What is the Bill of Rights?

A list of rights that the government cannot take away.

The List of Grievances were the part of the Declaration that

detailed the colonists' complaints with King George.

What is the connection between natural rights and government?

government is meant to protect rights

What are unalienable rights?

Rights that government cannot take away

How could the British have prevented the American Revolution? Options: By forcing King George III to give up the throne, By overruling the decisions of the colonial legislatures, By increasing taxes on the colonists, By allowing colonists to elect representatives to Parliament

By allowing colonists to elect representatives to Parliament

A system of checks and balances was built into the Constitution to prevent...

any one branch of government from becoming too powerful.

What was the main purpose of the Federalist papers?

to persuade people to support a strong federal government

The term separation of powers in the U.S. government refers to separate powers given to

the executive, legislative, and judicial branches

What was a MAJOR difference between the Articles of Confederation and the Constitution? Options: The power of individual states was greater under the Constitution., The powers of the federal government were increased under the Articles of Confederation., More freedoms were given to women, blacks, and Native Americans under the Constitution., The powers of the federal government were increased under the Constitution.

The powers of the federal government were increased under the Constitution.

One weakness of the Articles of the Confederation was ____________.

The inability of Congress to tax.

Shays' Rebellion represented...

a failure of the Articles of Confederation

The main cause for many of the rules in the Articles of Confederation was that the delegates at the Continental Congress...

were concerned about giving the central government too much power because the King had used his power unfairly.

According to the Declaration of Independence, the main purpose of a government is to-

protect the rights of the individual

According to the Declaration of Independence, from where does government get the power to achieve its purpose? Options: it is endowed by nature, from the permission of the king, from the authority of parliament, from the consent of the governed

from the consent of the governed

According to the Declaration of Independence, when government becomes oppressive of the people's rights, the people have the right to...

alter or abolish it and institute a new government

The "Federalist Papers" were written to:

Explain and convince the people into supporting the new U.S Constitution.

Anti-Federalists were in favor of:

States Rights and the protection of individual rights.

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Who was the main author of the Declaration of Independence?

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Thomas Jefferson

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Why was the Declaration of Independence written?

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The colonists wanted to break free from British control

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Why is July 4th a significant date to the Declaration of Independence?

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The Continental Congress approved the document.

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What are our natural rights according to Jefferson? (He got the idea from John Locke, but he changed the last right.)

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Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness

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The U.S. Constitution organized our government fairly by creating:

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3 separate branches

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What year was the Constitutional Convention held?

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1787

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Why did federalists demand that a Bill of Rights be added to the Constitution?

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to protect individual freedoms from the federal government

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