Important Documents -
What did the Magna Carta establish?
Why was no one was above the law, not even the King?
What solved the Representation problem.
What is the Virginia and New Jersey Plan?
What is Limited Government.
Why does the government not have all power and gets it from us; the people?
What is the freedom of Speech?
Why is it giving us the right to speak of anything we want that NOT violent?
What are the first words in the Preamble?
What is We The People?
Describe the Declaration Of Independence -
Why did it grant independence from Great Britain and gave rights like happiness, life, and liberty?
What solved the Taxation problem?
What is the Three-Fifths Compromise?
What is Seperation of Powers?
Why do they separate government powers into three branches; Legislative, Executive, and Judicial.
What is the freedom of Religion?
Why is it letting us practice or not practice any religion?
How does the Preamble express the Constitution?
Establishing justice, perfect union, etc;.
What did the Charters of the Virginia Company of London guarantee?
Name at least one question of the following; Representation, Taxation, Slave Trade, and Individual Rights.
How should states be represented, how should enslaved enslaved people be counted for taxes, should slavery continue to be allowed, and how do we make sure freedoms are protected?
What is Republicanism?
Why does the government get its power from the people?
What is the freedom of Assembly?
What is the freedom to hold any assembly or protest?
How many purposes of the Preamble are there?
Why is it approximately eight?
What was the Articles of Confederation?
Why did it establish the first written plan of government for the U.S. and created a weak central government?
What solved the Slave Trade question?
Why couldn't Congress end it until 1808?
What is Popular Sovereignty?
Why can you vote for or support someone and vote from the to be in Congress/president.
What is the freedom of Press?
What was the Preamble? -
Why did it establish the purposes of the government?
Describe the Declaration of Rights -
What protected Individual Rights?
What are the Bill Of Rights?
What is Federalism?
Why are powers separated from the national government and the state government?
What is the freedom of Petition?
What is the freedom of getting the government (they don't have to agree) to do something without any consequences?
Give me at least three purposes of government -
Why do we need to form a more perfect union, establish justice, ensure domestic tranquility, and provide common defense?