Early Influences and Colonial Government

Why was Justinian Law important?

• it introduced the publishing of the law

• it influenced our current form of government in America

• neither of these

How was the Iroquois Democracy similar to our democracy today?

• it is a participatory democracy

• it is an absolute democracy

• it is a mixed economics democracy

Why was the Code of Hammurabi so important?

• it established that the law should be made known to the public

• It is still followed in European countries today

• Both of these

Why was the Magna Carta important?

• it said all taxes must be voted on

• it protected freedom of speech for all male citizens

• it stated that the king was also bound to laws

Why was self-rule necessary in the early colonies?

• Great Britain was too far away to help solve problems quickly

• early colonial settlements required some sort of government

• Both

In colonial government, who was in charge, and who put them in charge?

• governor, white landowners

• governor, the king

• governor, the president

Salutory neglect:

• led to self-rule by the colonies

• was a strategy used to make the king angry

• cause a tax increase for colonists

How many votes did each state get in the national legislature under the Articles of Confederation?

• one per state

• two per state

• it depended on the state's population

What is the term for a government who leaders are required to exercise power within a set of rules?

• constitutional

• limited

• Both

The French and Indian War contributed to the American Revolution. How so?

• The King taxed the colonists to pay off war debts

• The colonists thought the British government wasn't protecting them enough from the French.

• Both