us govt practice 1

Which statement is NOT a characteristic of a unitary government?

Government answers only to the people

_ is based on prior judicial decisions and customs that have set precedence

Common law

revealed that the Articles of Confederation might weaken the U.S Government too much to keep the peace and protect the citizens

Shays ' rebellion

In the Revolutionary War, fighting ended after the Battle of

Yorktown

According to the theory, rulers received their authority from the Creator

Divine right (of kings)

According to the theory, over time, governments naturally grew from families into clans, then into tribes, and finally into states

Evolutionary

According to the theory the governments authority arises from the people, and the government must respect man's natural rights

Social contract

Which answer did NOT contribute to the Articles of Confederation's failure to establish a strong central government?

It could not coin money to pay for the war

Which answer is NOT a distinct characteristic of a state?

A state must have some economic system

Loyalists who maintained allegiance to the king of England were called ___

Tories

Colonists who refused to acknowledge Great Britain and took up arms for independence were called __

Patriots

dissolved the power of the monarchy, empowered Parliament, and established individual liberties for British subjects

English Bill of Rights

Document that organized and united the colonies during the Revolutionary War

Articles of Confederation

provided the earliest form of government for a group of colonists

Mayflower Compact

Set a precedent for the westward expansion of America

Northwest Ordiance

How the colonies declared freedom from British Governance

Declaration of Independence

Power is divided between central and state governments

Federal

Government is subservient to the people

Confederation

A state government can restrict the central government's power

Confederation

The national and state governments are independent of one another

Federal

Supported the principle of separation of powers upon which the U.S. Constitution organized the U.S. government

Charles de Montesquieu

main author and father of the Declaration of Independence

Thomas Jefferson

Proponent of socialism and coauthor of The Communist Manifesto

Karl Marx

Father of Modern Economics

Adam Smith

Believed that people should be willing to forget some of their rights and that the state should honor both civil and natural rights

John Locke

All English subjects in Britain and in North America were required to pay taxes on printed materials

Stamp Act

This event resulting in the death of five colonists foreshadowed impending war between the colonies and Britain

Boston Massacre

Parliament issued this as punish for the colonists' behavior and in order to regain control of the colonies

After colonists refused to allow British ships to leave the harbor, ships were boarded and cargo was desroyed

After colonists refused to allow British ships to leave the harbor, ships were boarded and cargo was destroyed

Boston Tea Party

"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal . . . with certain unalienable rights . . . Life, Liberty, and . . . Happiness"

Natural rights of man

" . . . such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their formers Systems of Government. The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and unsurpations"

Obligation of the people to overthrow tyrannical rule