Fundamental Principles
Government is not all powerful and may only do those things people have given it the power to do.
What is limited government?
This early document guaranteed the rights of Englishmen to colonists and allowed them to create their first government.
What is the Charters of the Virginia Company of London?
Which vocabulary word means a complaint?
What is Grievance
The name of the document that created the first United States Government?
What is the Articles of Confederation?
“He has excited domestic insurrections amongst us, and has endeavored to bring on the inhabitants of our frontiers, the merciless Indian Savages, whose known rule of warfare, is an undistinguished destruction of all ages, sexes and conditions.”
Identify the "He" and the section of the DOI this is found.
Who is
1.King George III and
2. the Grievances
People create government and give permission to be governed so they can live in a civil society.
What is consent of the governed?
This was written by George Mason and served as a model for the Bill of Rights in the Constitution.
What is the Virginia Declaration of Rights?
What is the name of the document that is the Supreme Law of the land that we use as our government today?
What is the US Constitution?
Under the Articles of Confederation, major powers of government resided with whom?
What is the states?
Place in sequential order
(Earliest to lastest):
a. Declaration of Independence
b. Articles of Confederation
c. The Constitution
d. Virginia Declaration of Rights
What is
D, A, B, C.
This concept was used in Greece and New England’s town hall meetings, where ALL citizens gathered to vote on local issues.
What is (direct) democracy?
This document stated Virginians had the freedom to practice the religion of their choice.
Written by _________.
And that the government should have/have no (pick one) religious preference.
(3 answers)
What is:
1. The Virginia Statute of Religious Freedom
2. Thomas Jefferson
3. Have no
Which vocabulary word means to change, edit, or alter
What is amendment
What is one weakness of the Articles of Confederation?
What is
no power to coin money, no president, no national courts, can't collect tax, can't enforce laws
Vocabulary:
"the rights that are inseparable from us: they are part of our humanity"
What is "unalienable rights"?
If a leader steals money from the government, he can be arrested and thrown out of office. He has violated this political principle.
What is rule of law?
(1) This document forced King John of England to obey the law.
(2) And what principle did it teach us.
(2 answers needed)
What is 1. The Magna Carta (1215) and 2.Rule of Law?
A person who is elected to office to make decisions for its citizens.
What is a representative?
The weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation lead directly to the writing of
What is the U.S. Constitution
Autobiographies, film footage, and artifacts are all examples of what type of source:
What are primary sources?
Jennifer Wexton is ELECTED to the House of Representatives. This fact is shown by the principle:
What is representative government?
“We do DECLARE that all and every Persons being our Subjects shall HAVE and enjoy all Liberties as if they had been born within our Realm of England”
Where would you find this quote?
What is the Charters of the Virginia Company of London?
The people who are ruled over.
What is the governed?
What is another weakness of the Articles of Confederation? (Cannot use the same one you used before)
What is
no power to coin money, no president, no national courts, can't collect tax, can't enforce laws
What two fundamental principles are found in the Mayflower Compact?
What is consent of the governed and democracy.