Fcle Study Guide With Complete Solution.
FCLE STUDY GUIDE WITH COMPLETE SOLUTION. I. American Democracy 1. What form does the US government have? Representative democracy 2. What was one of the main reasons the English colonists came to the New World? The opportunity to make money 3. What right are stated in the Declaration of Independence? Rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness 4. What were the reasons the colonists separated from England? Taxation without representation 5. How did the French and Indian War (1763) affect the colonists? Disputes over subsequent frontier policy Paying the war expenses 6. What was the Virginia House of Burgesses? The first English representative government in North America 7. What are the three branches of the US government? a. Executive Branch Headed by the President and carries out the laws; also includes the Vice President and the Cabinet members b. Legislative Branch The branch that makes the laws; This is the branch the founders gave the most powers to because it is made up of many representatives elected directly by the people. c. Judicial Branch The Branch of government that interprets the law; made up the U.S. Supreme Court and lower federal courts 8. What is the system of checks and balance of the US government? Provides each branch of government with individual powers to check the other branches and prevent any one branch from becoming too powerful. 9. What are the three levels of the US government? Federal State Local.
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