AP Gov. Unit 1 Multiple Choice Questions
& Answers 2025
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
a. Thomas Jefferson
b. Benjamin Franklin
c. Richard Henry Lee
d. Thomas Paine
e. John Adams - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔a. Thomas Jefferson
The foundation of Locke's philosophy was that human beings
a. derive their rights from nature
b. have rights that are granted them by the government
c. determine their own rights
d. derive their rights from God
e. are granted rights by their king - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔a. derive
their rights from nature
Who authored The Second Treatise of Civil Government?
a. Thomas Jefferson
b. John Locke
,AP Gov. Unit 1 Multiple Choice Questions
& Answers 2025
c. Thomas Paine
d. James Madison
e. Peyton Randolph - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔b. John Locke
Locke believed that government must be built
a. on the consent of the governed
b. on the laws of the previous government
c. on the morals of the rulers
d. on laws given by the king
e. on the continuity of government, thus all efforts to overthrow a
government are treason - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔a. on the consent
of the governed
Which of the following best describes the United States government
under the Articles of Confederation?
a. it was weak and ineffective
b. it was frequently involved in foreign affairs
c. it was very large and bureaucratic
d. it was dictatorial
,AP Gov. Unit 1 Multiple Choice Questions
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e. it was a puppet for George Washington - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔a. it was weak and ineffective
What was the significance of the Annapolis meeting?
a. it was the first national convention of women demanding the right to
vote
b. it issued the Declaration of Independence
c. it dissolved the Continental Congress
d. it selected George Washington as the first post-Revolutionary
president
e. it issued the first call for the Constitutional Convention, which would
form in Philadelphia in 1787 - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔e. it issued
the first call for the Constitutional Convention, which would form in
Philadelphia in 1787
Which of the following comprised the core of agreement among the
delegates to the Constitutional Convention?
a. most were residents of western frontiers
b. they were all men
c. a significant number were urbanites
d. many were college graduates
, AP Gov. Unit 1 Multiple Choice Questions
& Answers 2025
e. they were mostly wealthy planters - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔a.
most were residents of western frontiers
Which of the following comprised the core of agreement among the
delegates to the Constitutional Convention?
a. beliefs about human nature
b. beliefs about the causes of political conflict
c. shared views regarding the objectives of the government
d. understanding about the nature of republican government
e. all of the above are true - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔e. all of the
above are true
_____________ was proposed by William Patterson, in which each
state was to be equally represented in the new Congress
a. the New Jersey Plan
b. the Connecticut Compromise
c. the Virginia Plan
d. the Federalist Papers
e. the Articles of Confederation - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔a. the
New Jersey Plan
& Answers 2025
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
a. Thomas Jefferson
b. Benjamin Franklin
c. Richard Henry Lee
d. Thomas Paine
e. John Adams - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔a. Thomas Jefferson
The foundation of Locke's philosophy was that human beings
a. derive their rights from nature
b. have rights that are granted them by the government
c. determine their own rights
d. derive their rights from God
e. are granted rights by their king - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔a. derive
their rights from nature
Who authored The Second Treatise of Civil Government?
a. Thomas Jefferson
b. John Locke
,AP Gov. Unit 1 Multiple Choice Questions
& Answers 2025
c. Thomas Paine
d. James Madison
e. Peyton Randolph - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔b. John Locke
Locke believed that government must be built
a. on the consent of the governed
b. on the laws of the previous government
c. on the morals of the rulers
d. on laws given by the king
e. on the continuity of government, thus all efforts to overthrow a
government are treason - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔a. on the consent
of the governed
Which of the following best describes the United States government
under the Articles of Confederation?
a. it was weak and ineffective
b. it was frequently involved in foreign affairs
c. it was very large and bureaucratic
d. it was dictatorial
,AP Gov. Unit 1 Multiple Choice Questions
& Answers 2025
e. it was a puppet for George Washington - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔a. it was weak and ineffective
What was the significance of the Annapolis meeting?
a. it was the first national convention of women demanding the right to
vote
b. it issued the Declaration of Independence
c. it dissolved the Continental Congress
d. it selected George Washington as the first post-Revolutionary
president
e. it issued the first call for the Constitutional Convention, which would
form in Philadelphia in 1787 - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔e. it issued
the first call for the Constitutional Convention, which would form in
Philadelphia in 1787
Which of the following comprised the core of agreement among the
delegates to the Constitutional Convention?
a. most were residents of western frontiers
b. they were all men
c. a significant number were urbanites
d. many were college graduates
, AP Gov. Unit 1 Multiple Choice Questions
& Answers 2025
e. they were mostly wealthy planters - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔a.
most were residents of western frontiers
Which of the following comprised the core of agreement among the
delegates to the Constitutional Convention?
a. beliefs about human nature
b. beliefs about the causes of political conflict
c. shared views regarding the objectives of the government
d. understanding about the nature of republican government
e. all of the above are true - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔e. all of the
above are true
_____________ was proposed by William Patterson, in which each
state was to be equally represented in the new Congress
a. the New Jersey Plan
b. the Connecticut Compromise
c. the Virginia Plan
d. the Federalist Papers
e. the Articles of Confederation - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔a. the
New Jersey Plan
