Unit 3 Test Review HW (Key Documents)

Which document outlined the reasons the colonists separated from England and stated our grievances with the British government?

• First Continental Congress

• English Bill of Rights

• Declaration of Independence

• US Constitution

Which document served as our first form of national government?

• Articles of Confederation

• Declaration of Independence

• US Constitution

• Charters for Virginia Company of London

these were stated in the Declaration of Independence against King George III (wrongs/hardships about government rule)

• grievances

• separation of powers

• enlightenment

• legislature

Our Constitution added more than one branch of government, instead having three branches, what term means the division of government among legislative, executive, and judicial branches (Baron de Montesquieu)

• grievances

• separation of powers

• enlightenment

• legislature

These Enlightenment Philosophers influenced our government, correctly identify what is missing-

Baron de Montesquieu-separation of powers

Jean Jacques Rousseau-consent of the governed

John Locke-______________

• grievances

• separation of powers (checks and balances)

• natural rights(unalienable)

• Rule of Law

The New Jersey Plan wanted just one house of Congress based on equal representation, the Virginia Plan wanted two based on population. Today Congress is a bicameral legislature today (one based on population-House of Representatives, one based on equal representation-Senate). Which article establishes Congress in the US Constitution?

• Article I

• Article II

• Article III

• Article IX

-Magna Carta

- 3 Charters of the Virginia Company of London

- Virginia Declaration of Rights

- Declaration of Independence

- Articles of Confederation

- Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom

All of these documents have what in common?

• They were all written by Virginians

• They all influenced the content of the US Constitution

• They guaranteed that colonists could farm freely

• They reflected all colonists' views of anarchy.

- No power to tax

- One vote per state

- No power to enforce laws

-No executive or Judicial Branch

-Weak central/national government

Which of the documents below belongs with the characteristics described in the above?

• Declaration of Independence

• US Constitution

• Magna Carta

• Articles of Confederation

The document which guaranteed the American colonists the same rights as Englishmen was the ___________

• 3 Charters for the Virginia Company of London

• Articles of Confederation

• Declaration of Independence

• Virginia Declaration of Rights

Which early American document would be the best title for the diagram above?

• US Constitution

• Articles of Confederation

• Declaration of Independence

• English Bill of Rights