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2 Foundations of Representative Government Name:___________________________

Pg. 29-31 in EOC Book

1. Whose government did the colonial governments use as a model?

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2. Limited Government: _________________________________________________________________________
3. What must a government based on the Rule of Law obey? ___________________________________________
4. In what year was the Magna Carta written? _______________________________________________________
5. What did the document prevent?
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6. What are the two houses in British Parliament?
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7. What was said in the English Bill of Rights?
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8. These were models for the United States Constitution:
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9. What is common law based on?
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10. What was the Enlightenment?
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11. What is it that John Locke believed?
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12. According to what theory is there a contract between the government and its people?
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13. What are some early examples of representative government in the colonies?
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14. Because of what policy did Americans become accustom to sovereignty?
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15. Who possessed most of the power in colonial governments other than the King?
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16. Who created and passed laws in the colonies? _____________________________________________________