EOC Q1 Review

In the 1760’s and 1770’s, the British Parliament passed the Stamp Act, Townshend Acts, Tea Act, and Intolerable Acts. What was the impact of these British colonial policies?

• Colonists began to think of becoming independent.

• Resulted in a decrease in colonial taxes
• Led to increased trade agreements between Britain and the colonies
• Improved relations between Britain and the American colonies

Which event best completes the diagram of the road to the Declaration of Independence?

• British ignore colonist petitions and grievances

• British eliminate all taxes on colonists

• Colonists vote to elect new member of Parliament

• Colonist send troops to Britain in protest

Which was a weakness under the Articles of Confederation?

• Congress could not collect taxes.

• States could not trade among each other.

• Strong military presence
• Abundance of power in the central government

What was one of the outcome of the debate between Federalists and Anti-Federalists over the ratification of the Constitution?

• Removal of the Executive Branch
• Expansion of State Powers
• Addition of the Bill of Rights
• Abolition of the Judicial Branch

The passage below is from the Preamble to the US Constitution

We the People of the United States, in order to form a more perfect Union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America

Which goal of government, listed in the Preamble, allows us to have a military?

• to secure the blessings of liberty

• to form a more perfect Union

• to ensure domestic tranquility

• to provide for the common defense

How does the rule of law limit the powers of government?

• By encouraging corruption within the government
• By giving the government unlimited power
• By holding Government officials accountable to the law for their action

• By allowing the government to make decisions without oversight

Which statement identifies an important influence of ancient Greece on the founders of the American constitutional republic?

• The invention of the wheel
• The development of agriculture
• The construction of the Great Wall of China
• The concept of democracy

Which characteristic did the government of the city-state of Athens in ancient Greece share with the government of ancient Rome?

• Civic Participation

• Republicanism

• Representative Government

• Monarchy

According to John Locke, which of the following would be considered a natural right?

• Love, success, and power
• Health, freedom, and wealth
• Life, liberty, and property
• Happiness, knowledge, and justice

Below is an excerpt from the Magna Carta, written in 1215. C.E.

“No freemen shall be taken or imprisoned…or exiled or in any way destroyed…except by the lawful judgment of his peers or by the law of the land.” —Section 39

The quote directly relates to which guiding principle found in the U.S. Constitution?

• Right to bear arms
• Freedom of speech
• Separation of powers
• Due process of law