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Chapter 4 Quiz Flashcards

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1
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The mother country mainly influenced…

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local government, legislative government, and limited government.

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2
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terms such as grand jury, sheriff, bailiff, township, and county, all of which are rooted in…

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English governance

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3
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What and when was the first representative assembly in the New World

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House Brugesses in 1619

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4
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George III acceded the throne in 1760. (T/F)

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True

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5
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Stamp Act

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1765; taxes and trade restrictions on the colonies that produced more resentment than revenue from America; violated the Petition of Right

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Petition of Rights

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a document guaranteeing basic civil liberties to all British subjects

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an act of protest in which business is withheld or refused

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boycott

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The First Continental Congress (1774) gathered in Philadelphia in September with representatives from every colony except Georgia. (T/F)

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True

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9
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Second Continental Congress (1775-89)

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hots fired on Lexington Green had shattered the uneasy calm—the demand for complete independence was inevitable

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10
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The basis for Declaration of Independence…

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These United Colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent states.

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First to sign the Declaration?

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John Hancock

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12
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The document resembled that of the Renaissance. (T/F)

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False; Age of Enlightenment

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13
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What influenced the Founding Father’s thought process

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social contract

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What influenced the Founding Father’s thought process

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social contract

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Regards God as something of a heavenly clockmaker who started the world in motion, established natural law, and then had little else to do with the affairs of humans.

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Deism

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The Second Continental Congress set about to establish a central government based on the consent of the newly formed state governments: the result was…

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Articles of Confederation

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17
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When were the articles sent to the colonies for approval?

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1777

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18
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The ratification of the articles did not require unanimous consent. (T/F)

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false

19
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Under the Articles, the national government consisted of a __________, or one-house, legislature without a national executive or judiciary.

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unicameral

20
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George Washington’s home…

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Mount Vernon

21
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The Annapolis Convention in 1786 was poorly attended. (T/F)

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True

22
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Who led a small army of farmers to prevent farm foreclosures and debtor’s prison?

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Daneil Shays

23
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What two events in 1760 brought about changes in British colonial rule that would eventually lead to American independence?

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The French and Indian War ended, leaving Britain with a huge debt; George III acceded to the throne.

24
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What two significant factors during the War for Independence profoundly molded the nature of the United States government following the war?

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a weak legislative central government and strongly independent state governments

25
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When did the constitutional convention begin?

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1787

26
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Who headed the Convention

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George Washington

27
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Father of the Constitution?

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James Madison

28
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What is the Virginia plan and who proposed it?

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introduced a bicameral congress, in which the number of representatives was based on state population or tax revenue; James Madison

29
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The states wanted the New Jersey Plan, which was…

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a unicameral congress, maintaining the one-state, one-vote principles of the Confederation; presented by William Paterson

30
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The Connecticut Compromise/ Great Compromise

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proposed that representation in the lower house be based on state population and that representation in the Senate be equal for all states regardless of size

31
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Three-Fifths Compromise.

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three-fifths of a state’s slaves would count toward its representation in the House, but a slave state would also have to pay taxes on the slaves at the same rate

32
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The South was especially concerned that the new Congress might halt the slave trade and try to raise revenue through export duties that would hurt the Southern economy, which depended on the export of raw goods, such as cotton, timber, and indigo.
(T/F)

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True

33
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Electoral College

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which gave direct power to neither the people nor Congress but to intermediate electors

34
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The president was given complete power to make treaties. (T/F)

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false, the president could make them and they had to be approved by the Senate

35
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On September __, _____, after four months of exhausting work, the delegates gathered to sign the official engrossed copy of the Constitution.

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17, 1787

36
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What two key procedural rules, established at the beginning of the Constitutional Convention, greatly facilitated the convention’s progress?

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a rule of secrecy outside the convention hall; organization of the convention as a committee of the whole

37
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  1. What major agreement did the Constitutional Convention reach after only five days of meetings?
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new national government—restructured and redefined—with a supreme legislature, judiciary, and executive.

38
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What questions should a Christian legislator ask himself when asked to compromise?

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Is this moral?

39
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the world’s first constitutional democracy was instituted during the spring of…

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1789

40
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Who were the main leaders of the Anti-Federalists? Who were the main leaders of the Federalists?

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Anti-Federalists: George Clinton, Patrick Henry, Edmund Randolph, and George Mason; Federalists: Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay

41
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local government

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organized government that provides order and leadership in local communities, such as counties, municipalities, towns, and cities

42
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legislative government

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government by elected, representative assembly

43
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limited government

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a constitutional principle that limits government
to only those powers granted by law

44
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boycott

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an act of protest in which individuals withhold
their business or support

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