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Question 1
Use the excerpt below, from the Mayflower Compact, to answer the question that follows: "[We] covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil Body Politick, for our better ordering and preservation." What is the significance of the Mayflower Compact in American history?
Correct Answer:
It created a social contract for self-governance.
Explanation:
Correct answer: It created a social contract for self-governance.
Question 2
Use the excerpt below, from the Magna Carta, to answer the question that follows: "No taxation without representation." Which American document later echoed this principle?
Correct Answer:
Declaration of Independence
Explanation:
Correct answer: Declaration of Independence
Question 3
Use the excerpt below, from Thomas Paine’s "Common Sense," to answer the question that follows: "Government's purpose is to serve the people. Having a king was a bad idea." What was the primary impact of "Common Sense" on the American colonies?
Correct Answer:
It inspired widespread support for independence.
Explanation:
Correct answer: It inspired widespread support for independence.
Question 4
Use the excerpt below, from the Declaration of Independence, to answer the question that follows: "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." What Enlightenment thinker's ideas are echoed in this excerpt?
Correct Answer:
John Locke
Explanation:
Correct answer: John Locke
Question 5
Use the excerpt below, from John Locke’s "Two Treatises of Civil Government," to answer the question that follows: "All individuals are equal in the sense that they are born with certain inalienable natural rights." Which fundamental American document is most influenced by this idea?
Correct Answer:
Declaration of Independence
Explanation:
Correct answer: Declaration of Independence
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