In 508 BCE, the Athenian ________________ brought about further constitutional reforms in his city, increasing the powers of the citizen assembly and vesting executive power in a board of 10 elected “generals.”
a. Solon.
b. Cleisthenes.
c. Pericles.
d. Philip II.
b. Cleisthenes.
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Hamiltonian Federalists advocated
a. a preference for promoting agriculture over manufacturing in the United States. b. a strong central grovernment. c. a full-blown democracy. d. strong ties with France. e. a low national debt.
In the Declaratory Act, Parliament
A. relinquished its authority to levy direct taxes on the colonies. B. limited its authority in America to the regulation of trade. C. asserted its authority to levy direct taxes on the colonies. D. left unclear the extent of its authority in America.
Which of the following correctly matches the person with the innovation he invented?
a. Richard Arkwright - spinning jenny b. Samuel Crompton - water frame c. James Hargreaves - cotton gin d. Edmund Cartwright - power loom
__________ has not/have not discouraged legal experts from making claims about what the delegates intended when they wrote the Constitution.
a. Written records of the debates b. The notes of James Madison c. Arguments of originalists d. A lack of hard evidence