CE 2,3,4,6,7,8 b review

Guaranteed the rights of Englishmen to the colonists.

• Charters of the Virginia Company of London

• Virginia Declaration of Rights

• Declaration of Independence

• Articles of Confederation

• Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom

– established the first form of national government for the independent states

– maintained that major powers resided with individual states

– created weak central government (e.g., no power to tax or enforce laws); led to the writing of the Constitution of the United States of America.

• Virginia Company of London

• Virginia Declaration of Rights

• Declaration of Independence

• Articles of Confederation

• Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom

Which first amendment is being illustrate in this picture? 

• religion
• press 
• assembly
• petition

What amendment do these symbols represent?

• 14th
• 2nd 
• 5th 
• 1st

What branch is having its power checked when...
Congress overrides a President's veto?

• Legislative Branch
• Executive Branch
• Judicial Branch
• none

What branch is having its power checked when...
Congress refuses to approve presidential treaties?

• Legislative Branch
• Executive Branch
• Judicial Branch
• none

What branch is having its power checked when...
the Supreme Court declares a law unconstitutional?

• Legislative Branch
• Executive Branch
• Judicial Branch
• none

What branch is having its power checked when...
the Supreme Court declares an presidential act unconstitutional?

• Legislative Branch
• Executive Branch
• Judicial Branch
• none

The separation between national and state government is called-

• Federalism
• Democracy
• Government
• Libertarianism

What is being described?
"Conducts foreign policy, regulates commerce, and provides for the common defense"

• Responsibilities of state governments
• Responsibilities of the national government
• Responsibilities of the armed forces
• Responsibilities of Santa Claus