Government Unit Quiz 2

  1. Give the approximate year for the “creation” of the World’s first democracy in Ancient Greece.
  2. Give the year for the creation of the World’s first modern democracy in the United States.
  3. (through 7.) List and briefly describe the forms of government from Plato’s Republic in order of most just to least just (according to Plato).
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  8. Debts from which war led to the increased taxation of the colonies which was a prime reason for the American Revolution?
  9. (through 30.) List the “Committee of Five” who were assigned the task of writing the Declaration of Independence.
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  14. On which date did the colonies declare themselves sovereign.
  15. (through 17.) List the three “unalienable rights” highlighted by Thomas Jefferson in the Declaration of Independence.
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  18. According to the Declaration of Independence, where do the just powers of government come from?

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