unit 1 Flashcards
(32 cards)
___ is based on prior judicial decisions and customs that have set precedence.
Common law
_____ revealed that the Articles of Confederation might weaken the U.S. government too much to keep the peace and protect citizens.
Shays’ Rebellion
Power is divided between central and state governments.
federal
Which answer is NOT a distinct characteristic of a state?
A state must have some economic system.
Loyalists who maintained allegiance to the king of England were called ___.
Tories
Colonists who refused to acknowledge Great Britain and took up arms for independence were called ___.
Patriots
According to the _____ theory, rulers received their authority from the Creator.
divine right (of kings)
In the Revolutionary War, fighting ended after the Battle of _____.
Yorktown
According to the ____ theory, the government’s authority arises from the people, and the government must respect man’s natural rights.
social contract
“… such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former Systems of Government. The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations.”
obligation of the people to overthrow tyrannical rule
believed that people should be willing to forfeit some of their rights and that the state should honor both civil and natural rights
john locke
the father of modern economics
adam smith
proponent of socialism and coauthor of The Communist Manifesto
karl marx
main author and father of the Declaration of Independence
thomas jefferson
supported the principle of separation of powers upon which the U.S. Constitution organized the U.S. government
charles de monteesquieu
A state government can restrict the central government’s power.
confederation
According to the _____ theory, over time, governments naturally grew from families into clans, then into tribes, and finally into states.
evolutionary
Which answer did NOT contribute to the Articles of Confederation’s failure to establish a strong central government?
It could not coin money to pay for the war.
It could not coin money to pay for the war.
federal
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal … with certain unalienable rights … Life, Liberty, and … Happiness.”
natural rights of man
Which statement is NOT a characteristic of a unitary government?
Government answers only to the people.
After colonists refused to allow British ships to leave the harbor, ships were boarded and cargo was destroyed.
Boston tea party
Parliament issued this as punishment for the colonists’ behavior and in order to regain control of the colonies.
intolerable act
