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  • 1)

    Which of the following are the inalienable rights stated in the Declaration of Independence:

    1. Life, liberty and property
    2. Honor, liberty and peace
    3. Life, respect and equal protection
    4. Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness
    5. Don’t know
  • 2)

    John Locke developed the concept of the "consent of the governed", an important principle underlying the War for Independence, in a theory known as:

    1. Natural Law
    2. Law of Relativity
    3. Common Law
    4. Statutory Law
    5. Don’t know
  • 3)

    Which of the following phrases are the opening words to the US Constitution:

    1. When in the course of human events
    2. We the People
    3. Fourscore and seven years ago
    4. I have a dream
    5. Don’t Know
  • 4)

    The U.S. Constitution establishes which of the following forms of government in the United States:

    1. A Direct Democracy
    2. A Republic
    3. A Confederacy
    4. An Oligarchy
    5. Don’t know
  • 5)

    Is the Bill of Rights part of:

    1. the U.S. Constitution
    2. the Declaration of Independence
    3. the Gettysburg Address
    4. the Articles of Confederation
    5. Don’t know
  • 6)

    Which document outlines the division of powers between the states and the federal government:

    1. Declaration of Independence
    2. Marshall Plan
    3. U.S. Constitution
    4. Homestead Act
    5. Don’t Know
  • 7)

    Which of the following rights is not protected by the Bill of Rights:

    1. Freedom of Speech
    2. Trial by Jury
    3. The right to bear arms
    4. Right to vote
    5. Don’t know
  • 8)

    Benjamin Franklin epitomized which movement in colonial America:

    1. the Enlightenment
    2. the Great Awakening
    3. the Loyalist movement
    4. the Glorious Revolution
    5. Don’t Know
  • 9)

    Who wrote the influential pamphlet called "Common Sense" which advocated independence from Britain:

    1. Patrick Henry
    2. Edmund Burke
    3. Paul Revere
    4. Thomas Paine
    5. Don’t Know
  • 10)

    Who took detailed notes at the Constitutional Convention and is widely regarded as the "Father of the Constitution":

    1. Abraham Lincoln
    2. James Madison
    3. Winston Churchill
    4. George Washington
    5. Don’t Know
  • 11)

    Who was the first Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court:

    1. Alexander Hamilton
    2. John Marshall
    3. Charles Evans Hughes
    4. John Jay
  • 12)

    Who said the following: "From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs":

    1. George Washington
    2. Barack Obama
    3. Karl Marx
    4. Thomas Paine
    5. Don’t know
  • 13)

    Who was the first Secretary of the Treasury:

    1. James Monroe
    2. Alexander Hamilton
    3. Larry Summers
    4. John Seward
    5. Don’t Know
  • 14)

    Who famously implored her husband to "remember the ladies" in drafting laws for the newly independent United States of America:

    1. Martha Washington
    2. Abigail Adams
    3. Molly Pitcher
    4. Phyllis Wheatley
    5. Don’t know
  • 15)

    Which of the following conflicts most directly led to the Stamp Act:

    1. The War of the Roses
    2. The War of 1812
    3. The Mexican-American War
    4. The French and Indian War (aka The 7 Years war)
    5. Don’t Know
  • 16)

    The most important consequence of the Boston Tea party was:

    1. the repeal of the tax on tea
    2. the failure of the other colonies to support Boston’s action
    3. the opening of negotiations between Britain and Massachusetts
    4. the enactment by Parliament of the Coercive Acts
    5. Don’t Know
  • 17)

    When did the American Revolution begin? Was it in the . . .:

    1. 1770s
    2. 1640s
    3. 1490s
    4. 1800s
    5. Don’t know
  • 18)

    Which of the following events came BEFORE the Declaration of Independence:

    1. Founding of Jamestown, VA
    2. The Civil War
    3. The Emancipation Proclamation
    4. The War of 1812
    5. Don’t know
  • 19)

    Which of the following was responsible for declaring America’s independence from Great Britain:

    1. The Albany Congress
    2. The Stamp Act Congress
    3. The House of Commons
    4. The Second Continental Congress
    5. Don’t know
  • 20)

    Which river did George Washington cross on Christmas Eve in 1776 in a surprise attack on the Hessian troops:

    1. Rhine
    2. Potomac
    3. Delaware
    4. Michigan
    5. Don’t know
  • 21)

    Which of the following nations played an important role in helping the colonies defeat the British in the American Revolution:

    1. Canada
    2. Mexico
    3. Denmark
    4. France
    5. Don’t know
  • 22)

    In what state did the Valley Forge winter encampment occur:

    1. New York
    2. Delaware
    3. Ohio
    4. Pennsylvania
    5. Don’t know
  • 23)

    What side did American Indians support:

    1. British
    2. American
    3. Both
    4. Neither
    5. Don’t know
  • 24)

    The westernmost military action of the American Revolution took place at:

    1. St. Louis
    2. Austin
    3. Richmond
    4. Atlanta
    5. Don’t know
  • 25)

    The last major military action of the American Revolution was at:

    1. Bunker Hill
    2. Trenton
    3. Saratoga
    4. Yorktown
    5. Don’t know
  • 26)

    Which of the following events most directly encouraged the states to send delegates to the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia in 1787:

    1. the Whiskey Rebellion
    2. the Boston Massacre
    3. Bacon’s Rebellion
    4. Shays’ Rebellion
    5. Don’t know
  • 27)

    How many states were there after the United States won its independence from British:

    1. 7
    2. 13
    3. 15
    4. 21
    5. Don’t know

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