohio Charter

• Louisiana Purchase

• Northwest Ordinance

• Federalist Papers

Perhaps one of the biggest achievements made in expanding America was how

• We dealt with tribes in a peaceful manner in their relocation

• The Northwest Ordinance fought for basic rights and freedoms granted by the Constitution

• the Northwest Ordinance set rules for how a territory can achieve full states' rights

• We purchased the Louisiana territory from the French that didn't realize the true value of the oil fields in Alaska

Many states thought they would be able to ________________________, but the Northwest Ordinance abolished these claims.

• Take land from one another's declared territories

• Expand infinitely West

• Have more power than the national government

• Conduct foreign trade without federal approval

The United States' first attempt at establishing a supreme law of the land came in the form of the:

• Articles of Confederation

• Federalist Papers

• Northwest Ordinance

• Constitution