What does a constitution do?

Lists the rights of citizens, Tells the government what it can and can't do

What is Separation of Powers?

Separating government into branches

Why were William and Mary so beloved during the Glorious Revolution?

Protestant monarchs who signed English Bill of Rights

If the government breaks the social contract, Locke suggests...

Citizens should overthrow government

What is the General Will?

What most humans want from government

What is Consent of the Governed?

Locke's idea that government gets power from people

What did the English Bill of Rights mean for England?

Parliament now made laws in a constitutional monarchy

How did the Enlightenment influence the American Revolution?

Americans wanted to turn the ideas into reality

Why was the Enlightenment so important?

Introduced new political ideas about limited government

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Unit 2 (up to Am Rev)

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1
What does a constitution do?
Lists the rights of citizens
Lists who has what job
Is the history of a country
Tells the government what it can and can't do
2
What is Separation of Powers?
Separating science and state
Separating government into branches
Separating king from parliament
Separating church and state
3
What was the outcome of the first part of the English Civil War?
Charles II ran away to Denmark
James I ran away to Denmark
Charles I was beheaded
Cromwell was beheaded
4
What is a feature of an unlimited government?
The government follows a constitution
The government shares power with people
Citizens have no rights
They are all absolute monarchies
5
How do unlimited governments maintain power?
They use the military
They use the church
They use the schools
They use God
6
What was Voltaire's civil liberties?
popular sovereignty
checks and balances
freedom of speech
consent of the governed
7
Why were William and Mary so beloved during the Glorious Revolution?
Puritan leaders who followed Cromwell
Protestant monarchs who signed English Bill of Rights
Catholic monarchs who signed English Bill of Rights
Protestant monarchs who ruled absolutely
8
What did Galileo prove that Copernicus claimed?
Jupiter has no moons
The moon is a perfect sphere
Heliocentric universe
Geocentric universe
9
Why was the Scientific Revolution so important?
Created limited government
Followed tradition
Invented diseases
Challenged authority
10
If the government breaks the social contract, Locke suggests...
Citizens should overthrow government
Citizens should not interfere with government
Citizens should not work for the government
Citizens should divide government
11
What is the General Will?
What most humans want from medicine
What most humans want from family
What most humans want from government
What most humans want from religion
12
What is Consent of the Governed?
Locke's idea that government gets power from people
Voltaire's idea about freedom of speech
Rousseau's idea about general will
Robespierre's idea about church and state
13
Who led Parliament's army against the King?
Oliver Cromwell
Charles I
James II
William Pitt
14
How did Galileo influence Newton?
Newton discovered quantum physics
Newton proves two objects fall at the same speed
Newton discovered gravity
Newton discovered the geocentric universe
15
What did the English Bill of Rights mean for England?
The English Bill of Rights took away people's rights
Parliament could not make laws or issue taxes
Parliament now made laws in a constitutional monarchy
King now made laws in an absolute monarchy
16
How did the Enlightenment influence the American Revolution?
Americans fought to overthrow France's government
Americans wanted to turn the ideas into reality
Americans disagreed with all Enlightenment ideas
Americans wanted their own Enlightenment ideas
17
Why was the Enlightenment so important?
Introduced new political ideas about limited government
Introduced new social ideas about language
Introduced new scientific ideas about gravity
Introduced new economic ideas about mercantilism
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What did Parliament want at the beginning of the English Civil War?
Power to tax people
Power to judge laws
Power to make laws
Power to arrest people

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