2 - ORIGINS OF GOVERNMENT

The Magna Carta in 1215 was the first to establish the principle of ..

• Absolute Power

• Popular Sovereignty

• Limited Government

• Federalism

Who believed the following...

The natural state of man is war. People live in fear of each other, which is why man is willing to trade individual liberty for the security of living in a society under a government.

• Locke

• Hobbes

• Montesquieu

• Blackstone

Who believed the following...

Men are born equal & given rights that cannot be denied. No man may be taken from his property, his life forfeit, and subjected to the authority of a government without his consent

• Locke

• Hobbes

• Montesquieu

• Blackstone

According to __________ "all men are created equal."

• Declaration of Independence

• US Constitution

• Magna Carta

• Articles of Confederation

All of the following are WEAKNESSES of the Articles of Confederation - EXCEPT

• Could not levy taxes

• Could not declare war

• Could not regulate trade

• Could not force anyone to abide by the law

The Connecticut (Great) Compromise gave..

• Gave representation based on population in one house and equal representation in the other house

• Gave representation based on state population in both houses

• Gave states equal representation in one house

The 3/5 Compromise was important because....

• Northern states wanted slaves counted as part of the population for representation

• Southern states opposed counting slaves for the purpose of determining taxation

• Southern states wanted each slave to count as 3/5 of a person for representation.

• Northern states did not want to count slaves for representation in the Senate

Favored ratification of the Constitution

• Federalists

• Anti-Federalists

Wanted a weak federal government that would not threaten states rights.

• Federalists

• Anti-Federalists