1. Look at the chart, "Legal Guarantees," and summarize the three basic principles of the Magna Carta.

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2. Summarize the protections guaranteed under English Common Law.

3. What rights were guaranteed under the English Bill of Rights?

4. From the reading, why is 1492 an important date in United States History?

5. Why did English businessmen think an American colony would be a good investment?

6. Define Joint Stock Company.

7. Define charter.

8. When and where did the English establish their first permanent colony in the Americas?

9. Why was the Virginia Charter important to individual British colonists?

10. Define pilgrim.

11. Why do you think the colonists thought they needed to establish local and colonial governments?

12. Explain the mercantile system. (Glossary)

13. According to the colonists, why was taxation by the king or parliament illegal?

14. Who is Sam Adams?

15. What was the purpose of the Committees of Correspondence?

16. From your knowledge, give at least one reason the colonists opposed quartering soldiers.

17. What was the purpose of the Boston Tea Party?

18. What action did the First Continental Congress take to try to avoid war?

19. Why are the Battles of Lexington and Concord significant in U.S. History?

20. What does the poet really mean by the phrase, "The shot heard 'round the world."

21. What was the purpose of a document of separation?

22. Define social contract.

23. Who is the author of the Declaration of Independence?

24. What two principles, according to Jefferson, give individuals the rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness?

25. From your knowledge, why did the British consider the men who signed the Declaration of Independence traitors?

26. Who was selected to command the Continental Army?

27. Benjamin Franklin did not fight in the Revolution, but he played a critical role in the patriots' victory. Why is Franklin important to the success of the Revolution?

28. Why is the Frenchman, the Marquee de Lafayette considered a hero of the American Revolution?

29. Why is the Battle of Saratoga considered the "turning point" in the war?

30. Define alliance

31. Why is the Battle of Yorktown important?

32. List two major British concessions in the treaty of Paris 1781.

33. Under the Articles of Confederation, what were the primary functions of the Congress of the Confederation?

34. List three weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation.

35. Why were the actions of individual states unrestricted under the Articles of Confederation?

36. Why did Washington and Hamilton think a meeting of the states was important?

37. What was the purpose of the meeting at Philadelphia in May 1787?

38. What did Edmond Randolph propose?

39. How are powers geographically divided in a federal government?

40. List the three branches of the U.S. national government.

41. From your knowledge, why are checks and balances important?

42. According the Virginia Plan (big states) how would the congressional representation for each state be determined?

43. Explain the New Jersey Plan (small states).

44. Explain how the Connecticut Compromise combined the Virginia and New Jersey Plans.

45. Can a law be passed without the consent of the Senate?

46. Explain the 3/5's Compromise.

47. How often must a census be conducted?

48. What is a census?

49. From your knowledge, when and why would the number of a state’s representatives in the House of Representatives change?

50. Why did the Southern states insist on the Commerce and Trade Compromise?

51. Who is regarded as the "Author of the Constitution?"

52. What action had to occur before the Constitution became the "Law of the Land."

53. Define sovereignty

54. Give two reasons the Anti-federalists opposed the Constitution.

55. Who authored the Federalists Papers?

56. Why is Federalist Paper 10 important?

57. Why was Jefferson absent from the Constitutional Convention?

58. What did Jefferson want added to the Constitution?

59. What promise did the Federalists make in order to gain ratification from New York and Virginia?

60. Where was the first capital of the U.S. located?

61. What body elects the President?

62. Who was the first president of the United States?

63. What was the second U.S. capital city?

64. According to legend: Hamilton wanted the federal government to assume the states’ war debts. Jefferson was prepared to oppose the idea, but they made a deal. Hamilton agreed to support Jefferson’s proposal to locate the permanent capital between Maryland and Virginia, provided Jefferson supported the assumption of the debts. Washington, District of Columbia is not located in a state, but it is located on land donated by Virginia and Maryland. When was the U.S. capital moved to its permanent location, Washington, D.C.?