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By making sure the British officers got a fair trial, Adams upheld which cornerstone of English law?
a) no quartering of soldiers in homes
b) no martial law in times of peace
c) the right to petition the Crown
d) the right to due process

A difference between the Virginia and New Jersey was concerned with which topic?
a) the way States would be represented in Congress
b) the way a judiciary would be formed
c) the way the government would raise money
d) the way Congress would legislate power

Which of the following are considered to have contributed the MOST to creating the Constitution?
a) Patrick Henry and John Adams
b) James Wilson and James Madison
c) Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Paine
d) Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton

Which of the following did all of the first State constitutions have in common?
a) military rule, separation of power, checks and balances
b) limited government, absolute power, checks and balances
c) limited government, separation of power, checks and balances
d) separation of power, limited government, unicameral legislatures

Which of the following actions by the Second Continental Congress shows John Jay's influence?
a) The Second Continental Congress drafted the Articles of Confederation.
b) The Olive Branch petition was written, signed, and sent to King George III.
c) The Second Continental Congress created the continental army.
d) George Washington was appointed commander-in-chief of the army.

Laws passed by the legislatures in the royal colonies had to be approved by the governor and the Crown. This went AGAINST which of the following basic concepts of government?
a) ordered government
b) royal government
c) limited government
d) charter government

The Magna Carta established the idea that
a) a monarch's power was not absolute.
b) privileged classes were entitled to more rights.
c) monarchs had the right to make arbitrary laws.
d) a subject's right to trial by jury was not guaranteed.

Which of the following is MOST directly related to the idea that government should be restricted in what it can do?
a) representative government
b) ordered government
c) limited government
d) colonial government

The colonists built their governments based on customs and ideas borrowed from England and early civilizations, including unwritten, judge-made law developed over centuries. This type of law is known as
a) constitutionalism.
b) common law.
c) Hammurabi's Code.
d) the rule of law.

Which of the following was another way the colonists protested against British policies?
a) Declaration of Rights and Grievances
b) First Continental Congress
c) Albany Congress
d) Boston Massacre

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