Unit 1 Review

What is a main idea of John Locke that influenced the Declaration of Independence?

• Social Contract

• Right to Rebel

• Separation of Powers

• Need for absolute monarch

Tax on legal documents and newspaper

• Writs of Assistance

• Stamp Act

• Tea Act

• Townshend Acts

The writs of assistance led to the creation of what?

• The Constitution

• 5th Amendment

• 4th Amendment

• Consent of the Governed

The Boston Tea Party was a direct response to...

• The Stamp Act

• Intolerbale Acts

• Tea Act

• Sugar Act

What was the purpose of the Declaration of Independence?

• Declare war and ask for forgiveness

• Declare Independence and state the reasons why

• Declare Independence and to write a Constitution

• Declare Independence and declare War

What was our first written Constitution?

• The US Constitution (DUH!)

• The Declaration of Independence

• The Articles of Confederation

• The Bill of Rights

What was the main weakness of the A.O.C?

• No power to Enforce Laws

• Lacked a Congress

• States had power

• No power to tax

What compromise was created to elect the president of the United States?

• Electoral Appointment

• Electoral University

• Electoral College

• Electoral Impeachment

What key idea does how government derive from Montesquieu?

• Consent of the governed

• Separation of Powers

• Checks and Balances

• Rule of Law

Type of government that is run by a king or queen having total control

• Monarch

• Absolute Monarch

• Constitutional Monarch

• Democratic Republic