Founding Ideas
What is the famous phrase Patrick Henry said at St. John's Church in Richmond?
"Give me liberty, or give me death!"
What is the term for a group or organization that makes decisions on behalf of the people in a country?
Government
Which ancient city-state practiced a direct democracy, where citizens voted on public issues themselves?
Athens
What is the term for an agreement where people give up certain rights for protection and benefits?
The Social Contract
What was the first government of the United States that gave an "even greater amount of autonomy to their members and conferred less power on the central government" than a federal system?
The Articles of Confederation
What did the founders of the United States want to create a government that served?
The common good
Who was the ancient Greek philosopher who believed government existed to keep people from "meddling" in one another's business?
Plato
In the Roman Republic, what was the highest political body that gave advice and whose recommendations were usually followed?
The Senate
Who was the philosopher who believed that in the "state of nature," life was "solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short"?
Thomas Hobbes
What proposal at the Constitutional Convention called for a two-branch legislature with proportional representation based on a state's population?
The Virginia Plan
Who was a lawyer who argued passionately that the Crown was abusing its authority by trampling legitimate Virginia laws, and later became a future governor of Virginia?
Patrick Henry
Who was the German social scientist who defined government as having a "monopoly of the legitimate use of physical force"?
Max Weber
What was the name of the lawmaking body of colonial Virginia?
The House of Burgesses
Who was the philosopher who argued that if a government violates the social contract, the people have a right to rebel?
John Locke
What compromise at the Constitutional Convention determined how enslaved persons would be counted for the purposes of a state's representation in Congress?
The Three-Fifths Compromise
What is the name given to the leaders of the American Revolution who established a new republic?
The Founders
What are the three basic purposes of government?
To protect the people, provide public services, and maintain order.
What form of government did the Roman Republic have, in which citizens elected representatives to make decisions on their behalf?
A republic or representative democracy
This French philosopher wrote The Social Contract and argued that government should be based on the "general will" of the people.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
What compromise created a two-house legislature, with the Senate having equal representation and the House of Representatives having proportional representation?
The Great Compromise or Connecticut Compromise
What was the name of the dispute in which Patrick Henry argued against the British government's attempts to control the salaries of Anglican clergy?
The Parson's Cause
What is a system of rule in which the government recognizes no formal limits on its power and seeks to absorb or eliminate all other social institutions that might challenge it?
Totalitarianism
What Greek concept referred to a system of rule in which a few wealthy individuals held power?
Oligarchy
What did John Locke believe were the three natural rights that no government could take away?
Life, liberty, and property
What was the name of the group of essays written to persuade New York to adopt the Constitution?
The Federalist Papers