This document provides a study guide for a U.S. Government Chapter 2 test that covers topics such as the Magna Carta, English Bill of Rights, social contract theory, forms of colonial government, the French and Indian War, acts leading up to the American Revolution, key figures of the Revolutionary period, the Declaration of Independence, weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation, debates at the Constitutional Convention, and compromises that were made. The study guide instructs students to use their notes, textbook, and class PowerPoints to explain each topic in preparation for the test.

1. U.S. Government Ch. 2 Study Guide
*Due Thursday Feb. 2nd
for 5 points extra credit on Ch. 2 Test*
The following is a list of topics that will be covered on the test. Use your notes, your
book, and the PowerPoints posted on the Facebook page (Ms. Allen’s U.S. Government
Class) to provide a brief explanation of each topic.
Section 1
Significance of the Magna Carta
Limited Government
Petition of Right
English Bill of Rights
English Parliament (House of Lords and House of Commons)
Two Treatises of Government
John Locke
Social Contact Theory
Forms of government in the colonies before 1750
Mayflower Compact
Great Fundamentals
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
Virginia House of Burgesses
Charles- Louis Montesquieu
Separation of Powers
Section 2
The French and Indian War
Who fought in it?
Who won?
What were the consequences?
Stamp Act
Tea Tax
Boston Tea Party
Intolerable Acts
The First Continental Congress
Embargo
Lexington and Concord
Second Continental Congress
Thomas Paine, Samuel Adams, and Richard Henry Lee
The Declaration of Independence
Who wrote it?
What philosophers influenced it?
What are the 3 parts?
Section 3
The Articles of Confederation
Weaknesses and Achievements

2. Northwest Ordinance
Daniel Shays
Shays Rebellion
Strength of Government under the Articles of Confederation
U.S. debt after the Revolutionary War
Section 4
The Constitutional Convention
The Virginia Plan
The New Jersey Plan
The Connecticut Compromise
Small states vs. large states
The Three-Fifths Compromise
Northern states vs. southern states
Commerce and Slave Trade Compromise
Question of Slavery
Electoral College Compromise
Federalists
Anti-Federalists
Patrick Henry
Promise of a Bill of Rights
The Federalist Papers
Alexander Hamilton
James Madison
John Jay
George Washington