Which acts were designed to punish the colonists of Massachusetts and scare the other colonies?
What is the Intoerable Acts/ Corecive Acts
100
What was the purpose of the Articles of Confederation
What is to establish the first plan for government
100
What was the result of this convention
What is it created the United States Constitution
100
They favored ratification of the Constitution
Who are the Federalists
100
Called for a unicameral legislature in which each state has one vote?
What is the New Jersey Plan
200
Colonists had to provide housing to British soldiers under which Act?
What is the Quartering Act
200
How did the Americans' experience under British rule influence the form of government they established under the Articles of Confederation?
What is the new central government was not able to tax the citizens as the British government had tried to do
200
Why did the framers ultimately decide to replace the Articles of Confederation, instead of fixing them
What is the government created under the Articles was to weak, to solve the many issues facing the country
200
They opposed ratification of the Constitution
Who are the anti-Federalists
200
The Original name given to the Great Compromise
What is the Connecticut Compromise
300
A colonial protest against the Tea Act of 1773, became known as?
What is the Boston Tea Party
300
What group wrote the Articles of Confederation?
What is the Continental Congress (the 2nd Continental Congress)
300
Who did the delegates elect to perside over the convention?
Who is George Washington
300
Widely read arguments that argued in favor of the Constitution and was written by James Madison.
What are the Federalists Papers
300
What was the purpose of the 3/5 Compromise
What is to solve the issue of slavery for representation purposes
400
The Tea Act of 1773 required colonists to do what?
What is buy tea from the East India Trading Company
400
How many states did it take to amend/change the Articles of Confederation?
What is 13 states
400
Where did the convention meet?
What is Independence Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
400
The first state to ratify the Constitution on December 7, 1787
What is Delaware
400
The number of states required to ratify the Constitution
What is 9 out of 13
500
What did the Second Continental Congress do when they met?
What is the drafted the Declaration of Independence and created a Continental Army
500
Why were the Articles of Confederation ultimately replaced?
What is the need for a stronger central government that created an executive branch to enforce laws, a judicial branch to interpret the laws, and gave Congress the power to tax
500
What two plans did the Great Compromise solve?
What is the Virginia Plan and the New Jersey Plan
500
The antit- Federalists refused to ratify the Constitution until this was included.
What is the Bill of Rights, or a list of rights guaranteed to citizens that could not be taken away by the government
500
The plan originally favored by larger states for determining representation based of off population?