FLORIDA CIVIC LITERACY EXAM - STUDY GUIDE
IRSC QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100%
CORRECT!!
, 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
IRSC QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100%
CORRECT!!
, 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
