Unit 1 Test Flashcards
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What law was passed by British Parliament on the American Colonies to pay for protection against the French and Indian Threat?
Stamp Act
The primary purpose of the Declaration of Independence was to:
Separate from British Rule
Social Contract
Agreements are the basis of legitimate laws
Originally, in the Constitution, what part of government was the only part which is directly elected by the people?
The House of Representatives
Why was the national government formed by the Articles of Confederation purposefully weak?
- British Parliament was abusive to individual rights
2.The King was tyrannical in trying to remove individual rights
The main influence Rationalism and Romanticism had on the American Founding documents
- Natural Rights Philosophy
- Popular Sovereignty
A plan at the Constitutional Convention that called for a two-sided Congress, with each house having a number of elected members based on the number of people in that state.
The Virginia Plan
Which Enlightenment Thinker said government is legitimate when it obeys the General Will, what the majority of people want related to Popular Sovereignty
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Which Enlightenment Thinker said there is no freedom if the Judicial power is not a separate branch?
Baron de Montesquieu
Which Enlightenment Thinker was first to use Social Contract Theory, but abused it by saying everyone should give in to an Absolute Monarch?
Thomas Hobbes
The Magna Carta attempted to establish the Rule of Law in England in 1215, but it also started the trend of:
Limited Government
According to Federalist #10, the more people that can vote, the less likely the country will break up into factions. That is why the writer wants a:
Representative Republic
What agreement at the Constitutional Convention led to partial representation based on slave populations and taxation in proportion for slaveholding states?
The Three-Fifths Compromise
Who was not involved with writing the Declaration of Independence?
Madison
The powers of government being divided between levels of government, shared equally between the national and state level is known as:
Federalism
Democracy means ‘Power of the People’. In what way do people have the power, in nations like the United States?
People have the ‘scheme of representation’ meaning they vote for representatives
Due Process
Everyone must be fairly treated through the legal system
Which document first established Consent of the Governed and Majority Rule (Direct Democracy) in the Americas?
The Mayflower Compact
Popular Sovereignty
People are in control of their Government (through representation)
A nation with a constitutional parliamentary monarchy has which of the following?
- A King or Queen
- Representatives
Rule of Law
Everyone is under the law
Once powers are Separated into Branches, the different parts of government can make sure no one part becomes more powerful though powers over one another, called:
Checks and Balances
Which States would have preferred a plan with representation based on population like in the Virginia Plan?
Large States
The first national government established in the United States by the Articles of Confederation was:
A weak national government that had to be replaced with a stronger Federal System
