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WorksheetsOrigins of American Government
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 19mins
The idea that government is RESTRICTED in what it can do is
Restricted Government
Limited Government
Representative Government
Democratic Government
The Magna Carta of 1215 is important for establishing which of the following?
the Virginia Company
the principle of limited government
the scientific discoveries of the Enlightenment
an agreement for governing the colony of Plymouth
Which document from 1689 influenced the ideas about the rights of the citizens?
Magna Carta
Mayflower Compact
English Bill of Rights
Declaration of Independence
Each of the thirteen American colonies had
its own government.
complete control over its affairs.
its own powerful army.
equal voting rights for all colonists
three branches of government that were formed so that no one part of the government became too powerful
limited government
natural rights
separation of powers
social contract
the idea that power of the government can no longer be all-powerful rights and that the government cannot take away such as life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness
limited government
natural rights
separation of powers
social contract
a system in which the people choose their leaders to govern themselves - this is the type gov't of the U.S.
democracy
direct democracy
representative democracy
1775 - 1781 The war of the American colonists against Britain to gain its freedom
Enlightenment
Magna Carta
American Revolution
separation of powers
A government is
the institution through which a society makes and enforces its public policies.
a collection of people.
always democratic.
the organization representing farms and industries.
