Civics-1st semester final

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What was a significant impact of the Magna Carta?

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property owners gain rights

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A legal document that provides the right to establish a colony is known as a

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charter

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What was the purpose of the Mayflower Compact?

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To set up a basic form of government in America

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Who were the individuals seeking to change the Anglican Church?

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Puritans, the puritans

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Which assembly drafted a declaration of colonial rights in response to British policies?

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First Continental Congress

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What did John Locke and Baron de Montesquieu believe about the laws of nature?

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They believed that the laws of nature can be applied to human society and government.

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What was a common feature of early colonial governments? Options: a governor chosen by all colonists, Leaders appointed by the House of Commons, a legislative body elected by the free adult males, a governor appointed by the Monarch

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a legislative body elected by the free adult males

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What is the term for a type of colonial administration in which a King, through a governor, controls the land?

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Royal colony

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What event marked the Constitution as the supreme law of the land according to Article VII?

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Ratification by nine out of 13 states

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Who presided over the Constitutional Convention?

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George Washington