Government Ch2 - Origins of American Government

The Magna Carta was originally intended to protect the rights of which group?

• religious leaders

• kings and queens

• common people

• nobles

Which document was passed by Parliament in the Glorious Revolution?

• Magna Carta

• Petition of Right

• English Bill of Rights

• Mayflower Compact

Which type of colony enjoyed the most independence from the Crown?

• royal

• proprietary

• colony

• none of the above

Republican ideas can be traced back to which of the following?

• ancient Egypt and Greece

• ancient Greece and Rome

• Renaissance

• The Enlightenment

Civic virtue is the idea that people should do which of the following?

• understand political ideas

• abide by the social contract

• participate in the political process

• place the common good over private interests

The Framers took the idea of separation of powers from which philosopher?

• Machiavelli

• Locke

• Montesquieu

• Hobbs

The Framers relied on the writings of which Enlightenment philosopher as they decided how best to protect economic freedom and rights to property

• Charles de Montesquieu

• Adam Smith

• Adam Locke

• Thomas Hobbs

One of the purposes of the New England Confederation was to:

• draft a bill of rights for the colonies

• form a military force to attack the Native Americans

• create a constitution for the New England colonies

• defend against threats made my Native Americans

Parliament imposed a series of taxes on the colonies beginning in 1764 in order to:

• help pay Britain’s debts resulting from the French and Indian War.

• pay for King George III’s new palace

• obtain funds for another war against France

• discourage immigration to the colonies

Thomas Jefferson argued in the Declaration of Independence that, if a government disregards the will of the people, the people are free to do which of the following?

• stop paying taxes to the government

• change their government

• move to another country

• execute the king