CE2 SOL Review

King George was placed in jail because he broke the law. Which principle would apply to this situtaion?

• Representative Government

• Limited Government

• Consent of the Governed

• Rule of Law

When a government official says: "I can only do what the people have given me the power to do," this describes:

• Limited Government

• Rule of Law

• Democracy

• Representative Government

The U.S. Bill of Rights is modeled on which Virginia document?

• Virginia Declaration of Rights

• Charters of the Virginia Company of London

• Virginia Statute of Religious Freedom

• The Virginia Constitution

When King John was forced to sign this document, it gave rights to Englishmen and claimed everyone had to follow the law.

• The Magna Carta

• Articles of Confederation

• US Constitution

• Declaration of Independence

Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness were given to individuals because of this document.

• Declaration of Independence

• US Constitution

• Magna Carta

• Articles of Confederation

Why were the Articles of Confederation, our first form of government, not effective?

• No one liked them

• Weak central government, powerful states

• The document was hard to understand

This document is our current form of government.

• Declaration of Independence

• US Constitution

• VA Constitution

• Magna Carta

"We the people of the United States..." comes from which document.

• Declaration of Independence

• Preamble to the US Constitution

• Virginia Statute of Religious Freedom

• Virginia Declaration of Rights

The Preamble to the US Constitution:

• is part of the Magna Carta

• was ratified by 9 out of 13 colonies

• is our written law

• explains why the Constitution was written

Why does the Preamble begin with these three important words?

• To make it clear that more than one person wrote the Constitution

• To differentiate it from other famous documents

• To establish that the power of the government comes from the people