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| 1.What were the results of the Glorious Revolution (1688)? |
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| Marked the superiority of the common law and established beyond doubt that the king governed under it. Formerly independent courts are now subordinate to it. Many of the rights included the Declaration of Independence |
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| 2.What was the Declaration of Rights (1689) that William and Mary agreed to? |
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| 1.10 Confirmed the right to trial by jury; one could not be subjected to excessive bail or fines, cruel or unusual punishments, nor fines or forfeitures before being convicted of a crime. |
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| 3.What do Englishmen mean when they describe their constitution? 1.12 |
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| They talk about the “balanced constitution” in which they are very proud of, although they were very worried that their great system was in danger of being subverted and their liberty in danger of being lost. |
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| 4.On what basis did John Locke justify the Glorious Revolution (1688) in his Second Treatise (1690)? S.1.5 |
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| He said it represented the thinking of the so-called Whigs, who had argued since the late 1670s that the English people had the right to deny the throne to a king who threatened their liberty. |
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| 5.What was the difference between the Whigs and the Tories about their idea where sovereignty resided? 3.49 |
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| I Nearly all of the leading aristocrat considered themselves Whigs. Most of the factions became identified with the royal court surrounding the king. They were Whigs in that they supported the Hanoverian dynasty, whose legitimacy depended on acceptance of the Glorious revolution. Whigs believed supreme power lay in Parliament (house of commons, house of lords, and king). Tories were believers in the right of Kings to determine the direction of the state rather than to act merely in accordance with the wishes of parliament, politicians and the powerful families who largely dominated the parliamentary system in the absence of universal suffrage, secret ballots and equal constituencies. |
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| 6.What right did Parliament claim that it had over the colonies when it passed the Declaratory Act (1766)? 3.55 |
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| 6.What right did Parliament claim that it had over the colonies when it passed the Declaratory Act (1766)? 3.55 |
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| 7.What did the Continental Congress do in response to the siege of Boston when it met in 1775? 3.58 |
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| On April 19, 1775, part of the British occupation force in Boston marched to the nearby town of Concord, Massachusetts, to seize a colonial militia arsenal. Militiamen of Lexington and Concord intercepted them and attacked. The first shot—the so-called “shot heard round the world” made famous by poet Ralph Waldo Emerson—was one of many that hounded the British and forced them to retreat to Boston. Thousands of militiamen from nearby colonies flocked to Boston to assist |
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| 8.Lord North believed that the Empire was what type of polity and sovereignty resided where? |
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| 3.57 Lord North believed sovereignty laid with the assemblies. |
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| .What was the fundamental issue over which the American Revolution was fought? 3.59 |
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| .What was the fundamental issue over which the American Revolution was fought? 3.59 |
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| 10.How did Jefferson in his Declaration of Independence (1776) believe that governments were formed, and what were three purposes of government? S.3.17 |
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| Governments are instituted among men, deriving their just Powers from the consent of the governed. The three purposes are laying down such principles, organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. |
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| 11.Historically what was the general reason that most republics didn't last very long? 4.64 |
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| 11.Historically what was the general reason that most republics didn't last very long? 4.64 |
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| 1. As the first state to have a bill of rights, what did Virginia include in its Declaration of Rights? |
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| Delcared he people to be the source of all power, with the governemtn their trustees and servants. It discounted the creation of “exclusive or separate emoluments or privileges,” except for nonheridetery ones in recognition of public services. Defined rights in criminal trials, jury trials in both courts civil, freedom of press and that all were entitled to freedom of religion. |
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| 2. Which state was the first to begin to abolish slavery? |
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| What did Alexander Hamilton's plan for economic development include? |
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| Establish a standing army, fed. Gov. assume payment of the debts contracted to the states during the revolution, nat gov. borrow money and pay back over a long period of time. |
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| How did the Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798 restrict freedom of speech? |
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| The Sedition Act authorized fining and imprisonment for public criticism of the government. |
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| 5. How were the Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions of 1798 an attempt to overturn the Alien and Sedition Acts? |
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| The resolutions attacked the Federalists' interpretation of the Constitution, which extended the powers of the federal government over the states. The resolutions declared that the United States Constitution only established an agreement between the central government and the states and that the federal government had no right to exercise powers not specifically delegated to it; should the federal government assume such powers, its acts under them would be void. It was the right of the states to decide as to the constitutionality of such acts. |
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| Under Article VI what are three things that are the supreme law of the nation? |
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| If a state law conflicts with a national law which one will be constitutional? 6.107 1.The right of the citizens of the united states will not be denied on the sccount of sex. 2. The congress shall have the power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation. 3. The constitution; The state law would be unconstitutional, It was argued in a federal court. |
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| 7.When may a case be appealed from a state court to the Supreme Court under Section 25 of the Judiciary Act of 1789? |
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| Whenever a state supreme court upheld a state constitutional provision, law, or action against a claim that it violated the constitutional government. |
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| Why did John Adams refuse to support more equality for women? |
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| It shows how the Revolution undermined hierarchical authority in America. |
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