Government Chapter 2

Colonists valued limted government because they

• believed monarchs should have absolute power

• did not believe in representative government

• believed people should be protected from the actions of an unjust government

• believed that government was not necessary

Which was a belief of John Locke and one that influenced the colonists?

• All people have inalienable rights such as liberty

• Powers of government should be separated.

• People are born naturally good and governement is not necessary

• Monarch should have supreme power

The Magna Carta recognized the principal of limited government in that

• abolished the monarchy and made England a republic

• abolished the right to jury trials

• restricted the power of the monarchy

• provided for total equality in England

Which document stated that monarchs could not interfere with parlimentary elections?

• English Bill of Rights

• Magna Carta

• Petition of Right

• Old Testament

Colonial governments were influence by the Old Testament idea that

• everyone should be required to attend worship

• people should be punished for breaking God's laws.

• the people shout obey the king as they would God

• the law should apply to everyone equally

Britain's Parliament served as

• supreme ruler for the colonies

• the place where the colonists elected representatives

• a model for representative government in the colonies

• an example of the failure of democracy to the colonists.

The Pilgrims wrote and signed the Mayflower compact to

• provide rules for self government

• declare independence from England

• guarantee freedom of religion

• to guarantee equality for all men in the colony

In colonial charters

• all power was given to the governor

• all power was given to the colonial assembl;y or legislature

• power was divided amoung the governor, the assembly and the courts

• power was given directly to the people.

The statement in the Declaration of Independence referencing "the Laws of Nature and Nature's God is an idea from what individual?

• Thomas Hobbes

• John Locke

• Baron de Montesquieu

• Jean Jacques Rousseau

The Declaration of Independence states that governments

• have supreme authority over its citizens

• do not have the power to impose taxes

• are needed because humans are evil and wicked.

• derive their powers from the consent of the governed