What set of ideas did the most to shape the American system of government?
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enlightened reason
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Which statement about Thomas Hobbes and John Locke is NOT correct?
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Hobbes argued that because the "general will" of the people was for freedom, the people as a whole should force individual citizens to conform to the general will.
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Which of the Enlightenment thinkers would agree with the idea that government powers should be divided into three branches?
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Montesquieu
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What document includes the phrase "Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness"?
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the Declaration of Independence
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What was the relationship between John Locke and Thomas Jefferson?
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Thomas Jefferson paraphrased John Locke in the Declaration of Independence.
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This organization was created after the fighting broke out at Lexington and Concord. It managed the early period of the American Revolution and then issued the Declaration of Independence.
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Second Continental Congress
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What event from the American Revolution period occurred first?
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The Sugar and Stamp Acts were passed.
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Which is a good example of the influence of Enlightenment ideas on state constitutions?
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popular sovereignty; the people ratify the constitution and then vote for government
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Which statement about the interactions of the states under the Articles of Confederation is NOT true?
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Large states dominated the actions of the national government.
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What event surrounding Shays' Rebellion occurred last?
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Shays' supporters were elected to the Massachusetts legislature. The Massachusetts legislature repealed the taxes and stopped paying its debts.
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What was the most important influence on the American Founders?
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European Enlightenment
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Which statement about Thomas Hobbes and John Locke is NOT correct?
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John Locke argued that, just as it is impossible for a large planet to orbit around a small moon, so too was it impossible for the large American colonies to forever remain in the orbit of the small nation of Great Britain.
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Which of the Enlightenment thinkers would agree with the idea that people have natural rights that the government should protect?
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John Locke
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What document includes the phrase "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal ..."?
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the Declaration of Independence
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What was the single most important influence on Thomas Jefferson's draft of the Declaration of Independence?
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John Locke's Second Treatise on Government
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What is the name of the agreement that ended the American Revolution?
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Treaty of Paris
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What event from the American Revolution period occurred first?
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George III was crowned.
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Which is a good example of the influence of Enlightenment ideas on state constitutions?
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natural rights; most state constitutions had a bill of rights
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Which of the following did NOT make the national government weak under the Articles of Confederation?
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arrangements for the admission of new states
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What event surrounding Shays's Rebellion occurred first?
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The American Revolution left states deeply in debt.
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What intellectual movement was the largest single influence on the American Revolution?
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the Enlightenment
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Which of the Enlightenment thinkers would agree with the idea that people are naturally good, but bad governments can corrupt them?
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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What document includes the phrase "...to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed..."?
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the Declaration of Independence
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What did the Declaration of Independence have in common with most state constitutions?
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It quoted the ideas of John Locke.
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This crucial colonial organization was formed to organize protests against British taxation. It eventually evolved into a set of "shadow governments."
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Continental Congress
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What event from the American Revolution period occurred last?
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The Declaration of Independence was written.
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Which is a good example of the influence of Enlightenment ideas on state constitutions?
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separation of powers; state constitutions had several branches of government
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Which was not a weakness of the Articles of Confederation?
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It allowed each state to create its own foreign policy.
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What event surrounding Shays' Rebellion occurred first?
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Massachusetts taxed land to pay its Revolutionary War debts.
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