Unit 1-2 Review

According to John Locke, which agreement did individuals enter into to form their own society?

• Constitution

• Social contract

• Mayflower Compact

• English Bill of Rights

According to John Locke, which rights were guaranteed by natural law?

• Trial by jury and no cruel punishments

• Freedom of speech and of the press

• Life, liberty, and property

• Freedom of worship and the right to petition

The statement below is from Magna Carta (1215).

No freeman shall be taken or imprisoned or disseised or exiled or any way destroyed, nor will we go upon him nor send upon him, except by the lawful judgment of his peers or by the law of the land.

Which right was guaranteed in this excerpt?

• Trial by jury

• No taxation without representation

• Freedom of the press

• Freedom of religion

Which thinker introduced the idea of a separation of powers for effective government?

• John Locke

• Thomas Paine

• Thomas Jefferson

• Baron de Montesquieu

How was 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.

Which document confirmed the rights of English subjects after the overthrow of James II in the Glorious Revolution?

• Magna Carta

• Mayflower Compact

• English Bill of Rights

• Montesquieu's Spirit of Laws

Which of the following were most similar?

• Mayflower Compact and John Locke's social contract theory

• English Bill of Rights and Thomas Paine's Common Sense

• Magna Carta and Montesquieu's separation of powers

• Mayflower Compact and Montesquieu's separation of powers

Which timeline shows English policies towards the American colonists in correct chronological order?

• Townshend Acts

  Quartering of troops

  Stamp Act

  Tea Act

• Quartering of troops

  Townshend Act

  Intolerable Act

  Tea Act

• Stamp Act

  Quartering of troops

  Tea Act

  Intolerable Act

• Stamp Act

  Townshend Act

  Tea Act

  Quartering of troops

Which colonial leader introduced the ideas of John Locke's "social contract" theory into the Declaration of Independence?

• John Hancock

• Thomas Paine

• James Madison

• Thomas Jefferson

According to the Declaration of Independence, was was an "unalienable right" that all governments should protect?

• The right to social equality

• The right to personal liberty

• The right to religious equality

• The right to elect government officials