American Government
Unit 3 Study Guide (Your Notes, Chapter 2, Section 2; pg. 771-773)
1. Who is the author of Two Treatises of Government?
2. What was the colonial reaction to the Intolerable Acts?
3. What 3 things did John Locke believe in?
4. What did John Locke believe people had a right to do to the government if it was no functioning
properly?
5. Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
6. Why was there a “Boson Tea Party”?
7. List the order of parts of the Declaration of Independence.
8. Who wrote Common Sense?
9. What war precipitated a change between the colonies & England before the American Revolution?
10. What was the purpose of the preamble in the Declaration of Independence?
11. Describe the list of grievances in the Declaration of Independence.
12. What philosopher influenced the ideas in the Declaration of Independence?
13. Who was the British monarch during the American Revolution?
14. Following the French & Indian War, what did the British do to generate more government revenue?
15. Who won the French & Indian War?
16. According to the Declaration of Independence, government is based on the consent of who?
17. According to the Declaration of Independence, where does government get its power?
18. In the last line of the Declaration of Independence, what do the signers pledge?
18. Define unalienable.
19. Explain the phrase “no taxation without representation.”
20. Which part of the Declaration of Independence provides a statement of purpose?
21. What is the purpose of the “List of Grievances” in the Declaration of Independence?
22. How were John Locke’s ideas incorporated into The Declaration of Independence?
23. What is the significance of Richard Henry Lee?
24. List the things the signers of the Declaration of Independence pledge to together.
25. Define Monarchy.
26. Define Sovereignty.
27. Define Government.
28. Define Anarchy.