Foundations of Government Quiz 2

Articles of Confederation

• The first government of the United States was based on this, which was created in 1777.
• This was the Great Charter of English liberty granted by King John at Runnymede on June 15, 1215.
• This was an act passed by the Second Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, declaring the thirteen American Colonies independent of British rule.
• This was the first representative government in North America located in Virginia, but the Virginia Company had to approve any laws it passed.

July 4, 1776

• This was an act passed by the Second Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, declaring the thirteen American Colonies independent of British rule.
• This was the first representative government in North America located in Virginia, but the Virginia Company had to approve any laws it passed.
• This is the name given to the document of the French Revolution that defined individual and governmental rights.
• This is the complete date that the Second Continental Congress approved the Declaration of Independence.

Magna Carta

• Passed by English Parliament in 1689, it limited the power of the monarch, but would later become very influential in the creation of the first 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitution.
• This is the name given to the document of the French Revolution that defined individual and governmental rights.
• The first government of the United States was based on this, which was created in 1777.
• This was the Great Charter of English liberty granted (under considerable duress) by King John at Runnymede on June 15, 1215.

English Bill of Rights

• This was an act passed by the Second Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, declaring the thirteen American Colonies independent of British rule.
• Passed by English Parliament in 1689, it limited the power of the monarch, but would later become very influential in the creation of the first 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitution.
• This was the first representative government in North America located in Virginia, but the Virginia Company had to approve any laws it passed.
• This is the name given to the document of the French Revolution that defined individual and governmental rights.

Limited Government

• This is the practice of having two chambers in a legislature or a parliament.
• This is a form of government in which the power to rule is significantly restrained by a strong Constitution or other document.
• The first government of the United States was based on this, which was created in 1777.
• This was the Great Charter of English liberty granted (under considerable duress) by King John at Runnymede on June 15, 1215.

Bicameral

• This is a system of government in which the people participate directly in making all public policy.
• This is the name given to the document of the French Revolution that defined individual and governmental rights.
• This is the practice of having two chambers in a legislature or a parliament.
• Passed by English Parliament in 1689, it limited the power of the monarch, but would later become very influential in the creation of the first 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitution.

Consent of the Governed

• This was the Great Charter of English liberty granted (under considerable duress) by King John at Runnymede on June 15, 1215.
• This condition of democracy is found in the Declaration of Independence: "Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the ____ ___ ___ ____," meaning that the government is based on the will of the people as expressed in elections.
• Rights stated in English Common Law and the 1776 United States Declaration of Independence. Commonly described as fundamental rights not given or taken by man.
• These were series of laws passed in response to the Boston Tea Party by the British Parliament in 1774. Those laws included the Massachusetts Government Act, Administration of Justice Act, Boston Port Act, and the Quartering Act. These acts are considered a significant cause of the American Revolutionary War.

Constitutional Convention

• This was the Great Charter of English liberty granted (under considerable duress) by King John at Runnymede on June 15, 1215.
• This is the practice of having two chambers in a legislature or a parliament.
• Passed by English Parliament in 1689, it limited the power of the monarch, but would later become very influential in the creation of the first 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitution.
• This was a 1787 meeting called by Congress to amend the Articles of the Confederation.

Declaration Of Independence

• This was an act passed by the Second Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, declaring the thirteen American Colonies independent of British rule.
• This was the first representative government in North America located in Virginia, but the Virginia Company had to approve any laws it passed.
• This is a form of government in which the power to rule is significantly restrained by a strong Constitution or other document.
• Rights stated in English Common Law and the 1776 United States Declaration of Independence. Commonly described as fundamental rights not given or taken by man.

Declaration Of The Rights Of Man

• This was an act passed by the Second Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, declaring the thirteen American Colonies independent of British rule.
• This was the Great Charter of English liberty granted (under considerable duress) by King
• John at Runnymede on June 15, 1215.
• This is the name given to the document of the French Revolution that defined individual and governmental rights.