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Which statement reflects the Enlightenment ideas about natural law expressed by Locke? Options: All men... are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness..., He has... obstructed the Laws for Naturalization of Foreigners; refusing to pass others to encourage their migrations hither..., Mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed., The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history... having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States.

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All men... are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness...

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How does the quote "A prince whose character is marked by every act which may define a tyrant is unfit to be the ruler of a free people" reflect the influence of Enlightenment ideas on the Founding Fathers?

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They supported individual liberties.

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What did many American colonists justify with Thomas Paine's Common Sense?

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Declare independence from Great Britain

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What action completes the diagram describing a cause that led to the drafting of the Declaration of Independence? Options: The British remove all taxes on the colonists, The colonists vote to elect a new member of Parliament, The British ignore the complaints of the colonists, The colonists send troops to Britain in protest.

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The British ignore the complaints of the colonists

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SS.C.7.1.4 Review the diagram and choose the statement below that completes the diagram.

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It is the role of the government to protect natural rights.

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SS.C.7.1.4 The Declaration of Independence included these grievances:
• Imposition of taxes without representation
• Limitation of judicial powers
• Quartering of troops
• Dissolution of the legislature

What grievance should be added to this list?

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Suspending trial by jury in many cases

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Based on the passage by John Locke in his Second Treatise of Civil Government, with which complaint from the Declaration of Independence would he agree? (The government, being for the preservation of every man's right and property, by preserving him from the violence or harm of others, is for the good of the governed.)

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He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good.

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SS.7.C.1.5 Which of the following was a weakness of the Articles of Confederation? The government did not have a separate judicial branch. States could not print their own currency. The president could spend taxes freely. The government had too much power over commerce.

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The government did not have a separate judicial branch.

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How did the U.S. Constitution address the problem under the Articles of Confederation that Congress had no power to ensure its laws were followed by the states?

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Created an executive branch to enforce laws.

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What does the phrase "ensure domestic tranquility" mean in the Preamble to the Constitution?

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Maintain peace in the country