7TH GRADE CIVICS EOC REVIEW 2024 QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS ALREADY PASSED AND VERIFIED

Baron De Montesquieu - CORRECT ANSWER View "separation of power" Founding Fathers used his views when writing the Constitution. He described the separation of political power among a legislature, an executive, and a judiciary John Locke - CORRECT ANSWER He wrote that government is morally obligat-ed to serve people, namely by protecting their natural rights of life, liberty, and property. Think-Declaration of Independence John Locke "Social Contract" - CORRECT ANSWER A social contract is the be-lief that the state only exists to serve the will of the people. He believed when government violates individual rights, people were obligated to re-bel. Think - Declaration of Independence/American Revolution Magna Carta (1215) - CORRECT ANSWER First document to limit the powers of the king - signed in 1215. Citizens could not be deprived of life, liberty or property without a lawful judgment of their peers or by law of the land. Represented by the fifth amendment. English Bill of Rights (1689) - CORRECT ANSWER Established freedom from taxation without representation, outlawed cruel and unusual punishment, guaranteed the right to bear arms, and many other rights. Many of these same rights are included in the U.S. Constitution. Mayflower Compact (1620) - CORRECT ANSWER First document to establish self-government in the colonies. Signed before the passengers left the ship, The Mayflower, to settle in Plymouth Colony. Common Sense (Thomas Paine) - CORRECT ANSWER Pamphlet encouraging colonists to demand their rights as citizens and support independence for the colo-nies. Ideas are echoed in the Declaration of Independence. Self-Government - CORRECT ANSWER Government or control of a country by its own members rather than by members of a different country. Declaration of Independence - CORRECT ANSWER Statement of American ide-als -role of government is to protect their natural rights (life, liberty, pursuit of hap-piness) - adopted July 4, 1776. Also listed grievances against the king. Colonists were angry over being taxed with-out their consent (no taxation without representation). Assent - CORRECT ANSWER Official approval or agreement Tyranny - CORRECT ANSWER Cruel and oppressive government or rule. Shay's Rebellion (1787) - CORRECT ANSWER Protests by Massachusetts farm-ers over tax collections and judgments for debt. State militia crushed the rebels. Alarmed politicians - cited as a reason to revise or replace the Articles of Confedera-tion.