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A document written in 1215 that introduced the rights of trial by jury and due process of law

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Magna Carta

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A document written in 1215 that introduced the rights of trial by jury and due process of law

Magna Carta

Consisting of two houses, as in a legislature

Bicameral

The idea that government is not all powerful.

Limited Government

Consisting of one house, as in a legislature

Unicameral

The idea that government should serve the will of the people

Representative Government

Which was a characteristic of the royal colonies?

The governors and their councils shared the power to tax and spend.

The shape of American government is based on the English political idea of...

Ordered Government, Representative Government, & Limited Government

Which limitations on the English King's power was NOT included in the Ptition of Right of 1628?

The king could not allow his child to follow him to the throne

The colonies were settled for all reasons EXCEPT

to provide a homeland for Native Americans

Maryland, Pennsylvania, & Delaware were

Proprietary Colonies

Which served as the first National Government of the U.S.?

Second Continental Congress

A common feature of the first state constitutions was that

state governors were given little real power, most political authority was given to the legislature, & elective terms were short

The 13 colonies although fiercely independent, sometimes experimented with plans of union. T or F

True

The intolerable Acts prompted colonists to call the First Continental Congress. T or F

True

Self-government in the early days of the colonies was made possible by the great distance between North America and England. T or F

True

Which was NOT an example of early colonial attempts at unity?

The French and Indian War

Which is NOT one of the self-evident truths listed by Thomas Jefferson in the Declaration of Independence?

The right to govern derives from God's law

Colonies immediately accepted Benjamin Franklin's Albany Plan of Union. T or F

False

The colonists' unhappiness with taxation without representation expressed in the Declaration of Rights came as a surprise to the British King. T or F

False

Which defines the principle of popular sovereignty?

Government exists and functions only with the consent of the governed; people hold political power.

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