Chapter 2 Review "Origins of Government"

________ was the document that created the first central government for the United States; it was replaced by the Constitution in 1789.

• Articles of Confederation

• English Bill of Rights

• Declaration of Independence

• Magna Carta

Meeting of colonial delegates that created the continental army, sent King George the Olive Branch Petition, assumed the role of government after the start of the American Revolution and most importantly declared the United States independent from Great Britain.

• First Continental Congress

• Second Continental Congress

• Limited Government

• House of Burgesses

____ were a group of people that supported the adoption of the U.S. Constitution and a strong national government.

• Loyalists

• Federalists

• Antifederalists

• Anarchists

_______ were a group of people who opposed the adoption of the U.S. Constitution.

• Federalists

• Torries

• Antifederalists

• Whigs

Many states refused to ratify the Constitution until the _______ or the first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution, concerning basic individual liberties, was added.

• Bill of Rights

• Declaration of Independence

• Petition of Rights

• federal supremeacy

Also known as _____, these were the delegates of the Constitutional Convention who developed the framework for our government and wrote the Constitution.

• Stockholders

• Red Coats

• Olmec

• Framers

_______ is the principal that the powers and functions of government are restricted by the U.S. Constitution and other laws.

• Absolute Rule

• Theocracy

• Limited Government

• Judicial Review

The ____ was a document signed by Charles I of England that limited the powers of the English monarch.

• Magna Carta

• Petition of Right

• Olive Brance Petition

• Declaration of Independence

Written by Thomas Paine, this pamphlet made the case for a break with England by laying the blame for the colonial hostilities at Parliament’s feet.

• Leviathan

• The Prince

• On Treaty's of Government

• Common Sense

_________ was often called the Father of the Constitution because he played a central role in guiding discussion at the Constitutional Convention and wrote the final document.

• John Adams

• Thomas Jefferson

• Samuel Adams

• James Madison