1. How does this image reflect the ideal of OPPORTUNITY?

2. What did John Locke mean by natural rights?
What document placed the first limits on the power of the king?
Which branch of the government is responsible for enforcing the law?
Why was there a “fear of central government” in America in the 1780s?
How is power divided in a federal system?

3. “it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government” How does this quote from the Declaration of Independence reflect the ideas of John Locke?
What are the names of the two houses of the United States Congress?
What did Magna Carta say about taxation of nobles?

4. Give an example of a success of the Articles of Confederation.
What was the name of the group that supported the ratification of the Constitution?
According to the concept of Social Contract – where does the power to govern come from?
Why was there a debate over slavery and population?

5. Why did small states support the proposal of New Jersey?
What is a constitution?
What is the purpose of government according to John Locke?
Give an example of a weakness of the Articles of Confederation.
How did the Great Compromise resolve the issue of the structure of the legislature?

6. People want to be as free as possible
People want to be as free as possible. This reflects which one of Locke’s Natural Rights?
What was the purpose of the Land of Ordinance of 1785?
What did George Mason and other Anti-Federalists feel was missing from the Constitution?
The study of the rights and duties of citizens is?

7. How did Shays’ Rebellion help lead to the Constitutional Convention?
Describe the Three-Fifths Compromise.
What is the purpose of a petition?
Why is it impractical for the United States to use a direct democracy?
What is the purpose of taxation?