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FLORIDA CIVIC LITERACY EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS VERIFIED LATEST UPDATE
2025/2026
Terms in this set (214)
What historic document The Mayflower Compact
(17th century) created
a "civil body politic"? - created by pilgrims after arguing about who should be
in charge
A document signed by King John in an attempt to
prevent a civil war
What was the Magna
Carta? -He agreed to sign it in June of 1215 after being
pressured by Barons who wanted to protect
their property and rights. It was meant to stop
power exploitation from the King and his
government
The Declaration of Rights and Grievances
What document did
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American colonists,
protesting the Stamp -The Stamp Act Congress passed this
Act in 1766, claim gave document which said American colonists and
them rights such as British citizens were all equal to each other.
"no taxation The document also protested taxation without
without representation"? representation and declared that in
Parliament, if there was no colonial
representation, then Parliament was unable to tax
colonists
Americans, especially Americans claimed that the Magna Carta
by the 19th and 20th allowed them to have the same rights as
centuries, claimed what Englishmen, that guaranteed rights in the
about the Magna document couldn't be taken away by
Carta? tyrannical rulers
Pamphlet
What was Thomas Paine's -Colonists wanted self-government and didn't
Common Sense? want to pay the king such high taxes.
Therefore, Thomas Paine wrote it intending to
share his ideas on independence so colonists
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could finally govern fairly
Colonists were influenced to fight in order to become
independent from Britain
What was the influence of -They were so used to being under a king and
Common Sense? monarchs that they didn't realize they could
separate to create a government by the
people. Paine hoped his pamphlet would
bring courage to all 13 colonies. His
influence was so strong that it helped
kickstart the American Revolution
The delegates (representatives for the
colony) were responsible for claiming
independence, preparing an army, arranging a
government, and getting 13 different colonies
What is the Declaration of to agree on officially cutting political ties
Independence? with Britain
- The document acted as an affirmation of
the purpose of America. The new American
government was built on a foundation of
philosophical ideals that originated here
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FLORIDA CIVIC LITERACY EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS VERIFIED LATEST UPDATE
2025/2026
Terms in this set (214)
What historic document The Mayflower Compact
(17th century) created
a "civil body politic"? - created by pilgrims after arguing about who should be
in charge
A document signed by King John in an attempt to
prevent a civil war
What was the Magna
Carta? -He agreed to sign it in June of 1215 after being
pressured by Barons who wanted to protect
their property and rights. It was meant to stop
power exploitation from the King and his
government
The Declaration of Rights and Grievances
What document did
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,6/28/25, 9:44
AM
American colonists,
protesting the Stamp -The Stamp Act Congress passed this
Act in 1766, claim gave document which said American colonists and
them rights such as British citizens were all equal to each other.
"no taxation The document also protested taxation without
without representation"? representation and declared that in
Parliament, if there was no colonial
representation, then Parliament was unable to tax
colonists
Americans, especially Americans claimed that the Magna Carta
by the 19th and 20th allowed them to have the same rights as
centuries, claimed what Englishmen, that guaranteed rights in the
about the Magna document couldn't be taken away by
Carta? tyrannical rulers
Pamphlet
What was Thomas Paine's -Colonists wanted self-government and didn't
Common Sense? want to pay the king such high taxes.
Therefore, Thomas Paine wrote it intending to
share his ideas on independence so colonists
2/
18
, 6/28/25, 9:44
AM
could finally govern fairly
Colonists were influenced to fight in order to become
independent from Britain
What was the influence of -They were so used to being under a king and
Common Sense? monarchs that they didn't realize they could
separate to create a government by the
people. Paine hoped his pamphlet would
bring courage to all 13 colonies. His
influence was so strong that it helped
kickstart the American Revolution
The delegates (representatives for the
colony) were responsible for claiming
independence, preparing an army, arranging a
government, and getting 13 different colonies
What is the Declaration of to agree on officially cutting political ties
Independence? with Britain
- The document acted as an affirmation of
the purpose of America. The new American
government was built on a foundation of
philosophical ideals that originated here
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