Midterm Review

Thomas Paine's Common Sense encouraged _____________.

• support for Loyalists

• support for Britain

• support for an invasion of Canada

• support for Revolution and independence

A _____________ is a form of autocracy because it is rule by one King or Queen.

• dictatorship

• oligarchy

• absolute monarchy

• dictatorship

Free speech allows society to....

• always follow their government officials

• get information about what is going on in other countries

• know when their leaders mess up and criticize them about it

• have more accurate elections

One of the issues associated with the Articles of Confederation that the Constitution resolved is...

• the federal government could now tax the citizens

• the government could not make amendments

• the government took all of the powers from the states

• the federal government could now run elections

Thomas Jefferson used the idea of natural rights (life, liberty and pursuit of happiness) that he got from:

• Baron de Montesquieu

• Thomas Paine

• Benjamin Franklin

• John Locke

How do we ensure that the states follow the laws of the federal government?

• The legislative branch makes sure the laws are enforced

• The judicial branch makes sure the laws are enforced

• The executive branch makes sure the laws are enforced

• All of the states participate in making the laws

Why did the colonists finally decide to declare independence from Britain?

• the king removed all taxes

• the king gave in to the Olive Branch Petition

• the king sent Redcoats to Boston

• the king ignored the Colonial Grievances

"We the people" in the Preamble means that.....

• the citizens created the government to protect their rights

• the citizens will get to directly make their own laws

• the President to freely spend taxes because he was elected

• the people can create political parties

One of the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation was....

• no President/executive branch

• no Federal Courts/judicial branch

• the federal government could not taxe the citizens

• all of the above

When the King of Britain made whatever laws he wanted to for the colonies he was taking away their __________ rights?

• religious

• immigration

• political

• equal