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Test Questions
Declaration of Independence
Mr. Jones Random Questions
100
Name the event that occured in 1754-1763
French and Indian War
100
What did the Stamp Act tax?
paper
100
How did Locke’s ideas of Natural Rights affect the colonists’ decision to break away from Great Britain?
by making the colonists aware that the King was denying them of their rights.
100
What is the connection to John Locke to this quote from the DOI?
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness
Natural Rights
100
How old is my little sister?
20
200
Name the event that occured in 1765.
Stamp Act
Quartering Act
200
What does quartering mean?
house troops in your home
200
British ignore colonist grievance
200
What is the connection to John Locke to this quote from the DOI?
Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed
consent of the governed or role of government
200
What color is Mr. Jones Truck
Grey
300
Name the pamphlet that was dispersed in 1776.
Common Sense
300
Which document addressed colonial concerns about English Policies?
Declaration of Independence
300
It is the role of government to protect natural rights.
300
What is the connection to John Locke to this quote from the DOI?
…whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it…
Social contract
300
Who is Mr. J favorite basketball player
Kobe Bryant
400
What followed the Boston Tea Party?
Intolerable Act
400
What does “taxation without representation mean”?
taxing without giving a voice in government
400
What is one of the grievances discussed in the Declaration of Independence?
suspending trial by jury
400
What is the connection to John Locke to this quote from the DOI?
A Prince whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people.
Natural Rights
400
Where was Mr. Jones born but not raised?
Detroit, Michigan
500
Name two events that occurred in 1770-1773
Boston Massacre
Tea Act
Boston Tea Party
500
Which was a response of the British government after the event described above?
It passed the Intolerable Acts, closing Boston Harbor.
500
Which action did colonists use this cartoon to support?
Declaring independence from the British monarchy.
500
What is the purpose of listing complaints against the king?
to justify the need for independence
500
What is LeBron James son name that goes to USC?
Bronny James