Trashketball Review

1.1 Enlightenment

Question Besides limiting the power of the British monarch and giving more power to the nobles, what else did the Magna Carta do?

Guaranteed Due Process and Trial by Jury Answer Guaranteed Due Process and Trial by Jury

Question What Enlightenment philosopher developed the concept of separation of powers?

Answer Baron de Montesquieu

Question What principle of American government is being illustrated in this quote? “Government has no other end, but the preservation of property”

Answer Natural Rights

Explain the concept of common law Question Explain the concept of common law

Answer a system of law based on previous court decisions (precedent) rather than regulations and law

Question In what way is the English Bill of Rights Similar to the American Bill of Rights?

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Question What principle of American government is being illustrated in this quote? “Freedom is the power to choose our own chains”

Answer Popular Sovereignty

Question What principle of American government is being illustrated in this quote? To preserve the republican form and principles of our Constitution and cleave to the distribution of powers which that the Constitution has established . . . are the two sheet anchors of our Union. If driven from either, we shall be in danger of foundering.

Answer Separation of Powers

1.2 Tensions in the Colonies

How did Great Britain use the economic theory of Mercantilism? Question How did Great Britain use the economic theory of Mercantilism?

Answer Britain's power came from its wealth. To accumulate more wealth they used the colonies as a source of raw materials AND a market to sell finished goods to. They exported far more goods than they imported.

What was the significance of the Navigation Acts? Question What was the significance of the Navigation Acts?

Answer To ensure that mercantilism would continue to work. GB made it illegal for the colonies to buy anything other than British made goods.

Question What was the most significant effect that the French and Indian war had on the relationship between the colonies and GB?

Answer Huge amounts of war debt led GB to tax the colonies which in turn created more colonial resentment towards the crown.

Question This piece of legislation was a cause of the Boston Tea Party. It taxed many different goods and allowed British officials to search for smuggled goods

Answer Townshend Acts

What were the intolerable acts? Question What were the intolerable acts?

Answer Punishment specifically for the city of Boston (after BTP) that restricted colonists’ rights including trail by jury

Question How did Thomas Paine Influence public opinion regarding the colonies breaking away from GB?

Answer He wrote Common Sense which made the case for American Independence. He also reached a massive audience with his casual writing style.

What were the 3 purposes of the Declaration of Independence? Question What were the 3 purposes of the Declaration of Independence?

Answer 1. Argue cause to Parliament 2. Garner support for the cause (troop morale) 3. Inform other countries

1.3 Constitutional Convention

Explain two ways the Articles of Confederation were considered weak Question Explain two ways the Articles of Confederation were considered weak

Answer -System of Congress -Lack of Central Power -Each state was acting autonomously

Why did Shays’ Rebellion occur? Question Why did Shays’ Rebellion occur?

Answer Both federal and state government were in serious debt after the F&I War. To pay back this debt states began taxing their citizens and exports heavily. Daniel Shay, a farmer, rebelled with 1200 others in protest of this.

What was the purpose of the Constitutional Convention? Question What was the purpose of the Constitutional Convention?

To amend the Articles of Confederation or to write a new Constitution Answer To amend the Articles of Confederation or to write a new Constitution

How were the VA Plan and the NJ plan different? Question How were the VA Plan and the NJ plan different?

Answer -VA Plan – 3 Branches of Gov’t, 2 chambered Congress & Representation in congress would be by population -NJ Plan – Similar to the Articles, I chambered congress & Representation in congress would be by state (=)

Question Explain how the Great Compromise used elements from both the VA plan and NJ Plan

Answer -From VA – two chambered Congress, Senate and House of Reps (based on population) -From NJ – In the Senate every state would receive the same number of votes

Question How did Northern and Southern states respectively feel about counting slaves as a part of the population? What was their Compromise?

Answer South- Wanted slaves to count North – Did not want slaves to count 3/5 Compromise held that each slave would count 3/5 of a person

Question How did Northern and Southern state compromise on the issues of commerce and the slave trade?

Answer Trade would be controlled by Congress Congress would not tax exports Slave trade would end in 1808

1.4 Ratifying the constitution

Federalist or Anti-Federalist? Alexander Hamilton Question Federalist or Anti-Federalist? Alexander Hamilton

Answer Federalist

Federalist or Anti-Federalist? Wanted a Bill of Rights Question Federalist or Anti-Federalist? Wanted a Bill of Rights

Answer Anti-Federalist

Federalist or Anti-Federalist? Wanted strong state governments Question Federalist or Anti-Federalist? Wanted strong state governments

Answer Anti-Federalists

Why were the Federalist papers written? Question Why were the Federalist papers written?

Answer Explain the ideas in the Constitution and make people want to ratify it.

1.5 Principles of Government

Question The Preamble of the Constitution begins with the quote “We the People”. What principle of government is this representing?

Answer Popular Sovereignty

What is the purpose of the principle of separation of powers? Question What is the purpose of the principle of separation of powers?

Answer So one branch of government does not have more power than any of the others

Explain the concept of Federalism Question Explain the concept of Federalism

Answer Where state and federal governments exist simultaneously and share power