Ch 2 Origins of US Government

Who drafted the Declaration of Independence?

• Thomas Jefferson

• William Paterson

• James Madison

The purpose of the Constitutional Convention was to revise the:

• Articles of Confederation

• Declaration of Independence

• Constitution

Which right was established by Magna Carta in 1215?

• The right to vote in elections.
• The right to choose the monarch
• The right to freedom of speech
• the right to trial by jury

1775 - 1781 The war of the American colonists against Britain to gain its freedom

• Enlightenment

• Magna Carta

• American Revolution

• separation of powers

1215 – a document that limited the power of the king; this started the idea of limited government

• Common Sense

• Magna Carta

• Mayflower Compact

• English Bill of Rights

1689 - Parliament declares its authority over the King and guarantees certain rights to the people

• English Bill of Rights

• Enlightenment

• Magna Carta

• Mayflower Compact

Why were the Magna Carta, Petition of Rights, and English Bill of Rights significant?

• Gave more power to the King of England

• limited the power of the King of England

• stated that the King of England had the absolute power to rule through divine right

• Allowed the French government to control England

King George III came to power, taxation without representation, Intolerable Acts, Boston Tea Party, pushed the colonist to

• The Constitutional Convention

• Declare Independence

• Write the Articles of Confederation

• Revolution

Shays Rebellion proved that the _____ was forming a weak government

• Declaration of Independence

• Constitutional Convention

• Constitution

• Articles of Confederation

This compromise dealt with how to determine the representation of states in the national legislature

• The Three-Fifths Compromise

• The Virginia Plan

• The Commerce and Slave Trade Compromise

• The Connecticut Compromise