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

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?

ANSWER

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

1.2 TENSIONS IN

THE

COLONIES

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

1.3 CONSTITUTIO

NAL

CONVENTION

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 countNorth – Did not want slaves to

count3/5 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

1.4 RATIFYI

NG THE

CONSTITUTIO

N

QUESTION

Federalist or Anti-Federalist?

Alexander Hamilton

ANSWER

Federalist

QUESTION

Federalist or Anti-Federalist?

Wanted a Bill of Rights

ANSWER

Anti-Federalist

QUESTION

Federalist or Anti-Federalist?

Wanted strong state governments

ANSWER

Anti-Federalists

QUESTION

Why were the Federalist papers written?

ANSWER

Explain the ideas in the Constitution and make people want to ratify it.

1.5 PRINCIPL

ES OF

GOVERNMENT

QUESTION

The Preamble of the Constitution begins with the quote “We the People”. What principle of government is this representing?

ANSWER

Popular Sovereignty

QUESTION

What is the purpose of the principle of separation of powers?

ANSWER

So one branch of government does not have more power than any of the others

QUESTION

Explain the concept of Federalism

ANSWER

Where state and federal governments exist simultaneously and share power