AP Government
Reading
Chapter 2
1) What were the three “unalienable” rights listed by Thomas Jefferson in the Declaration
of Independence?
2) Identify two major problems with the Articles of Confederation.
3) What was the major significance of Shay’s Rebellion on the formation of a new
Government?
4) What was the key difference between the VA and NJ plans?
5) What is a republic?
6) How does a system of separation of powers limit the power of government?
7) What is federalism? How does it differ from a Confederation?
8) What is a faction, why were the framers afraid of them?
9) What was essential for the Anti-Federalists? What would it take for them to ratify the
Constitution?
10) What is the process to make a Formal Amendment to the Constitution?