American Constitution and Declaration of Independence Flashcards
Idea that government should serve the will of the people
Representative government
Statement that Parliament forced the king to sign, declaring that even a monarch must obey the law of the land
Petition of Right
The first English Charter of liberties;fundamental rights such as trial by jury and due process of law
Magna Carta
Which colony founded on religious freedoms?
Massachusetts
Parliament first limited the power of the crown
Petition of Right
What event caused the first Continental Congress?
Intolerable Acts
The Second Continental Congress caused what events?
Creation of army, money system, and treaties.
In the charter colonies, most governmental matters were handled by.
The colonies
Which idea is NOT included in
the Declaration of Independence?
(a) People have certain natural rights.
(b) God gives certain people the right to govern
(c) Government can exist only with the people´s permission
State constitutions and the Articles of Confederation have what in common?
Principle of popular sovereignty
What was the achievement of the Second Continental Congress?
raising an army
By the mid-1700ś ,British rule in the colonies was marked by
Allowing a certain degree of self-rule to the colonists.
The first state constitutions, adopted after independence
placed most authority with the state legislatures.
The second Continental was similar to the first in the
composition of its members
Much of the Declaration of Independence consists of
complaints of the wrongs done to the colonists.
