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Magna Carta was originally intended to protect the rights of which groups?   Nobles  
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Which of the following was a weakness of the Articles of Confederation?   Congress lacked the power to tax...  
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Which document was passed by Parliament in the Glorious Revolution?   English Bill of Rights  
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Which of the following was the most pressing challenge facing the Confederation Congress?   Paying off the war debt  
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Which type of colony enjoyed the most independence from the Crown?   Charter  
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Which of the following was a set of law that limited the power of government and gave all free men the right to choose judges?   Fundamental Orders of Connecticut  
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Antifederalist believed that representative government...   Could only exist in a small territory  
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Why did the colonial assemblies reject the Albany Plan of Union?   They feared that the plan gave too much power to the Crown  
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Republican ideas can be traced back to which of the following?   Ancient Greece and Rome  
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Thomas Jefferson argued in the Declaration of Independence that, if a government disregards the will of the people, the people are free to do which of the following?   Change their government  
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Civic virtue is the idea that people should do which of the following?   Place the common good over private interests  
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For ideas on how to use the law to protect people's natural rights to life, liberty, and property, the Framers looked to.....   William Blackstone  
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The Farmers took the idea of separation of powers from which philosophers?   Montesquieu  
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For the Confederation Congress to pass any major legislation, how many states had to agree?   Nine  
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Why did the large states favor the Virginia Plan?   Representation in the legislature would be based on population  
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Why was the Great Compromise acceptable to the smaller states?   States would be represented equally in the Senate  
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What ideal did the Antifederalist find the Constitution lacked?   Individual rights  
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When King John signed ________ at Runnymede, he conceded that even kings and queens had to obey English law.   Magna Carta  
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_________ colonies were directly controlled by the king through an appointed governor who served as the colony's chief executive.   Royal  
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The term _________ refers to a board set of ideas about representative government that can be traced back to Ancient Greece and Rome.   Republicanism  
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The __________ of 1765 was a tax on paper goods and all legal documents.   Stamp Act  
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The second Continental Congress organized and official Continental Army and made _________it's commander.   George Washington  
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The __________was one of the Confederation Congress' greatest accomplishments.   Northwest Ordinance  
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At the Constitutional Convention, the __________plan called for a bicameral legislature.   Virginia  
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In May 1787, delegates arrived in Philadelphia to revise the _________.   Articles of Confederation  
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During the struggle to ratify the constitution, those who opposed its ratification were known as ___________.   Antifederalists  
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The Federalist papers into that whole name of ________.   Publius  
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One of the earliest English efforts towards limited government was...   Magna Carta  
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Opposed ratification of the Constitution was....   Antifederalists  
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Based on grant by the English monarch to an owner...   Proprietary colony  
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A Type of colony enjoying greatest independence from the Crown...   Charter colony  
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formally approved...   Ratify  
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Called for a bicameral legislature...   Virginia plan  
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First ten amendments of the Constitution...   Bill of Rights  
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Supported ratification of the Constitution...   Federalists  
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Essays written in support of the ratification of the Constitution...   Federalist Papers  
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Proposal that called for an unicameral legislature...   New Jersey Plan  
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Passed by Parliament in the Glorious Revolution...   English Bill of Rights  
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Created a system for admitting new states to the Union...   Northwest Ordinance  
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Parliaments first attempt to text the colonist directly...   Stamp Act  
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Delegates to the Constitutional convention...   Framers  
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The nations first constitution adopted June 12, 1777...   Articles of Confederation  
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Revolt of Massachusetts farmers led by a former revolutionary war captain...   Shays's Rebellion  
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Settle disagreements about how enslaved people should be counted in calculating congressional representation   Three_fifths compromise  
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Combined elements from both the Virginia and New Jersey plans   Great Compromise  
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