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Early Forms of Government Answers

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Which best describes how the Mayflower Compact reflected the Greek idea of the polis, or self-governing city-state?

A
It stated that the colonists would remain loyal subjects to the king of England.
B
It granted all colonists an equal say in the creation of the new government.
C
It outlined how the colonists would break apart into several smaller societies.
D
It allowed colonists the ability to make and pass laws for the good of the colony.
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Why did the nation’s leaders decide that the Articles of Confederation needed to be replaced with a new constitution?

A
to end taxation by the central government
B
to unite in independence against Britain
C
to fix weaknesses in the central government
D
to provide more power to individual states
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How does a confederation differ from a federation?

A
A confederation has a strong balance of power, while a federation gives all power to the central government.
B
A confederation gives all power to the central government, while a federation has no balance of power.
C
A confederation is a strong union between states, while a federation has no balance of power.
D
A confederation is a weak union between states, while a federation has a strong balance of power.
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Read the excerpt from the Mayflower Compact.[We] combine ourselves together into a civill Body . . . for our better Ordering and Preservation . . . [to] frame, such just and equall Laws . . . for the Generall Good of the Colonie.–Mayflower Compact

A
They did not come together to create a government.
B
They did not write laws that protected everyone in the colony.
C
They did not create an orderly community within the colony.
D
They did not form a civil body that could preserve the colony.
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Read the scenario.Martha is an enslaved African woman on a Virginia plantation. The plantation is owned by a man who serves in the House of Burgesses. The House of Burgesses has passed several laws meant to control enslaved African people.

A
They passed laws that were for the good of everyone.
B
They passed laws that made it easier to purchase land.
C
They passed laws that denied some groups their basic human rights.
D
They passed laws that made owning private property illegal.
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Why were laws unable to be maintained under the Articles of Confederation?

A
There was no chief executive.
B
The chief executive had too little power.
C
The chief executive had too much power.
D
The legislature disagreed with the chief executive.
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How did town meetings encourage civic participation?

A
They made the laws for the entire colony.
B
They provided a form of representative democracy for the colony.
C
They gave people in the colony the opportunity to vote in national elections.
D
They gave people in the colony the opportunity to discuss important community topics.
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Read the excerpt from the congressional resolution.Whereas the confederation of the original Thirteen Colonies into one republic was influenced by the political system developed by the Iroquois Confederacy as were many of the democratic principles which were incorporated into the Constitution itself . . .(1) the Congress, on the occasion of the two hundredth anniversary of the signing of the United States Constitution, acknowledges the contribution made by the Iroquois Confederacy and other Indian Nations to the formation and development of the United States–House Concurrent Resolution 331, October 21, 1988

A
the influence and contributions of the Iroquois Confederacy
B
the formation and development of the United States
C
the organization of the 13 colonies into a confederation
D
the two hundredth anniversary of the signing of the US Constitution
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What is one reason the United States could not pay its debts under the Articles of Confederation?

A
The articles limited the type of taxes the central government could collect.
B
The articles gave the central government no power to collect taxes.
C
The articles required the central government to give tax money to the states.
D
The articles weakened the power of state governments to collect taxes.
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Which constitution governed the Iroquois Confederacy?

A
the Magna Carta
B
the Articles of Confederation
C
the Great Law of Peace
D
the Mayflower Compact

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