Unit 2

Question 1

According to the evolutionary theory how did government originate?

Answer 1

Early family units

Question 2

According to the force theory how did government originate

Answer 2

By force ovet an area

Question 3

Why did english colonists move to North america?

Answer 3

Religious rights

Question 4

What year was ths magna carta written?

Answer 4

1215

Question 5

What was the idea of the magna carta

Answer 5

Limited government

Question 6

Who wrote the petition of rights

Answer 6

Parliament

Question 7

Who wrote the mayflower compact?

Answer 7

English pilgrims or puritans

Question 8

What was the purpose of the mayflower compact

Answer 8

Established self government

Question 9

Whose power was limited by the magna carta?

Answer 9

King john 1

Question 10

Whose power was limited by the petition of rights

Answer 10

King william and queen mary

Question 11

Whose power was increased by the english bill of rights

Answer 11

Parliament and people

Question 12

What document did charles 1 sign that said he could not levy taxes without parliaments consent

Answer 12

Petition of rights

Question 13

What was the first legislature in America?

Answer 13

The house of burgesses

Question 14

What was the first direct tax on the colonies?

Answer 14

The stamp act

Question 15

Why did the british tax the colonists so heavily

Answer 15

The french and indian war

Question 16

According to the declaration of independence government should be based on what principle?

Answer 16

Consent of the governed

Question 17

What type of congress did the articles of confederation established?

Answer 17

Unicameral

Question 18

What rebellion of farmers illustrated the weakness of the articles of confederation?

Answer 18

Shays rebellion

Question 19

How many of the 13 states need to approve amendments to the articles of confederation?

Answer 19

All 13

Question 20

How many states needed to approve laws under the articles of confederation?

Answer 20

9 of the 13

Question 21

Who wrote common sense and what was the purpose of writing it

Answer 21

Thomas paine, to encourage americans to join the fight for independence

Question 22

Under the articles of confederation was there separation of powers

Answer 22

No

Question 23

Where were the first battles of the revolutionary war

Answer 23

Lexington and concord

Question 24

Put these events in order:
The declaration of independence, the mayflower compact, the english bill of rights, the petition of rights, the revolutionary war, the magna carta, the treaty of paris, the french and indian war, shays rebellion, the stamp act, the townshend revenue act

Answer 24

The magna carta, the mayflower compact, the petition of rights, the english bill of rights, the french and indian war, the stamp act, the townshend revenue act, the revolutionary war, the declaration of independence, the treaty of paris

Question 25

What document established the idea of limited government?

Answer 25

Magna carta

Question 26

What document established self government for the pilgrims

Answer 26

The mayflower compact

Question 27

What is a rulebook for government called

Answer 27

A constitution

Question 28

What country's rules did the american colonists have to follow?

Answer 28

Great britain

Question 29

What is the first section of the declaration of independence called

Answer 29

Preamble

Question 30

What is purpose of the first section of the declaration of independence?

Answer 30

A statement of purpose, beliefs, and rights

Question 31

who wrote the declaration of independence

Answer 31

Thomas jefferson

Question 32

What was the purpose of the declaration of independence

Answer 32

To break tithes with great britain

Question 33

What was achieved at the 1st continential congress

Answer 33

Nothing

Question 34

What was achieved at the 2nd continential congress

Answer 34

Kept fighting war with the british, acting gov't of the colonies, write and pass the doi, aoc

Question 35

What was the aoc?

Answer 35

1st constitution of the us

Question 36

What were achievements of the articles of confed

Answer 36

Formed the 1st gov, created a gov that would unify states through the rev war, negotiated the treaty of paris, created cabinet post, 1st constitution

Question 37

What did the treaty of paris do

Answer 37

Ended the rev war, gained land from the atlantic to mississippi

Question 38

According to the divine right theory how is a ruler chosen?

Answer 38

By a deity

Question 39

What were the flaws of the AOC

Answer 39

Congress could raise money only by borrowing or requesting money from the states, congress couldn't enforce laws, laws needed to be approved by 9 of the 13 states, changing the articles required consent from all of the states, didn't have a president, gov had no national court system, states had too much power, no single currency, no national army

Question 40

The__________Act forced colonists to house British troops.

Answer 40

Quartering

Question 41

Britain saw its colonies as a source of ________________.

Answer 41

revenue and timber

Question 42

If you sold a newspaper in 1765, you would have to put a _____ on it.

Answer 42

stamp

Question 43

The Townshend Revenue Act allowed gov't to ______ peoples' homes

Answer 43

search

Question 44

Virgina Colony's first gov't was called the ________________

Answer 44

House of Burgesses

Question 45

The colonists had to follow the laws of ____________

Answer 45

Great Britain

Question 46

We celebrate the 4th of July because that's when the __________________________ was signed.

Answer 46

Declaration of Independence

Question 47

What was the governing body of the Virginia Colony?

Answer 47

The House of Burgesses

Question 48

Wha document established self-gov't in the Massachusetts Bay Colony?

Answer 48

The mayflower compact

Question 49

What caused the British to tax the colonists so heavily?

Answer 49

The french and indian war

Question 50

What act allowed British officials to search th homes of the colonists?

Answer 50

Townshend Revenue Act

Question 51

Who wrote the Declaration Of Independence?

Answer 51

Thomas Jefferson

Question 52

Whose ideas heavily influenced the DOI?

Answer 52

John Locke

Question 53

Who was one of first philosophers?

Answer 53

Aristotle

Question 54

Which theory of government states that a deity chooses certain people to rule?

Answer 54

The Divine Right Theory

Question 55

Why did the authors of the articles of confer make it weak?

Answer 55

the authors of the AOC made it weak because at the time they didn't want to give up any power or sovereignty so make a centralized government.

Question 56

Pick a weakness of the AOC and tell me the affect.

Answer 56

Each state had a different currency: The affect of that is nobody could buy or travel anywhere within the U.S. without exchanging the money for that states. If they wanted to go to a different state they had to carry both currencies. It is really inconvenient.