Founding/Historical Documents

Which Enlightenment idea calls for the people and the government to agree; the people agree to give up some freedoms and the government will agree to protect the people

• natural rights
• separation of powers
• social contract
• limited government

The Declaration of Independence is

• a list of colonists' grievances against the King
• a list of colonists' names who did not like Great Britain
• a list of suggestions on how to improve the British government
• a declaration of war against the British

The first constitution of the United States was called

• the U.S. Constitution
• the Declaration of Independence
• the Articles of Confederation
• the Northwest Ordinance

All of the following were weaknesses or flaws of the Articles of Confederation except

• it created three branches of government with specific duties
• it did not give the national government an effective power to tax
• 9 of 13 states were needed to pass a law which proved difficult
• it did not allow the national government to raise an army

The Articles of Confederation did not have a method to ensure laws were carried out in the states.  The Constitution corrected this by

• giving each state authority to make its own separate laws
• creating a strong president to settle disputes between the states
• creating a new law making process that required all states to agree
• creating an executive branch to enforce the laws

An Anti-Federalist would believe

• that there was no need for a separate Bill of Rights
• that the U.S. Constitution does not give power to the states
• that the U.S. Constitution will not create a powerful central government
• a strong national government will not protect the people in times of crisis

"All men…are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness…" is an excerpt from the Declaration of Ind. that most resembles the ideas of 

• John Locke
• Baron De Montesquieu
• Jean Jacque Rousseau
• Voltaire

Who has the power to lay and collect taxes?

• the Supreme Court
• Congress
• the President
• state legislatures

The Founding Document that most reflects the Enlightenment idea of separation of powers was

• the U.S. Constitution
• the Articles of Confederation
• the Northwest Ordinance
• the Declaration of Independence

The Articles of Confederation reflected the colonists' fear of

• a Bill of Rights
• a strong central government
• strong state governments
• a breakdown of law and order