Problem
1) What are the four theories on how a state develops? (which one did I say we are closely associated with)
2) What is natural law?
3) What did the Founding Fathers think about natural law vs man made law?
4) What are unalienable rights?
5) How did Montesquieu influence the writing of the Constitution?
6) The philosophies of what time period influenced our founding? (ex. Renaissance, Enlightenment, Reformation)
7) What is Republicanism?
8) Which Founding Father argued for a strong central authority at a Constitutional Convention?
9) Who wrote "Second Treatises on Government" and what does Chapter 2 "Of the State of Nature" talk about?
10) Which individual was noted for systemizing English common law and influenced our early founders?
11) What are the details of the New Jersey and Virginia Plan and what compromise resulted from them? (details)
12) What compromise happened as a result of the House of Representative being set up by popular representation?
13) Which Founding Father was a principal author of the Constitution and favored a centralized government?
14) Which Founding Father demanded the Constitution describe the rights of the states and individuals?
15) Why is a written Constitution important to limit governments?
16) Which groups or kinds of states benefitted from the New Jersey Plan/Virginia Plan?
17) What are the principles of the Constitution?
18) Why did the Framers write, "...to form a more perfect union?"
19) What principles are reflected in the founding documents?
20) What method was most frequently used to amend the Constitution?
21) What did the Founding Fathers add or adopt that showed their belief in individual rights?
22) What were some of the reasons the 1 st Amendment was written?
23) Why did the Founding Fathers feel the need to ensure religious freedom in the 1 st Amendment?
24) What are the powers that only the state has, only the federal has and that they share? (chart on pg. 96)
25) Why did the Founding Fathers choose a federal system of government?
26) What are the different checks and balances listed on pg. 94?
27) What are the characteristics of a Constitutional Republic vs Absolute Monarchy vs Unitary System?
28) How do the federal and state governments limit their own powers?
29) What are the natural rights listed in the Declaration of Independence?
30) What is a fundamental principle of government necessary to protect individual rights?
31) What are the different systems of government? (ex. unitary, confederate...)
32) Which of the systems you found from #31 are able to hold leaders most accountable?
33) What is an advantage of a unitary system?
34) What are the Bill of Rights? (Know details about each amendment)
35) What is the Engel v. Vitale case about and what does it have to do with the 1 st Amendment?