Unit 1 Review (Ch. 1-3)

When people elect delegates to make laws and conduct government-

• Absolute Monarchy

• Representative Government

• Direct Democracy

• Communism

When was the first time that the British tried to limit the power of the monarch?

• English Civil War

• The Hundred Year's War

• Petition of Rights 1628

• Magna Carta 1215

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

In 1689 the English Bill of Rights set clear limits on who?

• All of Britain's subjects

• The colonists

• Parliament

• The king

The natural rights Locke spoke of included: Life, Liberty, & _______

• Property

• Pursuit of Happiness

• Posterity

• Peace of Mind

Under the Articles of Confederation, what type of legislature did we have?

• Bicameral

• Unicameral

• There was no legislative branch

• State legislature

Which of these is NOT a weakness of the Articles of Confederation?

• No national court system

• It began a policy to expand westward

• No executive branch

• Need 9/13 of the states' approval to enforce laws

What type of legislature did the New Jersey Plan have?

• Unicameral

• Bicameral

• No legislative branch

• Diametrical

How is representation based in the Senate?

• By which state sends the most delegates

• By population

• Through equal representation

• Who wins in Thumb War

Who believed in a strong federal government?

• Alexander Hamilton
• Thomas Jefferson

Who did the electoral college unanimously elect as the first president in 1789?

• George Washington
• John Adams
• Thomas Jefferson
• James Madison