17. According to the Declaration of Independence, the people have the right to alter or abolish a government if that government A. is a limited monarchy B. violates natural rights C. becomes involved in entangling alliances D. favors one religion over another 18. Which fundamental political idea is expressed in the Declaration of Independence? A. The government should guarantee every citizen economic security. B. The central government and state governments should have equal power. C. If the government denies its people certain basic rights, that government can be overthrown. D. Rulers derive their right to govern from God and are therefore bound to govern in the nation’s best interest. of the people of these colonies are persons chosen therein by themselves; and that “The only representatives no taxes ever have been, or can be constitutionally imposed on them but by their respective legislatures.” -Statement by the Stamp Act Congress, 1765 19. What is a valid conclusion that can be drawn from this quotation? A. The colonial legislatures should be appointed by the English King with the consent of Parliament. B. Only the representatives should have the power to levy taxes. colonists’ elected C. The English King should have the right to tax the colonists. D. The colonists should be opposed to all taxation. 20. The Mayflower Compact is important to the concept of a democratic society because it represents A. an effort by the colonists to use force to resist the King B. a clear step toward self-government C. an early attempt to establish universal suffrage D. an attempt by the colonists to establish freedom of religion 21. This courtroom summation helped establish which democratic principle in colonial America? A. trial by jury B. equal voting rights C. protection of private property D. freedom of the press is not the cause of one poor printer, nor of New York alone, which you are now trying. “It No! It may in its consequence affect every free man that lives under a British government on the main [continent] of America. It is the best cause. It is the cause of liberty. . . . Nature and the laws of our country have given us a right to liberty of both exposing and opposing arbitrary power (in these parts of the world at least) by speaking and writing the truth.” — Andrew Hamilton, 1735 -Trial of Peter Zenger
17. According to the Declaration of Independence, the people have the right to alter or abolish a government if that government A. is a limited monarchy B. violates natural rights C. becomes involved in entangling alliances D. favors one religion over another 18. Which fundamental political idea is expressed in the Declaration of Independence? A. The government should guarantee every citizen economic security. B. The central government and state governments should have equal power. C. If the government denies its people certain basic rights, that government can be overthrown. D. Rulers derive their right to govern from God and are therefore bound to govern in the nation’s best interest. “The only representatives of the people of these colonies are persons chosen therein by themselves; and that no taxes ever have been, or can be constitutionally imposed on them but by their respective legislatures.” -Statement by the Stamp Act Congress, 1765 19. What is a valid conclusion that can be drawn from this quotation? A. The colonial legislatures should be appointed by the English King with the consent of Parliament. B. Only the colonists’ elected representatives should have the power to levy taxes. C. The English King should have the right to tax the colonists. D. The colonists should be opposed to all taxation. 20. The Mayflower Compact is important to the concept of a democratic society because it represents A. an effort by the colonists to use force to resist the King B. a clear step toward self-government C. an early attempt to establish universal suffrage D. an attempt by the colonists to establish freedom of religion 21. This courtroom summation helped establish which democratic principle in colonial America? A. trial by jury B. equal voting rights C. protection of private property D. freedom of the press “It is not the cause of one poor printer, nor of New York alone, which you are now trying. No! It may in its consequence affect every free man that lives under a British government on the main [continent] of America. It is the best cause. It is the cause of liberty. . . . Nature and the laws of our country have given us a right to liberty of both exposing and opposing arbitrary power (in these parts of the world at least) by speaking and writing the truth.” — Andrew Hamilton, 1735 -Trial of Peter Zenger
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