Origins of American Government

The idea that government is RESTRICTED in what it can do is

• Restricted Government

• Limited Government

• Representative Government

• Democratic Government

The Magna Carta of 1215 is important for establishing which of the following?

• the Virginia Company

• the principle of limited government

• the scientific discoveries of the Enlightenment

• an agreement for governing the colony of Plymouth

Which document from 1689 influenced the ideas about the rights of the citizens?

• Magna Carta

• Mayflower Compact

• English Bill of Rights

• Declaration of Independence

Each of the thirteen American colonies had

• its own government.

• complete control over its affairs.

• its own powerful army.

• equal voting rights for all colonists

three branches of government that were formed so that no one part of the government became too powerful

• limited government

• natural rights

• separation of powers

• social contract

the idea that power of the government can no longer be all-powerful rights and that the government cannot take away such as life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness

• limited government

• natural rights

• separation of powers

• social contract

a system in which the people choose their leaders to govern themselves - this is the type gov't of the U.S.

• democracy

• direct democracy

• representative democracy

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

• Enlightenment

• Magna Carta

• American Revolution

• separation of powers

What is popular sovereignty?

• A government where the people have the power 
• A government that limits the power of the people 
• giving the most popular people power in society 

Ensuring that one branch of government does not become more powerful than the others is the purpose of ___.

• Checks and Balances 
• Federalism 
• Separation of Powers