620 likes | 736 Views
Trashketball Review . 1.1 Enlightenment . Question . Besides limiting the power of the British monarch and giving more power to the nobles, what else did the Magna Carta do?. Answer . Guaranteed Due Process and Trial by Jury . Question .
E N D
Question • Besides limiting the power of the British monarch and giving more power to the nobles, what else did the Magna Carta do?
Answer • Guaranteed Due Process and Trial by Jury
Question • What Enlightenment philosopher developed the concept of separation of powers?
Answer • Baron de Montesquieu
Question • What principle of American government is being illustrated in this quote? • “Government has no other end, but the preservation of property”
Answer • Natural Rights
Question • Explain the concept of common law
Answer a system of law based on previous court decisions (precedent) rather than regulations and law
Question • In what way is the English Bill of Rights Similar to the American Bill of Rights?
Question • What principle of American government is being illustrated in this quote? • “Freedom is the power to choose our own chains”
Answer • Popular Sovereignty
Question • What principle of American government is being illustrated in this quote? • To preserve the republican form and principles of our Constitution and cleave to the distribution of powers which that the Constitution has established . . . are the two sheet anchors of our Union. If driven from either, we shall be in danger of foundering.
Answer • Separation of Powers
Question • How did Great Britain use the economic theory of Mercantilism?
Answer • Britain's power came from its wealth. To accumulate more wealth they used the colonies as a source of raw materials AND a market to sell finished goods to. They exported far more goods than they imported.
Question • What was the significance of the Navigation Acts?
Answer • To ensure that mercantilism would continue to work. GB made it illegal for the colonies to buy anything other than British made goods.
Question • What was the most significant effect that the French and Indian war had on the relationship between the colonies and GB?
Answer • Huge amounts of war debt led GB to tax the colonies which in turn created more colonial resentment towards the crown.
Question • This piece of legislation was a cause of the Boston Tea Party. It taxed many different goods and allowed British officials to search for smuggled goods
Answer • Townshend Acts
Question • What were the intolerable acts?
Answer • Punishment specifically for the city of Boston (after BTP) that restricted colonists’ rights including trail by jury
Question • How did Thomas Paine Influence public opinion regarding the colonies breaking away from GB?
Answer • He wrote Common Sense which made the case for American Independence. He also reached a massive audience with his casual writing style.
Question • What were the 3 purposes of the Declaration of Independence?
Answer • 1. Argue cause to Parliament • 2. Garner support for the cause (troop morale) • 3. Inform other countries
Question • Explain two ways the Articles of Confederation were considered weak
Answer • -System of Congress • -Lack of Central Power • -Each state was acting autonomously
Question • Why did Shays’ Rebellion occur?
Answer • Both federal and state government were in serious debt after the F&I War. To pay back this debt states began taxing their citizens and exports heavily. Daniel Shay, a farmer, rebelled with 1200 others in protest of this.
Question • What was the purpose of the Constitutional Convention?
Answer • To amend the Articles of Confederation or to write a new Constitution
Question • How were the VA Plan and the NJ plan different?
Answer • -VA Plan – 3 Branches of Gov’t, 2 chambered Congress & Representation in congress would be by population • -NJ Plan – Similar to the Articles, I chambered congress & Representation in congress would be by state (=)
Question • Explain how the Great Compromise used elements from both the VA plan and NJ Plan
Answer • -From VA – two chambered Congress, Senate and House of Reps (based on population) • -From NJ – In the Senate every state would receive the same number of votes
Question • How did Northern and Southern states respectively feel about counting slaves as a part of the population? What was their Compromise?
Answer • South- Wanted slaves to count • North – Did not want slaves to count • 3/5 Compromise held that each slave would count 3/5 of a person
Question • How did Northern and Southern state compromise on the issues of commerce and the slave trade?
Answer • Trade would be controlled by Congress • Congress would not tax exports • Slave trade would end in 1808
Question • Federalist or Anti-Federalist? • Alexander Hamilton
Answer • Federalist
Question • Federalist or Anti-Federalist? • Wanted a Bill of Rights