Life, Liberty, and Property are known as John Locke's:

Which of the following was the first self-government in the colonies?

The Magna Carta, English Bill of Rights, and the Mayflower Compact all contributed to the idea of:

This said that kings were not excluded from laws.

two-chamber government

a colony based on a grant of land by the English monarch to a proprietor

colonies directly controlled by the king through an appointed governor

colonies operated under charters agreed to by the colony and the king

A system of law thats rests on court decisions

Rights to life, liberty, property

________ was the document that created the first central government for the United States; it was replaced by the Constitution in 1789.

____ were a group of people that supported the adoption of the U.S. Constitution and a strong national government.

_______ were a group of people who opposed the adoption of the U.S. Constitution.

Many states refused to ratify the Constitution until the _______ or the first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution, concerning basic individual liberties, was added.

Also known as _____, these were the delegates of the Constitutional Convention who developed the framework for our government and wrote the Constitution.

_________ was often called the Father of the Constitution because he played a central role in guiding discussion at the Constitutional Convention and wrote the final document.

The ____ was a proposal to create a unicameral legislature with equal representation of states instead of by population.

The _____ was the plan of government in which the national government would have supreme power and a legislative branch would have two houses with representation determined by state population.

_______ was an agreement stating that three-fifths of the slave population would be counted when determining a state’s population for representation in the lower house of Congress.

_____ was a plan for our government that combined elements from both the Virginia Plan and the New Jersey Plan, calling for a bicameral legislature, an executive selected by the people, and a national court system.

This was a meeting of colonial delegates in Philadelphia to decide how to respond to the abuses of authority by the British government.

The collection of essays called the ________ are considered a classic statement of American political theory.

Term that means consisting of two houses.

What document officially declared the United States’ independent from Great Britain?

Who was the Founding Father of the United States, that wrote the Declaration of Independence?

The English colonists brought with them knowledge of political systems that influenced constitutional government in North America. 

Which one of these terms below held that the people should have a voice in determining what their government can and cannot do?

The concept of limited government holds that:

During the colonial period, developments such as the Mayflower Compact, the New England town meetings, and the establishment of the Virginia House of Burgesses represented:

Use the quote and visual to answer the question - "We must all hang together, or assuredly we shall all hang separately.” —Benjamin Franklin

Based on the quote and image by Benjamin Franklin, what message was he trying to convey?

The tax laws imposed on the colonists by the British government were viewed as unfair and created support for declaring independence because:

In addition to stating basic human rights, the Declaration of Independence presented:

Use the excerpt to answer the question. “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all Men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, . . .” The Unanimous Declaration of the Thirteen United States of America

Which of the following BEST paraphrases this statement?

In the Declaration of Independence, the argument for freedom from British rule is based primarily on the:

The authors of the Declaration of Independence used the phrase “Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness” to identify:

Which idea is NOT included in the Declaration of Independence?

The Articles of Confederation set up a weak national government because:

Events like Shay's Rebellion showed that the Articles of Confederation:

Why was it difficult to amend the Articles of Confederation?

Under the Articles of Confederation, final authority in all matters belonged to:

The government set up by the Articles of Confederation had:

Use the excerpt to answer the question #16. When the legislative and executive powers are united in the same person, or in the same body of magistrates, there can be no liberty; because apprehensions may arise, lest the same monarch or senate should enact tyrannical laws, to execute them in a tyrannical manner. - Baron De Montesquieu, The Spirit of the Laws

French Enlightenment philosopher Baron De Montesquieu praised the British political system because it divided the power of government between the monarch and the two houses of Parliament.  Which principle included in the United States Constitution shows that the framers agreed with Montesquieu?

This excerpt would match which historical document? "The said states hereby severally enter into a firm league of friendship with each other, for their common defense, the security of their Liberties, and their mutual and general welfare, binding themselves to assist each other, against all force offered to, or attacks made upon them, or any of them, on account of religion, sovereignty, trade, or any other pretense whatever."

This excerpt would match which historical document? "We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, ensure 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."

This excerpt would match which historical document? “When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.”

The Magna Carta was a very important document because:

John Locke would most likely agree that:

Use the excerpt to answer the question. No free man shall be seized or imprisoned, or stripped of his rights or possessions, or outlawed or exiled, or deprived of his standing in any other way . . . except by the lawful judgment of his equals or by the law of the land. — Magna Carta

Which of these rights is outlined [included] in the excerpt?

Use the excerpt to answer the question. “We…combine ourselves together into a civil Body Politick,. . . unto which we promise all due Submission and Obedience.” — Mayflower Compact

Which idea is reflected in this quotation?

Use the excerpt to answer the question. "...that the pretended power of suspending the laws, or the execution of laws, by regal authority, without consent of Parliament is illegal...that levying [imposing] money for or to the use of the Crown... without grant of Parliament...is illegal..."  — English Bill of Rights

Which of the following ideas is expressed in this excerpt?

During the Constitutional Convention of 1787, the plans for Congress proposed by delegates from New Jersey and Virginia differed mainly over the issue of:

A major reason Antifederalists opposed ratification of the Constitution was because they believed:

The Articles of Confederation and the United States Constitution both provided for:

Delegates at the Constitutional Convention of 1787 agreed to the Three-Fifths Compromise to solve a dispute directly related to:

What was the primary reason for holding the Constitutional Convention of 1787?

The Federalist Papers were published in 1787 and 1788 to help gain support for:

Use the headlines below to answer question #33.

“New Congress to Have Two Houses”

“Slaves to Count as Three-Fifths of a Person”

“President to be Chosen by Electoral Vote”

Which conclusion about the Constitutional Convention is best supported by these headlines?

What is the correct order the documents were created from earliest to latest?

Cause The Stamp Act - Effect __________________

Cause - Patriots boarded a ship full of British cargo and dumped it in the harbor to protest a tax. This outraged the king. ------à - Effects ___________________________

Cause - _______________________________ - Effect - The Continental Congress

Cause - _____________________________ Effect - The Colonies win independence and America becomes a new nation

Cause - Need to establish government for a new nation after the Revolutionary War - Effect - _______________________

Cause - _______________________ - Effect - Constitutional Convention of 1787

Cause - _______________________ - Effect - Connotational Convention of 1787

Which group wanted the Constitution to give the federal government enough power to overpower the states?

Which group wanted strong president who would be necessary to protect the country against foreign attack and make sure laws are carried out properly?

Which group did not want it to be possible for the federal government to overpower the states because the states are a necessary part of the federal government?

Which group thought a president created by the Constitution is really just a king?

Which group felt the Constitution gives the federal government just a few powers that were well defined?

Enlightenment thinkers Locke, Rousseau, and Montesquieu were the source for all of the following US gov't concepts EXCEPT: