2 pt 3 pt 4 pt 5 pt 1 pt 2 pt 3 pt 4 pt 5 pt 1 pt 2 pt 3 pt 4 pt 5 pt 1 pt 2 pt 3 pt 4 pt 5 pt 1 pt 2 pt 3 pt 4 pt 5 pt 1 pt Fundamental Political Principles Roots/ Virginia Documents Declaration Of Independence Articles Leftovers

Government is not all powerful and may only do those things people have given it the power to do.

What is limited government?

People create government and choose to be governed in order to live in a civil society. Therefore, people are the source of any and all government power.

What is consent of the governed?

This concept was used in New England’s town hall meetings, where every citizen gathered to vote on local issues.

What is direct democracy?

If a leader steals money from the government, he can be thrown out of office. He has violated this political principle.

What is rule of law?

This fundamental principle also demonstrates the type of government used by the United States.

What is representative government?

This early document guaranteed the rights of Englishman to colonists.

What is the Charters of the Virginia Company of London?

Written by G. Mason, served as a model for the Bill of Rights in the Constitution.

What is the Virginia Declaration of Rights?

Written by Jefferson, stating the Virginians had the freedom to practice the religion of their choice.

What is the Virginia Statute of Religious Freedom?

This document formed the basis for both the Charter and the Declaration of Independence.

What is the English Bill of Rights?

John Locke wrote that all people were equal and enjoyed these three natural rights.

What is: 1.Life 2.Liberty 3.Property

List the three main parts of the Declaration of Independence.

What are the Declaration of Natural Rights, List of Grievances, and Resolution for Independence?

This event gave Britain a large debt, which was hoped to be paid off by taxing the colonists.

What is the French and Indian War?

This document was written to cut ties with Britain and declare the American colonies as independent. (Name the document, the writer, and the year written)

What is: 1.The Declaration of Independence 2.Thomas Jefferson

What event led to the beginning of the Revolutionary War with the “Shot Heard Around the World?”

What are the battles of Lexington and Concord?

This part of the Intolerable Acts was the harshest in the eyes of the colonists (identify and explain).

What is the Quartering Act, which forced colonists to house British soldiers in their homes.

The number of states needed to make an amendment to Articles of Confederation.

What is 13?

The major powers of government resided with whom?

What is the states?

The Articles of Confederation was the first form of _________ for independent states.

What is central government?

Identify 2 weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation.

What are: No Chief Executive No Power to Tax Could not enforce laws Could not draft an army No national court system

How many states are needed to approve a law?

What are 9 states?

This document established the principle of the rule of law.

What is the Magna Carta?

Thomas Paine based his pamphlet Common Sense off of the beliefs of this enlightened individual.

Who is Jean- Jacques Rousseau?

Thomas Hobbes introduced the idea that government was an agreement between people and leaders, which he called this.

What is a social contract?

Autobiographies, film footage, and artifacts are all examples of this.

What are primary sources?

By taxing colonists on things that they bought, the British used __________ to try and control the colonists.

What is mercantilism?