Answers | Fall 2026 | 100% Correct
Which enlightenment thinker argued that all people were born equal and
had natural rights to life, liberty, and property? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Jon Locke
"No freeman shall be taken, imprisoned,.... or in any other way destroyed....
except by he lawful judgement of hi peers or by the laws of the land."
Which statement best expresses how Magna Carta shaped the colonists'
views of government? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔They believed leaders should obey
the law and that citizens had the right to trial by jury.
EVENTS LEADING TO AMERICAN INDEPENDANCE
1. The Declaration of Independence is issued.
2. British Parliament passes Tea Act
3. Boston Tea Party staged to protest British policies.
, 4. First battles of the American Revolution are fought.
What is the correct sequence of events? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔2,3,4,1
The Declaration of Independence lists a number of offenses committed by
the British King against the American colonists. Which of the following
offenses refers to a protection first established by Magna Carta? - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔For depriving us in many cases, of the benefits of Trial by
Jury
According to the Declaration of Independence, what is the main purpose of
government? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔to protect citizens' rights to life, liberty, and
the pursuit of happiness
Declaration of Independence>?>Constitution
Which term correctly completes the diagram? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Articles of
Confederation
"We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union,
establish Justice, insure Domestic Tranquility, provide for the common