Week 6 Assessment

Agreed that Congress is to be divided into two houses

• Articles of Confederation

• The Constitution

• Declaration of Independence

• The Great Compromise

Consists of a Preamble, 13 articles and 27 amendments

• Articles of Confederation

• The Constitiution

• Declaration of Independence

• The Great Compromise

Only had a Legislative branch and a very weak central government

• Articles of Confederation

• The Constitution

• Declaration of Independence

• The Great Compromise

Document influenced by Lockes’s philosophies

• Articles of Confederation

• The Constitution

• Declaration of Independence

• The Great Compromise

Influenced the Declaration of Independence

• Locke

• Voltaire

• Beccaria

• Montiesque

Influenced the Bill of Rights in giving the accused rights

• Locke

• Voltair

• Beccaria

• Montiesque

Influenced the writing of the first Amendment

• Locke

• Voltaire

• Beccaria

• Moniesque

Influenced the U.S Constitution to create separation of powers among the Branches of government

• Locke

• Voltaire

• Beccaria

• Montesquieu

The intellectual movement of the 1600s and 1700s that had the biggest impact on American government was

• The Industrial Revolution.

• The Enlightenment

• The Scientific Revolution.

• The Renaissance

. Who wrote the first draft of the Declaration of Independence and is considered its main author?

• Benjamin Franklin

• Samuel Adams

• John Hancock

• Thomas Jefferson