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- Q1He wrote about the idea that all people were equal and enjoyed certain natural rights, such as the right to life, liberty, and property. This idea exerted a powerful influence on colonial thinkers anMontesquieuBlackstoneLockeHobbes30sEditDelete
- Q2He believed in the idea that a government formed by a social contract was legitimate if it was based on popular sovereignty.MontesquieuBlackstoneHobbesRousseau30sEditDelete
- Q3He introduced the idea of separation of powers, in which governments are organized to prevent any one person or group from dominating others.RousseauMontesquieuLockeBlackstone30sEditDelete
- Q4He wrote about the English common law and set the foundation for the American judicial / legal system especially with regarding a national government as the protector of people and their life, liberty, and property.RousseauHobbesLockeBlackstone30sEditDelete
- Q5Introduced the idea that government was the result of a social contract between people and their rulers. He did not believe that the people had the right to overthrow a tyrannical government.BlackstoneHobbesRousseauLocke30sEditDelete
- Q6His “five books” set the precedent for law including moral laws, social laws, and food laws.NapoleonPeterCaesarMoses30sEditDelete
- Q7Which of the following is not one of the four fundamental factors of the free enterprise system?individual initiativeprofitcompromisecompetition30sEditDelete
- Q8Any system of government in which a small group holds power.democracyrepublicoligarchytheocracy30sEditDelete
- Q9The ideas of a single leader are glorified.oligarchydemocracytheocracydictatorship30sEditDelete
- Q10The people govern themselves by voting on issues individually as citizens. (Majority rule)democracyrepublictheocracyoligarchy30sEditDelete
- Q11a government run by religious leadersrepublicdictatorshiptheocracyoligarchy30sEditDelete
- Q12This type of government is one where the central government is restricted, local governments have some self-government, and ultimate power is held by the voters who choose their representatives (rule of law)oligarchyrepublictheocracydemocracy30sEditDelete
- Q13combine elements of capitalism and socialismsocialismmixed economycommunismcapitalism30sEditDelete
- Q14economic system in which government owns the basic means of production, determines the use of resources, distributes products and wages, and provides social services for its peoplemixed economycommunismsocialismcapitalism30sEditDelete
- Q15economic system in which the central government directs all major economic decisions.socialimscapitalismmixed economycommunism30sEditDelete
- Q16Why was the Stamp Act Congress created?To discuss no taxation without representationto discuss further taxes on the coloniesto discuss the Boston Tea Partyto discuss who should be taxed30sEditDelete
- Q17The 1st Continental Congress was called in response to theintolerable actsindian attacksstamp actshay's rebellion30sEditDelete
- Q18What came out of the Second Continental Congress?ConstitutionMayflower CompactPetition of RightsDeclaration of Independence30sEditDelete
- Q19Which of the following is not one of the three parts of the Declaration of Independence?statement to dissolve the ties with Britainexplanation of the three branches of governmentlist of grievances against the kingstatement of intent30sEditDelete
- Q20The original purpose of the Constitutional Convention was towrite a new Constitutionwrite the Declaration of Independencediscuss relations with Britainamend the Articles of Confederation30sEditDelete