ACCUPLACER^® Writing Practice Test

(1) George Washington and all of the other great leaders who fought in the Revolutionary War would be very disappointed in Americans today. (2) The right to choose who will represent us in government has lost its importance. (3) Too many people do not vote in elections and are just throwing away their right our founding fathers fought to give them. (4) Why anyone would do such a thing is beyond me. (5) If people do not stand up and choose their own leaders, someone else will do it for them: and who knows what those leaders will stand for? (6) Many people struggled and died to give us the right to vote, and we should always honor that sacrifice by voting in every election.

(7) The main purpose of the Revolutionary War was to freely break from rulers who did not give their people a say in their own government. (8) British colonists in America lived far away from their leaders in the British Parliament, and could not have a physical presence in government due to the distance between America and England. (9) This led to a denial of the rights that these colonists would have had if they still lived in England. (10) Tired of “taxation without representation,” as the popular slogan went during this time in history, the colonists felt so strongly that they should have a say in their government that they took up arms against their own countrymen and fought for their freedom.

(11) Today, Americans take the fact that they have had voting rights for over 200 years for granted. (12) That’s why voting isn’t as important as it was back in the day. (13) If you look at how other people and countries have all fought for the right to vote, and continue to do so even today, it’s plain to see that voting is something that should still be important in our society. (14) I hope that my generation will be the first of many to make voting one of our most important and treasured rights once again.