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republic
The people are the ultimate source of authority in which governmental system?
legislative, executive, judicial
What three basic types of power does government exercise?
People elect others to represent them.
Which of the following is one characteristic of a republican form of government?
The colonists had no representation in Parliament.
Why did the colonists resent the taxes imposed by Parliament beginning in 1764?
Bill of Rights
What are the first ten amendments traditionally referred to as?
sovereignty
The supreme power of a state to act within its territory and have absolute authority over its internal and external affairs is called?
Pay Britain’s debts resulting from the French and Indian War
Parliament imposed a series of taxes on the colonies beginning in 1764 in order to help the monarchy what?
people
Integral to the ideal of self-government is the notion that ultimate government authority comes from
tax the colonists directly
The Stamp Act marked Parliament’s first attempt to do what?
In which of the following documents is the right to a speedy trial guaranteed?
popular sovereignty
The phrase We the People relates to which of the following principles of the Constitution?
Police chasePolice chase a robbery suspect into his house. a robbery suspect into his house.
In which of the following circumstances is a search of a house most likely to be upheld by the courts?
Counted when determining representation in Congress.
According to the Three-Fifths Compromise, three-fifths of a state’s slave population would be what?
Congress lacked the power to tax.
Which of the following was a weakness of the Articles of Confederation?
Win ratification of the Constitution.
Supporters of the Constitution agreed to add a bill of rights in order to what?
individual rights
What ideal did the Antifederalists find the Constitution lacked?
They wrote the articles in defense of the new Constitution.
Why did Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and James Madison write the Federalist Papers?
European philosophers of the eighteenth century
The Framers of the Constitution got many ideas about governing from which of the following?
checks and balances
“The House of Representatives shall…have the sole Power of Impeachment”
U.S. Constitution, Article I
The quote above best illustrates which of the following principles?
separation of powers
The duties of governing are divided among three branches under which principle?
Congress
Who is charged with establishing the federal courts beneath the Supreme Court?
states the goals for the new government
What is the purpose of the Preamble of the Constitution?
Montesquieu
The Framers took the idea of separation of powers from which philosopher?
Shays’s Rebellion
What event showed how feeble the Articles of Confederation was and hastened moves to revise the Articles of Confederation?
Strengthen the relationship among the states.
In the Preamble, what does the phrase form a more perfect union mean?