Foundational Documents Practice

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States should hold most of the power, not the Federal Government

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Articles of Confederation

Front

The Federal Government should consist of three different branches with a bicameral legislature

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US Constitution

Front

People are born with natural rights.

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Declaration of Independence

Front

The Federal Government should NOT have the power to enforce taxation. Which document supports this?

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Articles of Confederation

Front

The people enter into an agreement with the government to keep law and order; in exchange, they give up SOME (but not all) of their natural rights.

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Declaration of Independence

Front

Without the agreement of the people, a government has no authority at all.

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Declaration of Independence

Front

The Federal Government is supreme over the states.

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US Constitution

Front

What document begins with "We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity...?"

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US Constitution

Front

What document states: "When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another..."?

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Declaration of Independence

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We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights.

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Declaration of Independence