Foundations in American History Test Review

• No housing of troops

• freedom of the press

• trial by jury

• no unreasonable searches and seizures

• laws for constituents (citizens) to follow

• protection against taxation without representation

• protects citizens rights from an all powerful government

• allows citizens to do whatever they want

• 10th Amendment

• 8th Amendment

• 3rd Amendment

• 1st Amendment

• 13 colonies had few but important advantages in the American Revolution

• led to British victory in the American Revolution

• led to defeat for the British in French and Indian War

• 13 colonies lost the American Revolution

• British allowed 13 colonies to be independent

• Listed grievances about British government violating colonists natural rights

• led to the defeat of the 13 colonies in the American Revolution

• thirteen colonies were happy to pay taxes even they complained of taxation without representation in British parliament

• protests against British rule in the Thirteen colonies

• agreement in 13 colonies to have representation in British parliament

• British encouraged independence in the 13 colonies

• supported only by the southern colonies

• . that all men are created equal,

• “. .. all men are . . . endowed by their

  Creator with certain unalienable

  rights

• deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed

• governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes

“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.”

This quotation reflects beliefs mainly derived from

• the Magna Carta

• the divine right monarchs of Europe

• Marxist philosophy

• John Locke’s theory of natural rights

• national laws must be passed by both houses of Congress

• powers are divided between the State and National Governments

• the States are guaranteed a republican form of government

• the President is selected by the electoral college

The system of checks and balances is best illustrated by the power of

• the President to veto a bill passed by Congress

• Congress to censure one of its members

• a governor to send the National Guard to stop a riot

• state and Federal governments to levy and collect taxes