Test 2 Miscellaneous

Question 0

What was the Ordinances of 1787?

Answer 0

Provided that once territories reached a certain population, they could achieve equal statehood

Question 1

What was the ordinances of 1785

Answer 1

Provided for the surveying and division of lands west of the Applachian Mts.

Question 2

For Virginia and New Jersey plan, just remember that they wanted a government with what three branches

Answer 2

Legislative, executive, and judiciary

Question 3

Virginia plan proposed a government based on what 3 principles?

Answer 3

1. A strong national legislature with two chambers
2. A strong national executive to be chosen by the national legislature
3. A national judiciary to appointed by the legislature

(All are appointed by the legislature except for legislature itself)

Question 4

New Jersey plan was a government based on what principles

Answer 4

• Legislature - unicameral with one vote per state
• Weak executive of more than one person elected by congress
• national judiciary with limited power would be appointed by the executive

Question 5

Connecticut compromise/great compromise

Answer 5

This was adopted and had a legislative branch with two parts

House of Representatives - state representation based on population

Senate - each state had two members

Question 6

What limits did the Magna Carta represented limited government by

Answer 6

Protecting against unjust punishment and loss of life and the monarch levying taxes w/o popular consent

Question 7

Magna Carta established

Answer 7

Rule of law and idea of limited government in 1215

Question 8

What did the pilgrims write?

Answer 8

Mayflower compact (first colonial plan for self government)

Question 10

What did the puritans write?

Answer 10

Fundamental Orders of Connecticut (Americas first constitution)

Question 11

Petition of right did what

Answer 11

Monarch could not levy taxes w/o parliamentary consent

Question 11

Strengths of the articles of confederation

Answer 11

• gave the colonists a form of government that enabled them to win the revolutionary war and make a treaty to end the war.
• congress was able to pass the land ordinances of 1785 and 1787.

Question 12

Weaknesses of the articles of confederation

Answer 12

• government could not tax so they were broke
• government could not regulate interstate commerce
• government could not amend the articles of confederation

Question 13

English bull of rights placed what limits on the monarch?

Answer 13

• monarch did not have absolute authority
• monarch could not suspend laws, levy taxes, maintain an army w/o parliamentary consent
• monarch can not interfere with parliamentary elections

Question 14

Parts of Declaration of Independence

Answer 14

1. Statement of purpose and basic human rights
2. Complaints against George the third
3. Statement of colonists determination to seperate from Great Britain