FLORIDA CIVIC LITERACY EXAM - STUDY
GUIDE IRSC QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH
VERIFIED SOLUTIONS 100%
What historic document (17th century) created a "civil
body politic"? - ANSWER Mayflower Compact
What was the Magna Carta? - ANSWER document that
started to limit the power of the king, establish habeas
corpus and limit taxation
What document did American colonists, protesting the
Stamp Act in 1766, claim gave them rights such as "no
taxation without representation"? - ANSWER British
Constitution
Americans, especially by the 19th and 20th centuries,
claimed what about the Magna Carta? - ANSWER the
people's reassertion of rights against an oppressive ruler
What was Thomas Paine's Common Sense? - ANSWER a
47-page pamphlet written by Thomas Paine in 1775-1776
,advocating independence from Great Britain to people in
the Thirteen Colonies
What was the influence of Common Sense? - ANSWER
inspired American colonists to declare independence
from England.
What is the Declaration of Independence? - ANSWER It is
a document that declared independence from Britain
and the formation of a new country, the USA.
What are the three rights mentioned in the Declaration
of Independence? - ANSWER Life, Liberty, and Pursuit of
Happiness
Which of the following was a weakness of the Articles of
Confederation? - ANSWER Congress did not have the
power to regulate foreign and interstate commerce.
What did Shay's Rebellion and an economic crisis lead
to? - ANSWER the Philadelphia Convention of 1787. The
, Convention elected Washington as its president and
ultimately produced the Constitution of the United
States.
The idea of self-government is in the first three words of
the Constitution. What are these words? - ANSWER We
the people
What is the Supreme Law of the Land? - ANSWER The
constitution
What were the 88 essays published in newspaper to
support ratification of the Constitution are known as?
Who wrote those essays? - ANSWER The Federalist
Papers, written by Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and
James Madison
What type of government does the US have? - ANSWER
representative democracy
GUIDE IRSC QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH
VERIFIED SOLUTIONS 100%
What historic document (17th century) created a "civil
body politic"? - ANSWER Mayflower Compact
What was the Magna Carta? - ANSWER document that
started to limit the power of the king, establish habeas
corpus and limit taxation
What document did American colonists, protesting the
Stamp Act in 1766, claim gave them rights such as "no
taxation without representation"? - ANSWER British
Constitution
Americans, especially by the 19th and 20th centuries,
claimed what about the Magna Carta? - ANSWER the
people's reassertion of rights against an oppressive ruler
What was Thomas Paine's Common Sense? - ANSWER a
47-page pamphlet written by Thomas Paine in 1775-1776
,advocating independence from Great Britain to people in
the Thirteen Colonies
What was the influence of Common Sense? - ANSWER
inspired American colonists to declare independence
from England.
What is the Declaration of Independence? - ANSWER It is
a document that declared independence from Britain
and the formation of a new country, the USA.
What are the three rights mentioned in the Declaration
of Independence? - ANSWER Life, Liberty, and Pursuit of
Happiness
Which of the following was a weakness of the Articles of
Confederation? - ANSWER Congress did not have the
power to regulate foreign and interstate commerce.
What did Shay's Rebellion and an economic crisis lead
to? - ANSWER the Philadelphia Convention of 1787. The
, Convention elected Washington as its president and
ultimately produced the Constitution of the United
States.
The idea of self-government is in the first three words of
the Constitution. What are these words? - ANSWER We
the people
What is the Supreme Law of the Land? - ANSWER The
constitution
What were the 88 essays published in newspaper to
support ratification of the Constitution are known as?
Who wrote those essays? - ANSWER The Federalist
Papers, written by Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and
James Madison
What type of government does the US have? - ANSWER
representative democracy
