SMT REVIEW

Quote from the Declaration of Independence

"certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness"

• Pilgrims

• Paine

• Locke

• Montesquieu

3 Branches

• Locke

• Montesquieu

• Jefferson

• Washington

The principle of limited government is found in

• Magna Carta

• English Bill of Rights

• Common Sense

• Mayflower Compact

Colonists believed their rights were violated when they were taxed without their consent because of the

• Magna Carta

• Mayflower Compact

• Amendments

• Constitution

The Rights to Search warehouses and ships without any evidence of smuggling. How did the Colonists feel about the writs of assistance that they used to do this?

• They thought it was fair

• They protested

• They asked Parliament to write more laws

• They helped the soldiers search for smuggled goods

All legal papers, newspaper and playing cards were taxed under the Stamp Act.

• Colonists approved to help pay the war debt

• Colonists disapproved because it was taxations without representation

• Colonists didn't really have an option

• Colonists didn't have to pay. Only the British that lived in Great Britain.

Natural Rights

• Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness

• Life, liberty and property

• Life, education, and right to work

• Speech, religion and petition

Required to keep soldiers in their homes

• Quartering

• Rooming

• Property Possession

• Selective Service

Rights that are granted by God that belong to all human beings

• Citizen Rights

• Bill of Rights

• Natural Rights

Because the colonists experienced a loss of rights under the British government, they set up a new government called the Articles of Confederation that

• Had no national government

• Had a strong national government

• Had a weak national government

• Eliminated government at the state level