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1. 
Who used the idea of the social contract to write the Declaration of Independence?
A.
Thomas Jefferson.
B.
John Adams.
C.
Benjamin Franklin.
D.
George Washington.
2. 
What did Jefferson believe about life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness?
A.
These were rights that the government should be able to limit.
B.
These rights should be earned through good behavior.
C.
These were not rights at all, but instead were privileges.
D.
These rights were “natural rights” that no one should be able to take away.
3. 
How did American colonists limit their new government in the United States?
A.
They gave the power of the judicial branch to the executive branch.
B.
They appointed representatives by lottery.
C.
They limited the time each year that the government could meet.
D.
They wrote a constitution including a Bill of Rights.
4. 
What does a constitution do?
A.
It gives power to the king.
B.
It guarantees rights to education and health care.
C.
It is the foundation of a totalitarian government.
D.
It describes how a government is organized.
5. 
How did the American Revolution affect the French Revolution?
A.
The American Revolution was so violent that it convinced many French not to rebel.
B.
The French used the same battle tactics that Americans had used.
C.
The American Revolution encouraged the French to rebel against a neighboring country.
D.
The French were inspired to overthrow their own unjust king.
6. 
Thomas Jefferson used the Declaration of Independence to explain how England had not upheld its:
A.
peace treaty with France.
B.
writs of assistance.
C.
mercantilist policies.
D.
social contract.
7. 
According to Thomas Jefferson, people's natural rights included:
A.
economic equality for all social classes.
B.
life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
C.
an end to the practice of capitalism.
D.
preferential treatment in court.
8. 
The US Constitution and Bill of Rights help to:
A.
create a constitutional monarchy.
B.
give the President more power.
C.
create a limited government.
D.
establish limits to the rights of the people.
9. 
What kind of document acts as both a rule book and blueprint for government powers and structure?
A.
a constitution.
B.
a treaty.
C.
a writ of habeas corpus.
D.
a diplomatic summons.
10. 
What event inspired the French Revolution?
A.
The publishing of Thomas Hobbes's Leviathan.
B.
The arrest of Galileo.
C.
The American Revolution.
D.
The Great Depression.