Q1 Review

Anti-federalists opposed the Constitution. They.....

• believed a strong national government to solve the country's problems

• favored the wealthy

• ignored states' rights

• felt strong national government would destroy individual liberties

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Shays' rebellion was...

• an uprising of Massachusetts farmers who didn't want to lose their farms due to debt of the American Revolution

• a group of men who opposed the writing of the Constitution

• a group of people who rebelled against the French and Indian War

• a group that protested the adoption of the Constitution

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What was the main purpose of tar-and-feathering shown in the British caricature of the colonists?

• to protest the high cost of British manufactured goods

• to protest their being taxed without their consent

• to protest the quartering of the troops in colonists' own homes

• to protest British involvement in the French and Indian War

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In the 1760's and 1770's, the British Parliament passed the Stamp Act, the Townshend Acts, Tea Act and Intolerable Acts. What was the impact of those British colonial policies?

• the French were defeated in the French and Indian War

• Indian tribes were able to keep their lands

• colonists began to think of becoming independent

• the British government was able to pay off its debts

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Based on the Declaration of Independence, which is a natural right?

• the right to pursue happiness

• the right to bear arms

• the right to vote

• the right to equal protection of the laws

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Which statement identifies an important influence of ancient Greece on the founders of the American constitutional republic?

• the founders established a representative form of government

• the founders based their laws on ethical ideas of justice

• the founders adopted democratic principles

• the founders created a government with a separation of powers

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

• John Hancock

• James Madison

• Thomas Paine

• Thomas Jefferson

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Which institution today is most similar to "polis" in ancient Greece?

• a federal system of government

• a self-governing city

• an association of independent nations

• a state legislature of elected representatives

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

• constitution

• social contract

• Mayflower Compact

• English Bill of Rights

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The statement below is an excerpt from Magna Carta (1215)

"No freeman shall be taken or imprisoned or disseised or outlawed 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 from the Magna Carta?

• freedom of religion

• no taxation without representation

• trail by jury

• freedom of the press

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