Beacon Govt. Princples/Origins of govt/Const

1. He presented the New Jersey Plan to the Constitutional Convention.

• James Madison

• Edmund Randolph

• William Patterson

The first plan presented at the Constitutional Convention, it called for a new government with three separate branches: Legislative, Executive and Judicial. 

• New Jersey Plan

• Rhode Island Plan

• Virginia Plan

The Three-Fifths Compromise disappeared from the Constitution with the adoption of the this Amendment which abolished slavery in 1865.

• 13th

• 14th

• 15th

1. He along with James Madison and Alexander Hamilton wrote the Federalist Papers 

• John Jay

• John Hancock

• Samuel Adams

1.  He wrote most of the Declaration of Independence. 

• Benjamin Franklin

• Thomas Jefferson

• James Madison

1. The theory about the origins of the state that claims that state developed naturally out of the early family. 

• Social Contract Theory

• Divine Right Theory

• Evolutionary Theory

The closest approach to a Confederation today is:

• The Soviet Union

• The European Union

• The Nations Group

A government where one person holds all the political power.

• Republic

• Oligarchy

• Autocracy

In this type of government, the sovereign power is held by those eligible to vote while the political power is exercised by representatives chosen by and held responsible to those citizens.

• Republic

• Dictatorship

• Oligarchy

The body of fundamental laws setting out the principles, structures and processes of a government.

• Common Law

• Government

• Constitution