Florida Civic Literacy Exam - Study Guide IRSC

Florida Civic Literacy Exam - Study Guide IRSC What historic document (17th century) created a "civil body politic"? ️Mayflower Compact What was the Magna Carta? ️document that started to limit the power of the king, establish habeas corpus and limit taxation What document did American colonists, protesting the Stamp Act in 1766, claim gave them rights such as "no taxation without representation"? ️British Constitution Americans, especially by the 19th and 20th centuries, claimed what about the Magna Carta? ️the people's reassertion of rights against an oppressive ruler What was Thomas Paine's Common Sense? ️a 47-page pamphlet written by Thomas Paine in 1775 1776 advocating independence from Great Britain to people in the Thirteen Colonies What was the influence of Common Sense? ️inspired American colonists to declare independence from England. What is the Declaration of Independence? ️It is a document that declared independence from Britain and the formation of a new country, the USA. What are the three rights mentioned in the Declaration of Independence? ️Life, Liberty, and Pursuit of Happiness Which of the following was a weakness of the Articles of Confederation? ️Congress did not have the power to regulate foreign and interstate commerce. What did Shay's Rebellion and an economic crisis lead to? ️the Philadelphia Convention of 1787. The Convention elected Washington as its president and ultimately produced the Constitution of the United States. The idea of self-government is in the first three words of the Constitution. What are these words? ️We the people What is the Supreme Law of the Land? ️The constitution What were the 88 essays published in newspaper to support ratification of the Constitution are known as? Who wrote those essays? ️The Federalist Papers, written by Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and James Madison What type of government does the US have? ️representative democracy What is federalism? ️sharing of powers between federal and state governments. What type of economic system does the U.S. have? ️capitalism and a mixed market system In a representative democracy (republic), who is sovereign? ️The people Under the U.S. Constitution, what has the power to declare war, conduct foreign policy, and coin currency? ️Congress Under the U.S. Constitution, what usually has the power to regulate local safety, schools, and gran