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  • Q1
    He 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 an
    Montesquieu
    Blackstone
    Locke
    Hobbes
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  • Q2
    He believed in the idea that a government formed by a social contract was legitimate if it was based on popular sovereignty.
    Montesquieu
    Blackstone
    Hobbes
    Rousseau
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  • Q3
    He introduced the idea of separation of powers, in which governments are organized to prevent any one person or group from dominating others.
    Rousseau
    Montesquieu
    Locke
    Blackstone
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  • Q4
    He 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.
    Rousseau
    Hobbes
    Locke
    Blackstone
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  • Q5
    Introduced 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.
    Blackstone
    Hobbes
    Rousseau
    Locke
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  • Q6
    His “five books” set the precedent for law including moral laws, social laws, and food laws.
    Napoleon
    Peter
    Caesar
    Moses
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  • Q7
    Which of the following is not one of the four fundamental factors of the free enterprise system?
    individual initiative
    profit
    compromise
    competition
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  • Q8
    Any system of government in which a small group holds power.
    democracy
    republic
    oligarchy
    theocracy
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  • Q9
    The ideas of a single leader are glorified.
    oligarchy
    democracy
    theocracy
    dictatorship
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  • Q10
    The people govern themselves by voting on issues individually as citizens. (Majority rule)
    democracy
    republic
    theocracy
    oligarchy
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  • Q11
    a government run by religious leaders
    republic
    dictatorship
    theocracy
    oligarchy
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  • Q12
    This 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)
    oligarchy
    republic
    theocracy
    democracy
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  • Q13
    combine elements of capitalism and socialism
    socialism
    mixed economy
    communism
    capitalism
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  • Q14
    economic 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 people
    mixed economy
    communism
    socialism
    capitalism
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  • Q15
    economic system in which the central government directs all major economic decisions.
    socialims
    capitalism
    mixed economy
    communism
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  • Q16
    Why was the Stamp Act Congress created?
    To discuss no taxation without representation
    to discuss further taxes on the colonies
    to discuss the Boston Tea Party
    to discuss who should be taxed
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  • Q17
    The 1st Continental Congress was called in response to the
    intolerable acts
    indian attacks
    stamp act
    shay's rebellion
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  • Q18
    What came out of the Second Continental Congress?
    Constitution
    Mayflower Compact
    Petition of Rights
    Declaration of Independence
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  • Q19
    Which of the following is not one of the three parts of the Declaration of Independence?
    statement to dissolve the ties with Britain
    explanation of the three branches of government
    list of grievances against the king
    statement of intent
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  • Q20
    The original purpose of the Constitutional Convention was to
    write a new Constitution
    write the Declaration of Independence
    discuss relations with Britain
    amend the Articles of Confederation
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