What is called for representation in Congress by population or by the amount of money given to the central government?

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What is the concept that a government serves the will of the people?
In which part of the government according to the Constitution is the number of representatives based on population?
What is the best definition of bicameral?
Which of the following was a power given to Congress by the Articles of Confederation?

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Agreement that, in Congress, States be represented equally in the Senate and by population in the House	Connecticut Compromise
Those for whom the Constitution reprsented a too powerful central government	Anti-Federalists
Called for representation in Congress by population or by the amount of money given to the central governmnet	Virginia Plan
Statement that Parliament forced the king to sign, declaring that even a monarch must obey the law of the land	Petition of Right
Idea that government should serve the will of the people	Representative Government
Organized by people to whoom the king had made a grant of land available and cojld be settled and goverened in whatever manner thney saw fit	proprietary colonies
First English charter of liberties which included such fundamental rights as trial by jury and due process of law	Magna Carta
Organized action to change opponents' behavior by refusing to buyor sell their goods	Boycott
The colonists organized a boycott of all trade with England, hoping to force the _________ of restrictive laws.	Repeal
Some the 14 colonies were established by _____________. under a grant of authority from the English crown.	Charter
From its one chamber, the ____________ legislature of the Second Continental Congress exercised both legislature and excutive powers.	Unicameral
No one opposed _______ of the Constitution more vehemently than Patrick Henry.	Ratification
The government set up by the Articles of Confederation had________	only a legislative branch, consisting of a unicameral Congress.
The idea that the people have the right to abolish an abusive and unresponsive government was FIRST formally expressed by Americans in the _______	Declaration of Independence
What influenced the Framers in the development of the Constitution?	the Articles of Confederation
Much of the Declaration of Independence consists of __________	complaints of the wrongs done to the colonists
After the Revolutionary War, the National Government	Proved too weak to deal with growing economic and political problems.
Which is included in the Declaration of Independence?	People have certain natural rights, Government can exist only with the people's permisssion, and the people may change or abolish the government.
What did the delegates agree on at the Philadelphia Convention?	to draft a new consitution
The Federalist Papers were written to	win support for the Constitution in New York
A major objective of both Annapolis Convention and the Philidelphia Convention was to ________	Recommend a federal plan for regulating interstate trade
In Benjamin Franklin's opinion, the final Constitution created by the delegates can be best summarized as	as near perfect as possible
Much of the work the framers centered around the proposals that had been set out in	the Virginia Plan
What influenced the Framers in developing the Constitution	British tradition, State Constitutions, and John Locke's Tow Treatises of Government
What issue did the Great Compromise resolve?	reprsentation in the legislature
The objections of the Anti-Federalists can be Best summed up as	a fear that the government would have too much power and the people, too little power
What characteristics of a state did the English colonies possess?	Government, population, and territory
The founders used the ideas of Charles de Montesquieu because they believed that seperation of powers was important in order to _____	prevent the misuse of power
Jean Jacques Rousseau believed that people	would give up some of their freedoms to benefit the majority
What is a basic concept of the Magna Carta?	Ordered Government
The Three-Fifths Compromise resolved the issue of	whether larger states could have more respresenatives in Congress
Why is it ironic that Virginia was one of the last States to ratify the Consitution?	Virginia delegate James Madison contributed more to the document than any other delegate.
When crafting the new Consitution, the Framers drew from their experiences with which of the following?	Their own State governments, the writings of Rousseau and Locke, and the governments of ancient Greece and Rome
Both the Connecticut Compromise (Great Compromise) and the Three-Fifths Compromise were crucial to the states with small populations becasue_______?	without them, the small states wold have carried little weight in the new government
What contributed the most toward the realization that the nation needed a stronger central government?	Economic Issues

What is the concept that a government serves the will of the people?

Popular sovereignty is government based on consent of the people. The government's source of authority is the people, and its power is not legitimate if it disregards the will of the people.

In which part of the government according to the Constitution is the number of representatives based on population?

The House of Representatives is made up of 435 elected members, divided among the 50 states in proportion to their total population.

What is the best definition of bicameral?

A bicameral system describes a government that has a two-house legislative system, such as the House of Representatives and the Senate that make up the U.S. Congress. The word bicameral is derived from the Latin: "bi" (meaning two) and "camera" (meaning chamber).

Which of the following was a power given to Congress by the Articles of Confederation?

Delegates gave the Continental Congress the power to request money from the states and make appropriations, regulating the armed forces, appointing civil servants, and declaring war.

What is called for representation in Congress by population or by the amount of money given to the central government?

What is the concept that a government serves the will of the people?

In which part of the government according to the Constitution is the number of representatives based on population?

What is the best definition of bicameral?

Which of the following was a power given to Congress by the Articles of Confederation?

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