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American Revolution

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show Its principles became the American creed  
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According to the Declaration of Independence, all men are   show
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According to the Delcaration of Independence, governments are instituted   show
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show The people have a right to alter their government  
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According to the Declaration of Independence, revolution is justified by   show
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According to the Declaration of Independence, the just powers of government   show
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According to the Declaration of Independence, Americans were entitled to assume their separate and equal station among the powers of the earth   show
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According to the Declaration of Independence, experience has shown that   show
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show The principle of "liberty to all"  
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show was the word "fitly spoken"  
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show African men, women and children  
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In his original draft of the Declaration of Independence, Jefferson accused the King of violating the most sacred rights of human nature by   show
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According to Jefferson, Congress removed from the Declaration of Independence his denunciation of the slave trade primarily because   show
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The final paragraphs of the Declaration of Independence include appeals to the supreme judge of the world and to divine providence. These appeals were   show
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show By their creator  
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show To express the American mind  
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According to Thomas Jefferson, in his May 8, 1825, letter to Henry Lee, the authority of the Declaration of Independence rests on   show
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show The rights of man  
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According to Thomas Jefferson, in his letter to Roger Weightman, June 24, 1826, the general spread of the light of science has laid open to every view   show
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According to Lincoln in the Gettysburg Address, America is dedicated to   show
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show All men would be guaranteed the inalienable rights of life, liberty and pursuit of happiness.  
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show Is America's creed  
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In the Preface to his Second Treatise, Locke writes that " the consent of the people"   show
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show There must be another way of understanding the "rise of government"  
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show e b&c He will give just occasion to think that all government is the product of force and violence and He will lay a foundation for perpetual disorder and mischief  
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show Regulate and preserve property  
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In 4 Locke portrays the "state all men are natually in" as a state of perfect   show
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In 4 Locke portrays the " state all men are naturally in " as a state of perfect   show
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show D ata has a law of nature to govern it, That the low of nature is reason, That the law of nature obliges every man  
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In 6 Locke suggests that, in " a state of liberty," man has   show
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show there is no natural "superiority or jurisdiction of one over another"  
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In 9 and 10 Locke admits that his arguments about the natural rights of punishment adn reparation may seem   show
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show D ata It is certain that there is a law of nature, That the law of nature will be at least as plain to a rational student of it as the positive laws of commonwealths, that the municipal law of all countries are only right so far as they are founded on the  
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In 13 Locke argues that   show
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In 14 Locke argues that the world never was nor will be without numbers of men in the state of nature because   show
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show The judicious Hooker  
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In 25 Locke says that   show
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In 26 Locke says   show
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In 27 Locke says   show
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show Individual apporpriation " does not depend on the express consent" of the others  
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show Nothing was made by God for man to spoil or destroy  
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show d ata God commanded man to labor, The penury of man's natural condition required him to labor, God and reason commanded man to subdue the earth  
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show there is enough land left over for others and it is "as good"  
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show rational and industrious  
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show Every man should have as much as he" can make use of  
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In 37, 38, and 39 Locke describes how   show
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show everything  
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show a or b come directly from "Nature and the Earth" or are made more abundant by the development of "invention and arts"  
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show leading to the unequal distribution of private property  
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show every man has an equal right by nature not to be subjected to the will of another  
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show We are born free as we are born rational  
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show d ata Man's freedom is grounded in his having reason, Reason enables man to know the law he is to govern himself by, Parents rightly exercise authority over children until they can exercise reason  
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show unanimous consent to create the community and majority consent to run the community  
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In 99 Locke states that when people leave " a state of nature and unite into a community" they are understood to give up   show
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In 119 Locke states that   show
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show Man is not made a member of that society  
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show D ata The enjoyment of his freedom is insecure, the enjoyment of property is unsafe, the state of nature is full of fears and continual dangers  
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In 123 Locke maintains that   show
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In 123 and 124 which of the following is included in Locke's broad definition of property?   show
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show Lunatics and idiots  
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In 155 Locke argues that the use of "force upon the people without authority"   show
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show the end of government is the good of the community  
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In 168 Locke asks the question: "who sall be judge" of whether the prerogative power is rightly used? His answer   show
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show will not be used "suddenly" or on "slight occasions"  
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show must realize that it is easy to avoid the suspicion of the people  
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show a society can never lose its "native and original right" to self-preservation  
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In 223 Locke says that among the objections put forward against letting the people change their legislature are   show
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In 224 and 225 Locke says that   show
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show Is the "best fence against rebellion"  
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In 240 241 and 242 Locke raises the question: "who shall be judge whether the Prince or the Legislative act contrary to their trust?" He answers   show
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show D none of the above  
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Hume suggests that we should recognize that governments are founded on   show
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show E a&b mutual consent and voluntary agreement  
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Cato elevates which of he following to a privileged position   show
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show the rights of Englishmen  
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According to Otis   show
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show necessity  
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show The Rights of Englishmen  
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Among the rights listed in the English Bill of Righs are   show
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The Declarations and Resolves of the Continental Congress, October 14, 1774, claim rights from   show
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The Declarations and Resolves of the Continental Congress, October 14, 1774, claim that   show
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show e b&d from necessity of the case and to secure the commercial advantages of the empire and its members  
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Thomas Jefferson's A summary View of the Rights of British America July 1774   show
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Thomas Jefferson's A summary View of the Rights of British America July 1774 appeals to   show
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show Is sovereign over the colonies because the people of the colonies consented to it  
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Alexander Hamilton, in the Farmer Refuted, 23 Feb. 1775 argues that the natural rights of mankind   show
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Alexander Hamilton, in the Farmer Refuted, 23 Feb. 1775 argues that man in a state of nature   show
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show Are invalid when contrary to the natural law  
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show d ata At best a necessary evil, needed to supply the defect of moral virtue and the badge of innocence  
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show e a&c Absolute government is the disgrace of human nature, and Absolute govenment is, in one respect, better than the Constitution of England  
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Thomas Paine, in Common Sense, January 10, 1776 argues that the freedom of England depends on   show
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show Freedom and security  
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show will be incited to form society by a thousand motives  
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show Will inevitably become remiss in their duty and attachment to one another  
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show e a&c Was introduced into the world by heathens and Violates the equal rights of nature  
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show Have certain inherent rights of which they cannot deprive their posterity  
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The Virginia Declaration of Rights, June 12, 1776, states that   show
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show There shall be no establishment of religion  
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show The free exercise of religion  
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show e b&c To enjoy and defend their lives and liberties, To acquire, possess, and protect property  
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show e ata it is the right of all men in society publicly to worship the Suprme Being, It is the duty of all men in society pulicly to worship the Supreme Being the Massachusetts legislature may require town to pay for the public teaching of protestant doctrin  
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The Declaration of the Rights of the Inhabitants of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, March 2, 1780, states that to maintain a free government   show
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show d ata The people of Mass have the right to govern themsleves as a sovereign state, the people of mass will forever exercise every power and right that is not expressly delegated to the Congress of the USA, the people have a right to totally change their g  
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show d ata have an equal right to elect officers for public employments, have an equal right to be elected for public employment, Can establish in their frame a government qualifications for electing and being elected  
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show e a&b Putting his negative on good and necessary law and taxing virginians without their consent  
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show the principle of separation of powers  
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show d ata Are chosen annually, Must reside in the county or district from which they are elected and must be men  
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n the Virginia Constitution June 29, 1776 members of the Senate   show
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show e a&c All laws shall originate in the House of delegates, Money bills can only be approved or rejected by the Senate  
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show Shall be chosen by both houses of the legislature  
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show d ata the governor shall exercise the executive powers with the advice of a Council of State, The Council of State shall be chosen by a joint ballot of both houses of the assembly, That the council of Statle shall record and sign their advice and pro  
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n the Virginia Constitution June 29, 1776 provides that   show
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n the Virginia Constitution June 29, 1776 povides that delegates from Virginia to the Continental Congress   show
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show d ata Judges of Supreme Court of Appeals shall be appointed by joint ballot , the attorney general shall be appointed by joint ballot, Ministers of Gospel shall be incapable of being elected members of teh General assembly  
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n the Virginia Constitution June 29, 1776   show
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