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| the most important principal underlying the concepts of limited government is... | government by public consent |
| The First Continental Congress imposed an embargo as a way of protesting the... | Intolerable Acts |
| The Articles of Confederation DID NOT established... | the office of the president of the United States |
| The Articles of Confederation provided for a weak national government because they LACKED... | the power to declare war |
| The Constituiton left this issue to the states and later generations of Americans to resolve... | slavery |
| Historically, the most important action of the Second Continental Congress was to... | declare indepence from Britian |
| Supporters of the New Jersey plan endorsed the Conneticut Compromise because it called for... | the interests of the small states to be protected by the senate |
| The following IS NOT a compromise reached during the Constitutional Convention... | prohibiting slavery in the northern states |
| The Anti-Federalists wanted a Bill of Rights because they... | feared a strong central government could become tryannical |
| America's colonial governments were NOT based on... | a belief in divine right |
| John Locke felt strongly that... | the sole purpose of a government is to protect the rights of the people |
| Democracy in each of the thirteen colonies...this was NOT featured... | complete seperation of church and state |
| After the French and Indian War, Englands relationship with the colonies changed abruptly because... | England stated taxing the colonies heavily to decrease its war debt |
| The author of the decleration of independence... | thomas jefferson |
| The inability of the Articles of Confederation congress to levy or collect taxes DID NOT contribute to... | a decrease in state claims to lands west of the Appalachians |
| All delegates to the Constitutional Convention agreed on these four issues: limited and representative government, three way speration of powers, limiting the power of states to coin money and interfere with creaditors rights, and... | the need for a more powerful national government |
| The Virginia Plan DID NOT propose... | cabinet members to assist the executive |
| All of these men lent legitimacy to the Constitutionl Convention EXCEPT... | Patrick Henry |
| The meeting that led to holding the constitutional Convention were called... | Annapolis Convention |
| Which of the following is NOT a section of the Decleration of Independence... | request for peace |
| The Northwest Ordiance was a law that... | set up rules for territories to become states |
| All of the following were rules of the Constitutional Convention EXCEPT... | slavery could not be brought up during debate |
| Colonial Governments established all of the following traditions EXCEPT... | strong court systems with broad powers |
| The first written agreement for governing in the colonies was called... | the mayflower compact |
| All of the following are government powers under the Articles of Confederation EXCEPT... | ability to levy and collect taxes |
| Which of the following was NOT a problem after the Revolutionary war ended... | organizing state governments |
| Which state did not send delegates to the Constitutional Convention... | rhode island |
| The New Jersey Plan's to main point involved... | a unicameral legislature with one vote per state |
| What did the Federalists promise to do if the constitution was ratified... | have congress submit a bill of rights |
| Why did Anti-Federalists say the Constitution was extralegal... | the convention should not have been secret |
