Fundamental Political Principles

Which of the following is NOT one of the 5 Fundamental Political Principles that have shaped government in the United States?

• Democracy
• Limited Government
• Socialist Principles
• Representative Government

Which document guaranteed the same rights of Englishmen to colonists in the New World?

• Declaration of Independence
• Articles of Confederation
• Virginia Statute of Religious Freedom
• Charters of the Virginia Company of London

Which of the following documents stated grievances against the King of Great Britain and affirmed certain unalienable rights?

• Charters of the Virginia Company of London
• Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom
• Declaration of Independence
• US Constitution

Which of the following means a written plan of government or supreme law of the land?

• principle
• democracy 
• law
• constitution

Another word for complaints is...

• grievances
• law
• unalienable
• fundamental

Rights that cannot be taken away, rights we are born with......

• charter
• democracy
• unalienable
• constitution

Rules of conduct enforced by the government....

• laws
• civics
• charters
• grievances

Which of the following established the first form of national government for the United States? It also gave more powers to the states and created a weak central government....

• Articles of Confederation
• Declaration of Independence
• US Constitution
• Virginia Declaration of Rights

Which of the following is another word for permission?

• sovereignty
• principle
• charter
• consent

In a _________________ government the people elect officeholders to make laws and conduct government on their behalf.

• communist
• dictatorial
• representative
• monarchical