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Gov't Quiz 2

QuestionAnswer
The Judeo-Christian concept of an agreement between man and God influenced the early colonists' views of the role of government True
The colonists were familiar with representative government from Britain's Parliament True
Pilgrim leaders wrote the Mayflower Compact to provide rules for governing themselves True
In colonial charters, all the power of the government was given to the governor False
While women could not vote, most colonies allowed all adult white men to vote False
Colonists valued limited government because they... thought people should be protected from punishment by an unjust government
What document stated that monarchs could not interfere with parliamentary elections? English Bill of Rights
Which of John Locke's beliefs had a major influence on the colonists? all people have certain "natural" or inalienable rights such as the right to liberty
The Connecticut Charter set up a representative government because it... gave people the right to elect the governor and judges
By 1776, the colonial governments... had significant experience in representative government
The colonists used word-of-mouth and printing to share the events leading to the Declaration of Independence; today we could use technologies such as e-mail to accomplish this task True
Because of what they saw as unfair taxation, colonists stopped buying British goods True
Britain reacted to the First Continental Congress by weakening its control over the colonies False
Following the Declaration of Independence, the Second Continental Congress instructed the states to begin writing constitutions True
Many people believe the inalienable rights set forth in the Declaration of Independence are not human-made, but come from higher powers True
Leaders such as Thomas Jefferson formed committees of correspondence that urged resistance to Britain
After considerable discussion, the First Continental congress imposed an embargo on Britain
when the Declaration of Independence states it is drawing on 'the Laws of Nature and Nature's God", it is expressing an idea that primarily originated with John Locke
The Declaration of independence states that governments derive their powers from the consent of the governed
in 1776, states began creating written constitutions because they.. knew that once they were independent, they needed orderly government.
A major reason leaders such as Jefferson wanted a strong central gov't was their experience with great Britain's monarchy False
The members of the second continental congress supported republicanism by establishing a legislature in their new government True
Under the articles of confederation, the government could not borrow money and levy taxes False
Shay's rebellion forced leaders to realize that the Articles were too weak. True
In 1787, the states met to revise the articles of confederation, but instead wrote the constitution. True
As the articles of confederations were written, a major debate centered around whether... the national gov't or state and local gov'ts should be stronger
a serious problem following the revolutionary war was that... many states refused to help pay off the extensive war debt.
An important accomplishment of the Articles of confederations was that it.. created fair policies for settling lands outside the Appalachian mountains.
Citzens such as Henry Knox were concerned that the nation gov't was unable to provide citizens with security
A major reason for Shay's rebellion was that.. citizens were upset about farm foreclosures
The Virginia plan proposed a weaker executive branch then the new jersey plan False
The three-fifths compromise lasted until the fourteen amendment declared that everyone would counted as a person True
Patrick Henry opposed the new constitution because it created a weak national gov't False
The major debates at the constitutional convention were not over the basic ideas of the new gov't, but how they would out these ideas into practice True
In order for the bill of rights to become part of the constitution, it had to be approved by congress and ratified by the states True
New Jersey delegates did nit support the Virginia Plan because they thought... It gave too much power to large states
George Mason Refused to sign the draft constitution because... it prohibited the gov't from restricting slave trade for 20 years
in the Federalist. no. 10 James Madison argued in favor of a large republic because... the chances of the majority having common motives would decrease
The Anti-federalists demanded that the constitution have a bill of rights because they... Believe it was needed in order to protect individuals liberties.
The convention delegates supported the concepts of separation of powers as expressed... by Charles de Montesquieu
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