Declaration of Independence Test

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Last name, then First Name (ex. Raya, Mister)

1. What was the Great Awakening? *

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a religious revival that spread through the Puritans in Europe

when John Winthrop gave his speech "City on a Hill"

A Religious revival that spread through the colonies

All of the answers are true

2. How did the Great Awakening help stimulate the American Revolution? *

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It united the colonies

the Minutemen learned how to not sleep so that they could be ready to fight the Redcoats

It brought church leaders closer to the people and showed them that they weren’t so different from the King

both ‘a’ and ‘c’

3. What are the 3 main parts to the Declaration of Independence? *

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Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness

All men are created equal

Beliefs of Freedom of Religion, Give me Liberty or Give me Death, No Taxation without Representation

Beliefs of good government, List of Grievances, Statement of Independent States

4. Which one of the following does NOT have to do with the statement, “All Men Are Created Equal” *

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Is a statement from Great Awakening thinkers

The colonists thought the Sons of Liberty should rule

Is revolutionary idea to think that people don’t need a King to govern themselves

Is a statement from thinkers like John Locke

5. Which statement does NOT have to do with Unalienable Rights *

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Unalienable rights are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness

No one can take away those rights

absolute power

you are born with Natural rights and everyone has them

6. French Leaders like the Marquis de Lafayette and the Comte de Rochambeau *

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explored the vast interior of the North American continent

slowed the progress of American patriots

fought alongside the Redcoats to stop the American Revolution

Came to the aid of the American Patriots to understand the ideas of the Revolutionary leaders and bring them back to France so that they could use them in their own revolution against a Monarchy

7. The 1st Continental Congress *

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Wrote the Declaration of Independence

happened after the “Shot Heard ‘round the World”

Wrote a declaration of rights and grievances and addressed it to the King

Only had representatives from Massachusetts

8. The King did not address the 1st Continental Congress’ pleas (requests) because *

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a. He thought they were traitors

He was busy fighting with France

They did not have representatives in Parliament

It took too long to get the message to England

9. Describe what happened in the “Shot Heard Around the World” *

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There was a stand-off between the Redcoats and the Sons of Liberty in Boston

The Redcoats developed a canon that was so powerful it could be heard throughout the colonies

There was a fight between the Redcoats and the Minutemen at Lexington and no one knows who fired first

Ben Franklin set up a scientific experiment to see if he could send a bullet from the colonies to Europe

10. What is “Common Sense” *

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It is like unalienable rights, no one can take it away

a widely-circulated pamphlet that changed peoples ideas to join the Loyalists

a widely-circulated pamphlet that changed peoples ideas to join the Patriots

Thomas Paine’s grievances with the Sons of Liberty

11. Who were the people who helped with the Ideas of the Declaration of Independence? *

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Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman, John Adams, Roger R. Livingston

the Sons of Liberty

John Locke, John Winthrop, and Jonathan Edwards

only Thomas Jefferson

12. What is the main idea of the Declaration Of Independence? *

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Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness

King George III did wrong

The Redcoats wanted to become Patriots

The 13 colonies are now free and independent states

13. List 4 events leading to the Declaration of Independence. *

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Stamp Act, Quartering Act, 1st Continental Congress, Shot Heard Round the World

Sons of Liberty, Quartering Act, Boston Massacre, Pocahontas and John Rolfe get Married.

Bacon’s Rebellion, Quartering Act, Battle of Yorktown, Shot Heard Round the World

Stamp Act, Battle of Saratoga, 1st Continental Congress, 2nd Continental Congress

14. Who wrote the Declaration of Independence? *

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Robert Livingston

Thomas Jefferson

George Washington

Benjamin Franklin

15. What does inalienable mean? *

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Absolute

total

foreign

grievance

16. What is a grievance? *

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a time of sorrow

a declaration

a complaint

a type of charter

17. The words “All Men are Created Equal” are the most powerful words of the Declaration. *

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However, the writers of the Declaration did not include the words to mean slaves were equal

However, the writers of the Declaration did not include the words to mean women were equal

However, the writers of the Declaration did not include the words to mean children were equal

all of the above

18. American Colonists who supported separation from England *