SOL REVIEW

SOL CE.2a - Name five fundamental political principles that shaped our constitution and government.

• CONSENT OF THE GOVERNED

• LIMITED GOVERNMENT

• RULE OF LAW

• DEMOCRACY

• REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT

SOL CE.2a - Fundamental Political Principle #1 - What is the source of any and all governmental power?

• The President

• The Constitution

• The People

• The Military

SOL CE.2a - Fundamental Political Principle #2 - Government has only all-powerful and may do only those things that people have given it the power to do.

• True

• False

SOL CE.2a - Fundamental Political Principle #3 - The government and those who govern are bound by the law.

SOL CE.2a - Fundamental Political Principle #4 - In such a system of government, the people rule.

SOL CE.2a - Fundamental Political Principle #5 - People elect public officials who make laws and conduct government on their behalf.

• True

• False

SOL CE.2b - Name five documents of American history that influenced the development of the Constitution and constitutional government.

• CHARTERS OF THE VIRGINIA COMPANY OF LONDON

• THE VIRGINIA DECLARATION OF RIGHTS

• THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE

• THE ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION

• THE VIRGINIA STATUTE FOR RELIGIOUS FREEDOM

SOL CE.2b - Which of these documents guaranteed the colonists the same rights given to all English citizens?

• Magna Carta

• English Bill of Rights

• Charter of the Virginia Company

• Virginia Declaration of Rights

SOL CE.2b - Which of these documents served as a model for the Bill of Rights?

• Magna Carta

• Declaration of Independence

• Articles of Confederation

• Virginia Declaration of Rights

SOL CE.2b - Which of these documents claimed that people have "certain unalienable rights" (life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness) and that all people are equal under the law?

• The Magna Carta

• The Declaration of Independence

• The English Bill of Rights

• The Articles of Confederation