Topic 2 Assessment: The Beginnings of American Government

What type of government is being described in the following statement?

"Government maintains order and predictability. It also regulates affairs among people."

• Limited government

• Representative government

• Ordered government

• Democratic government

What is the meaning of "representative government"?

• People elect representatives to carry out their will

• Government is controlled by a king

• Government is based on military power

• Government is run by a single leader

What does the English Bill of Rights (1689) forbid? Hint: British soldiers were frequently abusive towards colonists.

• Keeping an army during peacetime

• Holding elections

• Imposing taxes

• Declaring war

What is a unicameral legislature?

• one house

• two houses

When did the First Continental Congress take place?

• 1754

• 1774

• 1776

• 1781

Who was largely responsible for writing the Declaration of Independence?

• John Adams

• Benjamin Franklin

• Thomas Jefferson

• George Washington

What was a key feature of the Virginia Plan?

• A single house of Congress

• Equal representation for all States

• Three separate branches of government

• No power to tax

What power did Congress have under the New Jersey Plan?

• To declare war

• To tax and regulate trade between the States

• To appoint judges

• To veto State laws

What was the age range of many delegates who attended the meeting?

• 20s

• 30s or 40s

• 50s

• 60s

What was the document on which the struggling government of the United States was based?

• The Declaration of Independence

• The Articles of Confederation

• The Bill of Rights

• The Federalist Papers