Benchmark Boot-Camp Quizizz

European philosopher who believed government's can lead to tyranny so to avoid this, he proposed the Separation of Powers so that not part of the government could get too powerful.

• John Locke
• Montesquieu
• Thomas Paine

Dividing government power among legislative (make laws), executive (enforce the laws), and judicial (determine the meaning of laws) branches.

• Separation of Powers
• Checks and Balances
• Federalism

Popular support for separation from England led to this document.
The document claimed that all people deserved natural unalienable rights and since England was not giving them theirs, the colonists in America were breaking off with England and starting their own country!

• Constitution
• Articles of Confederation
• Declaration of Independence
• Magna Carta

What does refuse to buy a certain country's or company's products mean?

• Boycott
• Tyranny
• Parliament
• Federalism

Which of the following was a tax on paper items issued by British Parliament used to pay off their war debts?
Colonists protests they should not be taxes unless colonist representatives in England voted on them. This led to "No Taxation without Representation!!"

• Tea and Sugar Tax
• Stamp Act
• Quartering Act

What is English legislature, or group that makes laws, that passed the English Bill of Rights, which inspired American government?

• Congress
• Supreme Court
• Parliament
• Federalist

What is an English document that limits the power of the leader and says leaders have to follow the law too?

• Magna Carta
• Mayflower Compact
• Declaration of Independence
• Constitution

English document voted on by Parliament that limited the power of the king/queen and listed the rights of ALL British citizens and the laws that all citizens must follow.

• Mayflower Compact
• Articles of Confederation
• English Bill of Rights

What means the government's abuse of power?

• Constitution
• Tyranny
• Parliament
• Consent of the Governed

What document is an agreement signed by pilgrims stating they will make and obey "just (fair) and equal laws" for the "general good of the colony?" Because most people had to obey laws without their approval, this was one of the first examples of self-government.

• Magna Carta
• English Bill of Rights
• Articles of Confederation
• Mayflower Compact