Foundations of Government

The idea that the people living in a territory were made into a state

The Articles of Confederation established all of the following EXCEPT:

Proposed by the Anti-Federalists, these were the first 10 amendments to the Constitution

All of the following are characteristics of the state EXCEPT

The original purpose of the Constitutional Convention of 1787 was to:

The first Constitution for the thirteen states was the

Under which of these economic systems are buyers and sellers most influential?

A government NOT responsible to the people and cannot be limited by them

Served as the acting government during the Revolutionary War with John Hancock as President

Believed that all men possessed the natural rights of life, liberty, and property

Which was NOT the subject of a major compromise at the Constitutional Convention?

Which of the following terms CANNOT be used to describe the American governmental system?

Common Sense explained that

A government made of up a small group of people

Suggest the state developed as the pop of a territory grew from a family to a tribe to a state

A two house legislature

Ppl agree to give the power needed to maintain order and the state protects its citizens

Articles of Conf provided for a weak national govt because they could not...

Supporters of the New Jersey Plan endorsed the Connecticut Compromise because it called for:

Which of the following best exemplifies the meaning of democracy?

The supreme and absolute authority within a territory

The Federalists believed in

Shays’ Rebellion was important because:

The form of government in which power is held in one central agency is a(n)

Government where individuals are elected to do the work of government for the people

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of democracy?

The First Continental Congress called for the colonists to

Which economic principle suggests govt should keep their hands off of business and markets?

Government is not all powerful

The laws or contract of a state

Institution through which state maintains social order provides services and enforces decision

The Bill of Rights

An English document, it is the basis for the concept of limited government

The Declaration of Independence contains all of the following ideas EXCEPT:

One of the basic liberties the colonists wanted in the separation from Great Britain was:

Felt that human nature was selfish, cruel, and could not govern itself

When you “give and take” to reach a solution

Under the federalism system, powers are: