No taxation without representation!

1. 
   “No taxation without representation!” This slogan was a direct result of which event?
   

2. 
   Which of the following best defines the principles of popular sovereignty?
   

3. 
   The principles that people are the ultimate source of the authority and legitimacy of a government.
   

4. 
   How many amendments were originally proposed to the states in the Bill of Rights?
   

5. 
   The idea of representative government first developed where?
   

6. 
   Who is known as the Father of the Constitution and as the principal author of the Bill of Rights?
   

7. 
   Which of these historic documents first established the principal of the rule of law?
   

8. 
   This plan of government called for a bicameral legislature, with each house based on population. It also called for three branches of government, a legislative branch, executive branch, and judicial branch. ( Part of answer to No. 37)
   

9. 
   The idea that the power of a government should be split between two or more strongly independent branches to prevent any one person or group from gaining too much power.
   

10. 
    Which of the following was NOT a weakness of the Articles of Confederation?
    

11. 
    The Principle that government is based on clear and fairly enforced laws, no one is above the law.
    

12. 
    Which complaint was the greatest barrier to ratifying the Constitution?
    

13. 
    What are natural rights?
    

14. 
    Which of these issues at the Constitutional Convention was resolved by what is known as the Great Compromise? ( Answer to No. 40)
    

15. 
    The Articles of Confederation reflected American’s fear of what?
    

16. 
    Which political philosopher favored separate legislative, executive, and judicial branches?
    

17. 
    Where did colonial thinkers get their ideas about representative democracy?
    

18. 
    How were the colonies governed at the local level?
    

19. 
    How did the 13 new state constitutions limit democracy?
    

20. 
    What did the federalists favor?
    

21. 
    Who is considered the Father of the Constitution?
    

22. 
    What did the Magna Carta do?
    

23. 
    Why did the colonists become hostile toward Great Britain?
    

24. 
    What was one achievement of the government under the Articles of Confederation?
    

25. 
    Why did the Anti-federalists oppose the Constitution?
    
26. 
    Why did Madison initially oppose a bill of rights?
    

27. 
    On which point did Hobbes and Locke agree about the social contract?
    

28. 
    Which principles did Jefferson include in the Declaration of Independence?
    

29. 
    Why did smaller states object to the Virginia plan?
    

30. 
    How did the Federalists try to build support for the Constitution?
    

31. 
    Why did it take so long for the Congress to approve a bill of rights?
    

32. 
    Montesquieu believed in a principle that contributed to our three-branch system of government. What was that principle?
    

33. 
    Why did some people want George Washington to be “king”?
    

34. 
    How did the Three-Fifths Compromise contradict the founding ideal of equality?
    

35. 
    What assurance did Massachusetts need before it would ratify the Constitution?
    

36. 
    When was the Bill of Rights finally ratified?
    

Short Answer:

37. 
    Please explain the Virginia Plan and the New Jersey Plan in detail.
    

38. 
    What was the result when both plans were suggested to congress?
    

39. 
    What did the issue of the Virginia Plan and New Jersey plan try to resolve?
    

40. 
    What compromise took place and how did it satisfy both groups?
    
41. 
    What compromise resolved the issue of slaves being counted as population?
    

42. 
    Why was slavery counted towards population an issue in terms of representation?