The Following Statements Best Describes The Eighteenth-Century Colonists Desire For Government By The People?
1. Which of the following statements reflect the constitutional structure within the Articles of Confederation (1781-1789)?
Approval of policies and treaty ratification required nine affirmative votes.
State courts retained jurisdiction over most legal matters, except in cases of inter-state conflict.
State governments would implement and pay for congressionally-approved policies.
Any constitutional amendments required unanimous approval of all 13 states.
All these answers are correct.
2. In the two-tiered system of colonial government in the early eighteenth century, which group had authority over day-to-day matters?
Parliament
local officials and assemblies
governors appointed by royal authority
the king
the British Cabinet
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Which of the following is a central principle of the Declaration of Independence?
freedom is derived from the right to vote
natural rights are derived from the consent of the governed
all men must relinquish their inalienable rights to the authority of the sovereign
all men are equal
all men deserve the right to vote and gain parliamentary representation based on population numbers
6. Which of the following statements best describes the eighteenth-century colonists' desire for government by the people?
representational democracy
government established to protect the people's liberties
a two-tiered system of government, with power split between Britain and the colonies
universal suffrage
popular sovereignty
7. Whose work, entitled The Spirit of the Laws (1748), provided the concept of separation of powers later adopted by the framers of the Constitution?
Thomas Hobbes
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
John Locke
Baron de Montesquieu
François-Marie Arouet
8. According to Thomas Paine's Common Sense, ________ was the only option that would ensure American liberty and religious freedom.
war
parliamentary representation
civil disobedience
popular protest
diplomacy
9.In September 1774, all colonies sent delegates to the First Continental Congress
Approval of policies and treaty ratification required nine affirmative votes.
State courts retained jurisdiction over most legal matters, except in cases of inter-state conflict.
State governments would implement and pay for congressionally-approved policies.
Any constitutional amendments required unanimous approval of all 13 states.
All these answers are correct.
2. In the two-tiered system of colonial government in the early eighteenth century, which group had authority over day-to-day matters?
Parliament
local officials and assemblies
governors appointed by royal authority
the king
the British Cabinet
3. …show more content…
Which of the following is a central principle of the Declaration of Independence?
freedom is derived from the right to vote
natural rights are derived from the consent of the governed
all men must relinquish their inalienable rights to the authority of the sovereign
all men are equal
all men deserve the right to vote and gain parliamentary representation based on population numbers
6. Which of the following statements best describes the eighteenth-century colonists' desire for government by the people?
representational democracy
government established to protect the people's liberties
a two-tiered system of government, with power split between Britain and the colonies
universal suffrage
popular sovereignty
7. Whose work, entitled The Spirit of the Laws (1748), provided the concept of separation of powers later adopted by the framers of the Constitution?
Thomas Hobbes
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
John Locke
Baron de Montesquieu
François-Marie Arouet
8. According to Thomas Paine's Common Sense, ________ was the only option that would ensure American liberty and religious freedom.
war
parliamentary representation
civil disobedience
popular protest
diplomacy
9.In September 1774, all colonies sent delegates to the First Continental Congress