Path to Democracy- The Road to America

Question 0

What natural rights did John Locke think all people are entitled to?

Answer 0

• Life
• Liberty
• Right to own land

Question 1

What four ideas did we steal from the Magna Carta?

Answer 1

• Establishes checks on powers
• Demonstrates “due process”
• The right to petition
• Supremacy clause was based on the Magna Carta.

Question 2

How did Montesquieu want the government to be organized?

Answer 2

In three separate but equal branches, none having more powers than the others.

Question 3

Why did Montesquieu want the government structure to have three branches?

Answer 3

So the government would have three separate and different yet equal branches with powers.

Question 4

What is a Social Contract Theory?

Answer 4

The theory that the people agree to give up some freedom and be ruled by government. In return, the government agrees to protect the people’s rights.

Question 5

The Mayflower Compact demonstrates which type of government system?

Answer 5

Self-government.

Question 6

Which pamphlet written by Thomas Paine sparked the ideas behind revolting against the government?

Answer 6

Common Sense.

Question 7

Why did the colonists become increasingly unhappy with the British Government?

Answer 7

The British taxed the colonies without being represented in Parliament, for example, and the British treated the colonies unfairly.

Question 8

What was the importance of the French and Indian War?

Answer 8

The king told the colonists they couldn’t live in the newly won land and that factored into the American Revolution.

Question 9

How did the colonists react to the Stamp Act?

Answer 9

Colonists didn’t want “Taxation without representation”. In other words, the colonists were mad at Britain because the king was taxing the colonists without them having a say in Parliament.

Question 10

What did the Tea Act of 1773 require colonists to do?

Answer 10

They were required to buy tea from the East India Tea Company.

Question 11

What does the phrase, “No taxation without representation” mean?

Answer 11

The colonists did not think that they should be taxed without being represented in Parliament.

Question 12

What was the Quartering Act?

Answer 12

It made the British soldiers stay in the houses of colonists, causing the 3rd amendment of The Bill of Rights.

Question 13

What document addressed the colonists’ concerns and listed their grievances

Answer 13

The Declaration of Independence.

Question 14

According to the Declaration of Independence, you have the right to alter or abolish your government if what?

Answer 14

If the government interferes with the rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

Question 15

What is the difference between Locke’s natural rights and Thomas Jefferson’s natural rights?

Answer 15

Locke’s rights were life, liberty, and property while Jefferson’s rights were life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

Question 16

Explain the significance of the English Bill of Rights and how it impacted he Constitution.

Answer 16

The English Bill of Rights gave the base for the Bill of Rights. It had rights like the 1st-6th and 8th amendments of our Bill of Rights. The English Bill of Rights also limited the power of the monarchs.