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Which principle of democracy restricts the power of rulers so that it is not absolute?
a) Limited Government
b) checks and balances
c) separation of powers
d) representative government

Which Social contract theorist who believed in absolute monarchs?
a) Hobbes
b) Locke
c) Montesquieu
d) Rousseau

Who wrote the declaration of independence ?
a) Benjamin Franklin
b) John Adams
c) John Locke
d) Thomas Jefferson

What was the 1st document in English history to limit power of the monarch?
a) declaration of Independence
b) Magna Carta
c) Petition of Right
d) English Bill of Rights

What was the first plan for self-government in the American colonies?
a) Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
b) Declaration of Independence
c) Magna Carta
d) Mayflower Compact

What is a division of power within one level of government called?
a) federalism
b) checks and balances
c) limited government
d) separation of powers

Which of the following is NOT one of the three things that Colonial gov'ts had in common?
a) Written Constitutions
b) Elected Legislatures
c) House of Burgesses
d) Separation of Powers

Who wrote about the Natural rights of Life, liberty, and property?
a) Locke
b) Montesquieu
c) Hobbes
d) Hobbes

Which theorist said if rulers break the contract, people can choose another set of rulers?
a) Rousseau
b) Hobbes
c) Locke
d) Montesquieu

What was the the first elected legislature in the American colonies ?
a) 1st Continental Congress
b) 2nd Continental Congress
c) Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
d) House of Burgesses

What was the First constitution in the American colonies?
a) Declaration of Independence
b) Albany Plan of Union
c) Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
d) Mayflower Compact

What was the 3rd document from England that limited the power of the monarch by requiring consent for armies?
a) English Bill of Rights
b) petition of right
c) Magna Carta
d) Declaration of Independence

Which Which document, written in 1776, formally declared our intent to break away from England?
a) Preamble
b) Declaration of Independence
c) Albany Plan of Union
d) Articles of Confederation

Which Political theorist Stressed the need for Need for Separation of Powers?
a) Montesquieu
b) Locke
c) Hobbes
d) Rousseau

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