principals of government outline

Question 1

who has power to enforce public policies

Answer 1

people within the government

Question 2

examples of public policies

Answer 2

taxation, education, crime, health care, transportation

Question 3

how do Americans participate in the government

Answer 3

by voting

Question 4

what type of the government is the US

Answer 4

democratic republic

Question 5

what is the opposite of a democracy

Answer 5

dictatorship

Question 6

who holds the power in a dictatorship

Answer 6

the government

Question 7

who has the power in a democracy

Answer 7

the people

Question 8

who has the power in a autocracy

Answer 8

one person

Question 9

who has the power in a oligarchy

Answer 9

small group of elite people

Question 10

who has the power in a theocracy

Answer 10

a religious figure

Question 11

what does a communist government control

Answer 11

all parts if the economy and media

Question 12

who was the magna carta originally for

Answer 12

the wealthy

Question 13

what was the purpose of the petition of rights

Answer 13

limit the kings power

Question 14

what happens if the is a standing army

Answer 14

taxes go up

Question 15

what colony developed first

Answer 15

virginia

Question 16

where was the first american settlement

Answer 16

Jamestown

Question 17

why was Virginia settled

Answer 17

business opportunity

Question 18

why was Massachusetts settled

Answer 18

religious freedom

Question 19

what was each colony established with

Answer 19

a charter

Question 20

why did the king not like Virginia

Answer 20

because it wasn’t profitable and he did not like the way the government developed

Question 21

what did the king do to Virginia because he did not like them

Answer 21

he made virginia a royal colony

under direct control

Question 22

how many colonies were royal colonies by the time of the American revolution

Answer 22

13

Question 23

how do royal colonies work

Answer 23

the king appoints a governor
king appoints a royal council to help governor
all laws passed has to be approved by the king and governor
people in the colonies thought the governors were too close to the king and harsh

Question 24

how were the proprietary colonies organized

Answer 24

by a person who was granted land by the king

Question 25

who were the proprietary colonies

Answer 25

Pennsylvania, Maryland, New Jersey

Question 26

why was PA settled

Answer 26

religious reasons

Question 27

how did colonies strike back at the governor

Answer 27

vote not to give him the money for his salary

Question 28

who raised taxes to help support British military

Answer 28

king george III

Question 29

how did the english in england view the military in the colonies

Answer 29

protective

Question 30

how did the colonist view the tax raise

Answer 30

taxation without representation

Question 31

how did the colonist view the french

Answer 31

not a threat

Question 32

how did england view the french

Answer 32

as a threat

Question 33

what was the problem with revolting against the british

Answer 33

colonies would have to unite

Question 34

what colonies met in Albany

Answer 34

seven northern colonies

Question 35

what was the purpose of the meeting in Albany

Answer 35

talk about trade and what could be done when the colonist were attacking the french and or native americans

Question 36

who named the NY meeting

Answer 36

Ben Frankin

Question 37

what did Ben Franklin name the aNY meeting

Answer 37

the ablany plan of union

Question 38

what did franklin want the colonies to do

Answer 38

send a delegate to meet every year to discuss taxes, moneh, tading, and protection against native americans

Question 39

was Ben franklins idea of delegates meeting approved

Answer 39

no it was rejected

Question 40

why did the stamp act congress happen

Answer 40

because many colonist were angry at the new taxes passed by parliment

Question 41

what did the colonies do during the stamp act

Answer 41

sent the declaration of rights and grievances to the king | parliment cancelled the stamp acted repealed

Question 42

what happened during the boston massacre

Answer 42

english soldiers fired into a protesting crowed and killed five people accident

Question 43

who led the committee of correspondence

Answer 43

samuel adams

Question 44

what did the committee of correspondence do and accomplish

Answer 44

allowed colonist from different religions to get on the same page accomplished- boston tea party

Question 45

where did the first continental congress meet

Answer 45

philly

Question 46

why did the first continental congress occur

Answer 46

reaction to intolerable acts

Question 47

what colony didnt attend the first continental congress

Answer 47

georgia

Question 48

how long did the first continental congress last

Answer 48

2 months

Question 49

what happened at the end of the first continental congress

Answer 49

they sent the declaration of rights to king george

Question 50

what did they did to make sure people were following the boycott

Answer 50

established local committees

Question 51

purpose of the second continental congress

Answer 51

follow up the previous congress

Question 52

how many colonies attended the second continental congress

Answer 52

13

Question 53

who was the president of the second continental congress

Answer 53

John hancock

Question 54

who was the commander in chief of the second continental congress

Answer 54

george Washington

Question 55

how did the english see the second continental congress

Answer 55

unlawful

Question 56

how did americans view the c | second continental congress

Answer 56

they supported it

Question 57

what did the second congress act as

Answer 57

the legislative and executive branch

Question 58

how many votes did each state have in the second congress

Answer 58

one

Question 59

who proposed the idea of independence

Answer 59

Richard Henry

Question 60

what did states have to do after the Declaration of Independence

Answer 60

they have to write their own constitutions

Question 61

what was the most common feature of the state constitutions

Answer 61

popular sovereignty

Question 62

what were other linking parts of the state constitutions

Answer 62

limited government, civil rights and liberties, separation of powers, and checks and balances

Question 63

what was the new federal government

Answer 63

articles of confederation

Question 64

what did the articles of confederation do

Answer 64

create and friendship among the states