Unit 1 Study Guide



Unit 1 Study Guide

Foundations of Government

Civics and Economics

North Carolina Standard Course of Study

Unit 1: Foundations of American Government- The learner will investigate the foundations of the American political system and explore basic values and principles of American democracy.

Objectives

1.01 Describe how geographic diversity influenced economic, social, and political life in colonial North America.

1.02 Trace and analyze the development of ideas about self-government in British North America.

1.03 Examine the causes of the American Revolution.

1.04 Elaborate on the emergence of an American identity.

1.05 Identify the major domestic problems of the nation under the Articles of Confederation and assess the extent to which they were resolved by the new Constitution.

1.06 Compare viewpoints about government in the Federalist and the Anti-Federalist Papers.

1.07 Evaluate the extent to which the Bill of Rights extended the Constitution.

1.08 Compare the American system of government to other forms of government.

Textbook Chapters

Chapters 1, 2, and Chapter 3 Sections 1 and 2

Pages 6-78

Key Terms

Citizenship Parliament Triangular Trade Revolutionary War

House of Burgesses Dictatorship Quartering Act Constitution

George Washington Social Contract New Jersey Plan Democracy

3/5th Compromise Aristocracy Boston Tea Party Immigrant

Indentured Servant 1st Continental Congress Proclamation of 1763 Bicameral

Federalist Representative Democracy Thomas Jefferson Magna Carta

Northwest Ordinance Proprietary Colony Government French and Indian War

Charter Common Law Stamp Act Boston Massacre

Naturalization Plantation Mercantilism Electoral College

Middle Colonies Popular Sovereignty Oligarchy Puritans

King George III Direct Democracy Great Compromise Shay’s Rebellion

Declaration of Independence Joint Stock Company Pilgrims Treaty of Paris

Colony Totalitarianism Articles of Confederation Theocracy

Social Contract Alien Royal Colony Delegates

Mayflower Compact Coercive Acts Constitutional Convention Precedent

Natural Rights Republic Limited Monarchy Citizen

2nd Continental Congress Civics New England Legislature

Anarchy Virginia Plan July 4 1776 Monarchy

Antifederalist Ratified

Important Dates

Unit 1 Quiz 1:

Unit 1 Quiz 2:

Unit 1 Test:

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