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• What English philosopher believed everyone should be entitled to the natural rights of “life, liberty, and property?”

• John Locke

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• What idea, advanced by John Locke and other English philosophers, expressed that the state exists to serve the will of the people; therefore people give up absolute freedom in return for government protection?

• The Social Contract Theory

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• This theory held God gave Kings the right to rule and is one is challenged by the emergence of modern democracies.

• The divine rights theory

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• The development of what concept in English history, ensured that even the King was bound by the law and had to obey it?

• Rule of Law

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• Which document from English history best illustrates the concept of limited government.

• The Magna Carta

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• The institution through which society makes and enforces its public policies is known as what?

• Government

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• Which branch of government has the power to execute, enforce, and administer the law?

• The executive branch

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• One cause of the revolution illustrated in the slogan, “no taxation without representation.” The colonists were being forced to pay taxes, but were not represented in what English legislative body?

• Parliament

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• The idea that a state has absolute power within its territory and decide its own foreign and domestic policies is called what?

• Sovereignty

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• If you live in a sovereign democracy with defined territory and population, what political term would define the place in which you live?

• A state

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• Who is known as the author of the Declaration of Independence?

• Thomas Jefferson

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• From which English Philosopher did Thomas Jefferson get some of his ideas from as he crafted the Declaration?

• John Locke

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• This idea advanced by the English Philosophers and adopted into our American form of government holds that the power ultimately rests with the people.

• Popular Sovereignty

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• According the Declaration of Independence, if a government is not serving the purpose for which it was created, what do the people have a right to do?

• Alter and Abolish it

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• The majority of the Declaration of Independence consists of what?

• Grievances against King George III

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• Which assembled body served as our nation’s first government?

• The Second Continental Congress

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• What idea that government gets its legitimacy from the consent of the people was shared between the first state Constitutions and the Articles of Confederation?

• Popular Sovereignty

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• The Articles of Confederation contained only one branch of government. Can you name the branch?

• Legislative branch, consisting of a unicameral congress

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• The power to tax and raise an army effectively were inherent weaknesses in what document?

• Articles of Confederation

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• What event exposed the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?

• Shay’s rebellion

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• Who is often referred to as the father of the Constitution?

• James Madison

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• What was the original purpose of the Philadelphia convention?

• To revise the Articles of Confederation

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• This plan favored the large states and called for representation in Congress to be based on population.

• The Virginia Plan

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• Which agreement established two houses of Congress with different types of representation?

• The Connecticut Compromise (Great Compromise)

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• This compromise addressed how slaves would be counted when determining a state’s representation in Congress.

• 3/5 Compromise

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• This group wrote a series of essays in support of ratification.

• The Federalists

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• Which two states needed to ratify for the new Constitution to stand a chance?

• New York and Virginia

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• The Anti-federalists opposed the Constitution because they were fearful of strong central government. What other main point of contention did they have against the Constitution?

• It did not contain a bill of rights

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• The series of essays authored by James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and John Jay to persuade those in New York to ratify were know by what name?

• The Federalist (Papers)

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• The framers of the Constitution developed a system in which power is shared between the national and state levels. What is this system known as?

• Federalism

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Final Jeopardy

• Name of the four Characteristics of a state.

• Government, Defined Territory, Sovereignty, Defined Population