Chapter 2 Study Guide
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1. limited government
2. representative government
3. due process
4. charter
5. bicameral
6. proprietary
7. unicameral
8. landmark
9. arbitrary
10. venture
11. levy
12. haven
13. Rule of Law
14. The Enlightenment
15. John Locke
16. Voltaire
17. Montesquieu
18. Hammurabi’s Code
19. Magna Carta
20. English Bill of Rights
21. 2nd Treatise on Government
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22. Confederation
23. delegate
24. popular sovereignty
25. duty
26. repeal
27. boycott
28. ablest
29. unalienable
30. King George III
31. Seven Years War
32. Albany Plan (1754)
33. Stamp Act of 1765
34. Stamp Act Congress
35. “Taxation without Representation”
36. Declaration of Rights and Grievances
37. Boston Massacre (1770)
38. Boston Tea Party (1773)
39. Intolerable Acts (1774)
40. 1st Continental Congress
41. 2nd Continental Congress
42. Declaration of Independence
43. Preamble
44. Grievances
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45. Articles of Confederation
46. Ratification
47. jurisdiction
48. presiding officer
49. arsenal
50. Unicameral
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51. Framers
52. Commerce and Slave Trade Compromise
53. envoy
54. apt
55. Constitutional Convention
56. Virginia Plan
57. New Jersey Plan
58. Connecticut Compromise
59. 3/5th Compromise
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60. Federalist
61. Anti-Federalist
62. amend
63. inauguration
64. quorum
65. unanimous
66. Ratify
67. Federalists
68. Anti-Federalists
69. Patrick Henry
70. James Monroe
71. Thomas Jefferson (sort of)
72. Federalist Papers
73. James Madison
74. Alexander Hamilton
75. John Jay
76. Importance of the VA ratification
77. Importance of the NY ratification
Questions
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1. What ideas and traditions influenced government in the English Colonies?
2. Name four important European political documents which preceded the USA. What
is the significance of each?
3. What was the Enlightenment? How did it impact the founding of the US Gov’t?
4. Which Enlightenment philosophers’ ideas’ were important to the founding of the US
Gov’t? Who was responsible for which idea?
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5. What events and ideas led to American Independence?
6. By tracing the events of the Stamp Act, Stamp Act Congress, Boston Massacre,
Boston Tea Party, the 1st Continental Congress, and the 2nd Continental Congress,
explain how each contributed to the Colonies declaring independence from Great
Britain.
7. How did the Seven Years War (a.k.a. French-Indian War) lead to the American
Independence movement? Be specific.
8. In class you made a timeline of nine (9) events leading to American Independence.
The list of these events can still be found in Notes 2-2. Please list these events.
9. Be able to identify the following key phrases from the Declaration of Independence
and be able to explain their meanings in simple terms.
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men
are created equal, that they are endowed by their
Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among
these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of
Happiness.”
Significance?
“That to secure these rights, Governments are
instituted among Men, deriving their just powers
from the consent of the governed, That whenever
any Form of Government becomes destructive of
these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or
abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying
its foundation on such principles, and organizing its
powers in such form, as to them shall seem most
likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.”
Significance?
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10. What weaknesses in the Articles of Confederation made a lasting government
impossible?
11. What could the Government actually do under the Articles of Confederation?
12. What was the structure of the Gov’t under the Articles of Confederation? (Branches,
Houses)
13. Keeping in mind the historical context under which the Articles of Confederation
were written, why might they have been written this way?
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14. What compromises enabled the Framers to create the Constitution?
15. How did the Virginia Plan and New Jersey Plan (for the Constitution) differ?
16. By looking at the structure of our government today, what elements are from the NJ
Plan? What elements are from the VA Plan?
17. What compromise finally led to the writing of the Constitution, as well as the
government we have today? How did this compromise lead directly result in the
structure of the US Gov’t today?
18. Why did the 3/5ths Compromise come about? What did it declare? How may this
have contradicted a major statement in the Declaration of Independence?
19. What one major issue was the “elephant in the room” at the Constitutional
Convention?
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20. What issues brought about the vigorous debate over ratification of the Constitution?
21. Name three famous Federalists.
22. What was the goal of the Federalists?
23. Name three famous Anti-Federalists.
24. What did the Anti-Federalists fear? What did they want added to the Constitution?
25. Who ultimately won the argument (in 1789), the Federalists or the Antifederalists?
26. How did each side (Federalists and Antifederalists) use the media and propaganda
to influence public opinion? Be specific for each.
Dates (Year only)
________ - Stamp Act
________ - Boston Massacre
________ - Boston Tea Party
________ - Intolerable Acts
________ - Revolutionary War Begins
________ - Declaration of Independence
________ - Articles of Confederation written
________ - U.S. Wins the Revolutionary War (Yorktown)
________ - Constitution Written