SOL Review

SOL CE.2a - Name five fundamental political principles that shaped our constitution and government.

SOL CE.2a - Fundamental Political Principle #1 - People are the source of any and all governmental power.

SOL CE.2a - Fundamental Political Principle #2 - Government has only the power to do only those things that people have given it the authority and may do.

SOL CE.2a - Fundamental Political Principle #3 - The government and those who govern are bound by the law.

SOL CE.2a - Fundamental Political Principle #4 - In such a system of government, the people rule.

SOL CE.2a - Fundamental Political Principle #5 - People elect public officials who make laws and conduct government on their behalf.

SOL CE.2b - Name five documents of American history that influenced the development of the Constitution and constitutional government.

SOL CE.2b – Which of these documents guaranteed the colonists the same rights given to all English citizens?

SOL CE.2b - Which of these documents served as a model for the Bill of Rights?

SOL CE.2b - Which of these documents claimed that people have "certain unalienable rights" (life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness) and that all people are equal under the law?