Declaration of

Independence

Constitutional
Convention

The
Colonial
Period

Chapter 1
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Category 1 questions
follow

Question

What are the three key parts of the

Declaration of Independence?

Answer

Preamble
Grievances
Conclusion

Question

Which idea is NOT included in the

Declaration of Independence?
1. People have certain natural rights.

2. God gives certain people the right to govern.

3. Government can exist only with the people's
permission.
4. The people may change or abolish the
government.

Answer

God gives certain people the right to

govern.

Question

What philosopher did Thomas

Jefferson base his ideas off of in the
Declaration of Independence?

Answer

John Locke

Question

Why did America want its

Independnece?

Answer

Because they were living under

tyranny.

Question

What are the first three words in the

Constitution?

Answer

We the People

Category 2 questions
follow

Question

Who proposed the Virginia Plan?

Answer

James Maddison

Question

To whom did the three-fifths

compromise refer to?

Answer

Enslaved People

Question

Why did the anti-federalist fear a

stronger central government?

Answer

They feared that the new government

would have too much power and the
people, too little power

Question

At the Philadelphia Convention, the

delegates agreed to..?

Answer

Draft a new constitution

Question

Both the Connecticut Compromise and

the Three-Fifths Compromise were
crucial to the small States because?

Answer

Without them, the small States would

have carried little weight in the new
government

Category 3 questions
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Question

The proprietary colonies were?

Answer

Organized by people who the king had

given a grant of land to, and could
govern any way they pleased.

Question

In the charter colonies, most

governmental matters where handled
by whom?

Answer

The colonist

Question

A list of previsions drawn up by the

English parliament for the king to
adhere to was.?

Answer

The English Bill Rights

Question

The Magna Carta was?

Answer

The English document of liberties

which included fundamental rights
such as trial by jury and due process.

Question

What were the royal colonies?

Answer

New Hampshire, Massachusetts, NY,

NJ, Virginia, N. Carolina, S. Carolina,
Georgia

Category 4 questions
follow

Question

What are the four purposes of modern

government?

Answer

Maintain Social Order

Provide Public Services
Provide Security and defense
Provide for the Economy

Question

What are the four parts of a State?

Answer

Population
Territory
Sovereignty
Government

Question

Evolutionary Theory of Government

Answer

The state evolved for the family.

Question

What is an Oligarchy?

Answer

A system of government in which a

small group holds power.

Question

The United States is which type of

government?

Answer

A republic