Question

4.
Choose the answer that best reflects the organization of government.

Power is divided between central and state governments.

parliamentary

confederation

dictatorship

federal
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.”

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

natural rights of man

obligation of the people to overthrow tyrannical rule

the importance of the contract itself because it is advantageous to man’s self-preservation
6.
Select the best answer.

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

the Resistance

Rebels

Moles

Patriots
7.
Select the best answer.

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

Crownies

the Faithful

Georgians

Tories

Answer 1

4. federal
5. natural rights of man
6. Patriots
7. Tories