Week 5 Quiz

In the course's survey chronology, which year is keyed for the Declaration of Independence?

Select one.

• 1787
• 1776
• 1783
• 1765

Which list puts these four events in order, earliest first?

Select one.

• Stamp Act Congress declarations, Declaration of Independence, Treaty of Paris ends the War of Independence, Constitution signed
• Declaration of Independence, Stamp Act Congress declarations, Constitution signed, Treaty of Paris ends the War of Independence
• Stamp Act Congress declarations, Constitution signed, Declaration of Independence, Treaty of Paris ends the War of Independence
• Declaration of Independence, Treaty of Paris ends the War of Independence, Stamp Act Congress declarations, Constitution signed

Which roster document contains the pinned fragment "I desire you would Remember the Ladies, and be more generous and favourable to them than your ancestors."?

Select one.

• The Declaration of Independence
• The Treaty of Paris of 1763
• Abigail Adams to John Adams, from Braintree
• The Stamp Act Congress declarations

True or false: the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution date from the same year.

True or false.

• True
• False

Which statement correctly tells the Declaration of Independence apart from the Constitution?

Select one.

• The Declaration framed the national government, and the Constitution announced independence.
• Both documents framed the national government, one after the other.
• The Declaration replaced the Constitution, which had announced independence.
• The Declaration announced independence; the Constitution framed a government.

Using the survey chronology, how many years separate the Declaration of Independence from the Treaty of Paris that ended the War of Independence?

Select one.

• 11 years
• 20 years
• 7 years
• 4 years

Abigail Adams wrote from Braintree to her husband, John Adams. How does the course's roster record the type of that document?

Select one.

• A public declaration
• A private letter
• A treaty
• A set of resolutions

Which host keeps the transcript of the Declaration of Independence that the course reads?

Select one.

• Founders Online
• The Avalon Project
• The National Archives
• The Library of Congress

A treaty's own last line gives one day for its signing, and the Avalon Project's page heading gives a different day. Which date does the course give the treaty?

Select one.

• The heading's date, because an archive is the official record
• The date in the treaty's own text, with the disagreement named
• Whichever date is later, because signatures came last
• Neither date, because a treaty cannot be dated

Which roster document ends with the pinned line "Done at Paris, this third day of September in the year of our Lord, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-three."?

Select one.

• The Treaty of Paris of 1763
• The Declaration of Independence
• The Stamp Act Congress declarations
• The Treaty of Paris of 1783