Origins of American Government Chapter eview

​Test Review "The Origins of American Government

By Lisa Hintz

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Leviathan

• established the authority of Parliament

• recognized the rights of the English nobles

• writings that supported the adoption of the Constitution

• stated that society was created by a social contract

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Three-Fifths Compromise

• constitutional amendments that protected individual freedoms

• slaves would be counted as less than a whole person

• You clean your room 3/4 to gain an allowance.

• stated that people had “natural rights”

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The Magna Carta recognized the principle of limited government because it

• restricted the power of the monarchy.

• established a system of checks and balances in Parliament.

• stated that everyone was equal under the law.

• guaranteed the right to a fair and speedy trial.

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The Federalist Papers

• stated that society was created by a social contract

• recognized the rights of the English nobles

• writings that supported the adoption of the Constitution

• gave colonists experience with limited self-government

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Jean Jacques Rousseau’s concept of freedom of religion in the Constitution by stating that

• Congress cannot make laws preventing people from practicing their religion.

• Congress can establish a state religion.

• all citizens must practice a religion

• religious groups cannot be treated differently from other types of groups.

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Connecticut Compromise

• type of congress created by the Articles of Confederation

• resulted in a bicameral legislature

• recognized the rights of the English nobles

• imposed an embargo on Britain

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What did Britain do in response to the French and Indian War that caused the colonists to boycott British goods?

• Britain increased the colonists’ taxes.

• Britain removed all its troops from the colonies.

• Britain prohibited the colonies from creating their own charters.

• Britain stopped exporting goods to the colonies.

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The purpose of the Preamble to the Declaration of Independence was to

• describe the wrongs the king had committed.

• emphasize the importance of social contracts.

• stablish the source of the rights of all Americans.

• ist the reasons the colonists believed they deserved independence.

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ist the reasons the colonists believed they deserved independence.

• each state was given a single vote, regardless of its size.

• leaders realized the Articles of Confederation were too weak.

• the British stopped enforcing the Stamp Act.

• central government had no power to regulate affairs with American Indians.

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The Federalist papers were successful primarily because they

• presented a way of solving the dilemma between the large and small states.

• limited the power of the executive branch.

• set up the separatation of the powers of the three governmental branches.

• clearly explained the principles of the American constitutional government.

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Since the writing and approval of the U.S. Constitution in 1787, citizens have changed the Constitution by...

• political parties

• war

• amendment

• custom

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Which principle of democracy establishes freedom of speech?

• transparency

• Checks and Balances

• Bill of Rights

• accountability

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After considerable discussion, the First Continental Congress

• instructed the colonies to create written constitutions.

• imposed an embargo on Britain.

• established a central government and chose John Hancock as its president.

• decided to go to war against the British.

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When the Declaration of Independence states it is drawing on “the Laws of Nature and Nature's God,” it is expressing

• Scrappy Doo

• Samuel Adams

• Richard Henry Lee

• John Locke

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An important accomplishment of the Articles of Confederation was that it

• developed a national court system.

• stopped states from charging tariffs on goods imported from other states.

• created fair policies for settling lands west of the Appalachian Mountains.

• strengthened the national government’s ability to levy and collect taxes.

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New Jersey delegates did not support the Virginia Plan because they thought

• it gave too much power to the large states.

• the judicial branch would not be independent.

• the legislature would be able to control the executive branch.

• the numbers of votes each state had according to their population

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By agreeing to amend the Constitution by adding the Bill of Rights,

• the Founders were incorporating the ideas of William Blackstone.

• Anti-Federalists were incorporating the ideas of Charles de Montesquieu.

• Founders were responding to Anti-Feds’ fears of a powerful state government

• Founders were responding to Anti-Fed’s fears of a powerful national gov't

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Virginia Plan

• supported by the large states

• constitution containing rules for a government

• an agreement not to buy goods from a specific source

• supported by the small states

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A major problem with the legislature set up under the Articles was that

• it had no power to regulate affairs with Native Americans.

• regardless of its population, each state had one vote.

• it could not make treaties with other nations.

• it was bicameral rather than unicameral.

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New Jersey Plan

• supported by the small states

• created a “league of friendship” among the states

• supported by the large states

• said laws should be applied equally to all people