Select the best answer.

___ is based on prior judicial decisions and customs that have set precedence.

The Articles of Confederation

An executive order

The English Bill of Rights

Common law

2. 

Select the best answer.

Colonists who refused to acknowledge Great Britain and took up arms for independence were called ___.

the Resistance

Patriots

Rebels

Moles

3. 

Select the best answer.

Which answer did NOT contribute to the Articles of Confederation’s failure to establish a strong central government?

It could not coin money to pay for the war.

It lacked money to support a military after the war.

It could not impose taxes to pay for the war.

It could not enforce laws.

4. 

Match the statements with the words.

 All English subjects in Britain and in North America were required to pay taxes on printed materials.

 This event resulting in the death of five colonists foreshadowed impending war between the colonies and Britain.

 Parliament issued this as punishment for the colonists’ behavior and in order to regain control of the colonies.

 After colonists refused to allow British ships to leave the harbor, ships were boarded and cargo was destroyed.

5. 

Identify the social contract theory principle that supports the Declaration of Independence principles.

“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal ... with certain unalienable rights ... Life, Liberty, and ... Happiness.”

natural rights of man

the importance of the contract itself because it is advantageous to man’s self-preservation

obligation of the people to overthrow tyrannical rule

submission to a common authority, which had the power to enact laws and maintain social order

6. 

Select the best answer.

Which statement is NOT a characteristic of a unitary government?

Government answers only to the people.

All governmental power is centralized in one location.

Decisions can be made quickly.

Government is unicameral.

7. 

Select the best answer.

Which of the following titles would best complete the diagram?

Articles of Confederation

Mayflower Compact

Declaration of Independence

Constitution of the United States

8. 

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_____ revealed that the Articles of Confederation might weaken the U.S. government too much to keep the peace and protect citizens.

The Revolutionary War

Shays’ Rebellion

The Depression of 1785

The Seven Years’ War

9. 

Select the best answer.

According to the _____ theory, over time, governments naturally grew from families into clans, then into tribes, and finally into states.

social contract

force

divine right (of kings)

evolutionary

10. 

Choose the answer that best reflects the organization of government.

The national and state governments are independent of one another.

bicameral

parliamentary

federal

confederation

11. 

Select the best answer.

Loyalists who maintained allegiance to the king of England were called ___.

the Faithful

Tories

Crownies

Georgians

12. 

Select the best answer.

According to the _____ theory, rulers received their authority from the Creator.

social contract

force

divine right (of kings)

evolutionary

13. 

Choose the answer that best reflects the organization of government.

Power is divided between central and state governments.

parliamentary

dictatorship

federal

confederation

14. 

Select the best answer.

Which title best completes the diagram?

form of government in charter colonies

form of government in royal colonies

form of government in proprietary colonies

15. 

Choose the answer that best reflects the organization of g