COLONIAL INDEPENDENCE: In writing the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson was influenced by John Locke's idea of

• due process of law

• natural rights

• the rights of the accused

• the right to privacy

COLONIAL INDEPENDENCE: The Mayflower Compact, New England town meetings, and the Virginia House of Burgesses are examples of

• early colonial efforts in self-government

• colonial protests against British taxation

• agreements to have a revolution

• attempts to go back to England

COLONIAL INDEPENDENCE: During the Revolutionary War period, Thomas Paine's Common Sense was important because it

• described a military plan to defeat England

• convinced many Americans to support independence from England

• contained a detailed outline for a new government

• led to Civil War

COLONIAL INDEPENDENCE: A major reason for the American Revolution was that colonists

• wanted freedom of religion

• did not have to pay taxes

• were being placed in jail for no reason

• wanted representation before being taxed

COLONIAL INDEPENDENCE: A major weakness of the Articles of Confederation (our first government plan) was that

• large states got more votes than small states in Congress

• the national government could not enforce its laws

• too much power was given to the president

• state governments could not coin money

CONSTITUTIONAL FOUNDATIONS: What was the primary reason for holding the Constitutional Convention?

• outlaw slavery

• place taxes on imports and exports

• revise the Articles of Confederation

• give women the right to vote

CONSTITUTIONAL FOUNDATIONS: The Great Compromise at the Constitutional Convention of 1787 was important because it ...

• established suffrage for all males over age 21

• ended slavery

• created a judicial branch

• balanced the issue of representation for small states and large states

CONSTITUTIONAL FOUNDATIONS: The purpose of the Three-Fifths Compromise at the Constitutional Convention of 1787 was to...

• make Federalists happy

• provide a means of deciding disputes

• allow Congress to override a Presidential veto

• reduce the fear of loss of representation by Southern states with large slave populations

CONSTITUTIONAL FOUNDATIONS:

"We, the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union..." ~ Preamble to the U.S. Constitution

This quotation from the Preamble illustrates the constitutional principle that people...

• have a right to trial by jury

• are guaranteed a high standard of living

• are the true source of political power

• have the right to assemble

CONSTITUTIONAL FOUNDATIONS: The U.S. government is considered a federal system because

• national laws must be signed by the President

• power is divided between the state and national governments

• the states make national laws

• the President is elected by the Electoral College