ch. 2 origins of american government

Question 1

What three concepts did the english colonists bring with them?

Answer 1

The need for an ordered social system; The idea of limited government; and The concept of representative government.

Question 2

Limited Government

Answer 2

The idea that government should not be all powerful

Question 3

Representative Government

Answer 3

The concept that a government serves the will of the people

Question 4

What year what the Magna Carta established?

Answer 4

1215

Question 5

What year what the English Bill of Rights established?

Answer 5

1689

Question 6

What year was the Virginia Bill of Rights established?

Answer 6

1776-v

Question 7

What year was the Bill of Rights established?

Answer 7

1791

Question 8

What were the three types of colonies in North America?

Answer 8

Royal, Proprietary, and Charter

Question 9

Which of the following was NOT one of the rights granted in the Magna Carta?

Answer 9

The right to freedom of religion

Question 10

All of the following are basic concepts of government brought to the colonies by english settlers EXCEPT..

Answer 10

The need for an autocratic government

Question 11

What is the Albany Plan of Union?

Answer 11

An annual congress of delegates from each of the 13 colonies were formed

Question 12

Confederation

Answer 12

a joining of several groups for a common purpose

Question 13

What is the Stamp Act Congress?

Answer 13

Group of delegates that prepared the Declaration of Rights and Grievances against British policies

Question 14

What year was the Declaration of Independence signed in?

Answer 14

1776-d

Question 15

Between 1776 and 1777 most of the states adopted what instead of charters?

Answer 15

Constitutions

Question 16

What common features make up State Constitutions?

Answer 16

Popular Sovereignty; Limited Government; Civil Rights and Liberties; and Separation of Powers

Question 17

The Stamp Act of 1765 was a law enacted by the British that..

Answer 17

Increased the colonists taxes

Question 18

The government set up by the Articles of Confederation had..

Answer 18

The power to make treaties and build a navy

Question 19

Which of the following was a weakness of the Articles of Confederation?

Answer 19

Congress could not lay or collect taxes or duties

Question 20

Who was the co author of the Articles of Confederation?

Answer 20

James Madison

Question 21

Who was a lawyer who helped develop the U.S. system of money?

Answer 21

Gouverneur Morris

Question 22

Who was the lawyer that favored a strong central government?

Answer 22

Alexander Hamilton

Question 23

Who was a successful leader of the Continental Army?

Answer 23

George Washington

Question 24

Who said he “smelt a rat” and refused to attend the Philadelphia Convention?

Answer 24

Patrick Henry

Question 25

Who were not selected by delegates of the states?

Answer 25

Samuel Adams and John Hancock

Question 26

Who was on a diplomatic mission to England and Holland?

Answer 26

John Adams

Question 27

What are the characteristics of the Virginia Plan?

Answer 27

Three branches of government; Bicameral legislature; "National Executive" and "National Judiciary"

Question 28

What are the characteristics of the New Jersey Plan?

Answer 28

Unicameral congress; Equal representation for states of different sizes; and more than one federal executive

Question 29

Connecticut Compromise

Answer 29

Delegates agreed on a bicameral Congress, one segment with equal representation for States, and the other with the representation proportionate to the States' populations

Question 30

Three-Fifths Compromise

Answer 30

The framers decided to count a slave as three fifths of a person when determining the population of a State.

Question 31

The Commerce and the Slave Trade Compromise

Answer 31

Congress was forbidden the power to tax the export of goods from any state

Question 32

The first national government for the United States was..

Answer 32

The Second Continental Congress

Question 33

The Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia involved delegates from each of the following states EXCEPT..

Answer 33

Rhode Island

Question 34

Federalists

Answer 34

These people thought that the Articles of Confederation were weak, and argued for the ratification of the Constitution

Question 35

Anti-Federalists

Answer 35

People who objected the Constitution for many reasons, including the strong central government and the lack of a bill of rights

Question 36

What day was George Washington elected president?

Answer 36

April 30th

Question 37

The New Congress met for the first time on what day?

Answer 37

March 4, 1789

Question 38

The debate over the ratification of the Constitution was won by the..

Answer 38

Federalists

Question 39

The temporary capital of the United States where Congress met in 1789 was..

Answer 39

New York