Civics EOC Review

Baron de Montesquieu was a form believer that no on branch of government should become too powerful. What aspect of the US government has developed from this belief?

• natural law

• popular sovereignty

• rule of law

• separation of powers

The founding fatehrs were influenced by the ideas of John Locke and Baron de Montesquieu. These enlightenment figures believed in the principles o separation of powers and ________.

• common law

• natural law

• military law

• civil law

"governments are instituted among men deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, that whenever any form of government becomes destructive of those ends it is the right of the people to abolish it."

Based on the passage, the Founding Fathers were influenced by which Enlightenment idea?

• separation of powers

• social contract

• natural law

• checks and balances

Two documents important to democratic government are the Magna Carta and English Bill of Rights. What basic political principle do these establish?

• citizens should have voting rights

• freedom of worship

• government is limited

• equality of all citizens

What was one outcome of Thomas Paine's "Common Sense"?

• Colonies agreed to break away from Great Britain

• colonists agreed to submit to the Kings rule

• it established the colonists' right to bear arms

• established the colonists right to vote

The Mayflower Compact was significant in the political development of the American Colonies because it introduced the principle of

• federalism

• freedom of expression

• self-government

• separation of powers

What does the statement below indicate about the colonists' views toward the British government?

"NO TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENATION"

• Colonists believed native Americans should be exempt from British taxes

• Colonists felt that taxes of any type should be illegal in the colonies

• Colonists felt they lacked representation in the British government

• Colonists were angered that taxes were higher in the colonies than in Europe.

A series of English laws known as the Intolerable Acts during the 1770s caused the unfair treatment of American colonists. This angered the colonists and resulted in the writing of the

• US Constitution

• Declaration of Independence

• Mayflower Compact

• Magna Carta

"No soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of the owner, nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed by law.

Which colonial complaint from Declaration of Independence does this amendment reflect?

• the King required the colonists to provide protection from the Native Americans

• the King required the colonists to register for selective service

• the King required the colonists to pay taxes on domestic and imported goods

• the King required the colonists to provide food and shelter for the British military.

At the Philadelphia convention, the Founding Father decided to replace the Articles of Confederation with a new constitution because

• the Articles government was too weak and ineffective

• the Articles was intended to be a temporary solution of government

• the President had too much power

• the States were calling for a new constitution