SOL CE 2: Foundations of Government Bonus Review

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What principle states that we choose officials to conduct government on our behalf? Elections are an example of this principle.

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Representative Government

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What principle states that the government is not all powerful and may only do those things the people have given it the power to do? Needing a warrant to search private property is an example.

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Limited Government

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What principle states that those who govern are subject to the same laws as everyone else and that everyone is equal under the law? Example if the Governor is speeding they get a ticket.

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Rule of Law

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What principle states that the people are the source of all governmental power? The U.S. Constitution begins with the words "We the People" which establishes the power comes from the people not the government.

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Consent of the Governed

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What principle states that the people rule? Even though the United States is a Republic the people still greatly influence our structure of government.

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Democracy

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What document written in 1215 established the idea that the King was subject to the same laws as everyone else?

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Magna Carta

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The charters of the Virginia Company of London were significant because?

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They established that colonists to the New World would have the same rights as Englishmen.

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The Virginia Declaration of Rights served as a model for the?

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U.S. Bill of Rights

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Why did the Articles of Confederation fail?

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The central government was too weak to enforce its laws and couldn't tax to provide for a standing army.

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What document serves as the structure of the U.S. government today?

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U.S. Constitution