What is the significance of the House of Burgesses

1
What is the significance of the House of
Burgesses?
2
What is the significance of the Magna Carta?
3
Explain Judicial Review.
4
Why were town meetings important in the American
colonies?
5
What contributions did John Locke give to
American political thought?
6
Explain Civic Virtue.
7
Compare the New England and Southern economy in
colonial North America.
8
Explain Salutary Neglect.
9
What is the significance of the John Peter Zenger
case?
10
How was slavery introduced in the colonies and
why did it take hold in the South?
11
What is the significance of the Mayflower Compact?
12
What is English Common Law and where can we see
its influence on American government?
13
What are Implied Powers and how did McCulloch v.
Maryland extend Implied Powers of Congress?
14
Explain National Supremacy.
15
Why did England change its taxation policies for
the American colonies in the 1760s?
16
Explain the slogan No taxation without
representation.
17
Describe the weaknesses of the first Constitution
of the United States.
18
What was the purpose of Thomas Paines Common
Sense?
19
What are the 4 principles of government in the
Declaration of Independence?
20
What are the names and duties of the three
branches of government?
21
Who contributed the idea of separation of powers
to American political thought?
22
What violent event in Massachusetts caused many
Americans to call for a stronger national
government?
23
What was the name of the meeting in Philadelphia
in 1787 that saw the writing of our present
Constitution?
24
Compare the Virginia and New Jersey plans for the
national legislative branch.
25
Explain the 3/5 Compromise.
26
What reasons did Anti-federalists give for
opposing the new Constitution?
27
What was the purpose of the Federalist Papers?
28
What rights are protected by the 1st Amendment?
29
What rights are protected by the 5th Amendment?
30
Explain how our rights are limited.
31
What is the purpose of government as stated in
the Declaration of Independence?
32
Give an example of speech that is not protected
by the 1st Amendment.
33
What Supreme Court case is known for establishing
the principle of Judicial Review in the national
government?