Class: Date: US Government Chapter 2 Section 1 Review True/False Indicate whether the statement is true or false. Freedom of [people] under government is to have a standing rule to live by... made by the legislative power vested in it; a liberty to follow [one s] own will in all things, when the rule prescribes not, and not to be subject to the inconstant, uncertain, unknown, arbitrary will of another.... John Locke, 1690 1. According to John Locke, people are obligated to obey their government. 2. The Mayflower Compact did not reflect the religion of the Pilgrims. Multiple Choice Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question. 3. This political philosopher wrote that people had a natural right to life, liberty, and property. a. Benjamin Franklin c. Thomas Paine b. John Locke d. Thomas Jefferson 4. Choose the answer that completes the chart, identifying the class that Parliament s House of Lords represented. a. property owners c. aristocracy b. merchants d. artisans 2
5. There were five Southern Colonies. Study the map to determine the colony that lies the farthest south. a. South Carolina c. Georgia b. North Carolina d. New York 2
6. The four Middle Colonies included Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, and a. Connecticut. c. Maryland. b. Philadelphia. d. Delaware. 3
7. Several practices of the colonial governments are essential elements of the U.S. government. Choose the answer that best completes the chart, identifying these practices. a. established church c. rule by few b. property qualifications for voting d. separation of powers 8. Signed in 1620 by the Pilgrims, this colonial plan for self-rule is called a. the Magna Carta. c. the Petition of Rights. b. the Bill of Rights. d. the Mayflower Compact. 9. The first legislature in what became the United States was the a. Virginia House of Burgesses. c. First Continental Congress. b. Constitutional Convention. d. Annapolis Convention. 10. The first formal constitution in the colonies was the a. Northwest Ordinance. c. Fundamental Orders of Connecticut. b. Bill of Rights. d. Articles of Confederation. 11. According to the Pilgrim leaders, why did they draft the Mayflower Compact? a. to send a message to the king b. to help govern themselves c. to please God d. to establish superiority over the other colonists 4
12. What did the Pilgrims agree to in the Mayflower Compact? a. to choose their own leaders and make their own laws b. to create a colony for English debtors c. to establish superiority over the other colonists d. to discipline their wives 13. The Pilgrims were a religious people who a. were very divided along political lines. b. reflected their religion in their government. c. could not agree on a method of government. d. adopted a secular code of law. Matching Match each item with the correct statement below. a. John Hancock f. Britain b. William Paterson g. Anti-Federalists c. French and Indian War h. branches of government d. Thomas Paine i. George Washington e. Federalists j. embargo 14. governed the thirteen colonies Match each item with the correct statement below. a. government without representation f. approve b. Shays's Rebellion g. Virginia House of Burgesses c. Benjamin Franklin h. concession on slavery d. anarchy i. John Locke e. Mayflower Compact j. unicameral 15. first legislature in America 16. Pilgrims' plan for self-rule 5