Colonial America
According to the Declaration of Independence, people have the right to alter or abolish their government if their government violates these.
What are natural rights?
This man was the leader of the Continental Army.
Who is George Washington?
One weakness of the Articles of Confederation was that Congress could not control trade between states. What do we call this?
What is interstate commerce?
The government has 3 branches to ensure that one branch does not bully or dominate the other. These 3 branches include...
What are executive, legislative and judicial?
The trial of this man established the tradition of freedom of speech in the colonies.
Who is John Peter Zenger?
The colonists felt the only people that had the right to tax them were these people.
What are elected representatives?
These are 2 advantages the Patriots had over England during the American Revolution.
What are:
Strong Leadership
The Will to Fight
Homefield Advantage
All Volunteer Troops
This event is a literal turning point in American History. It showed the weakness of the Articles of Confederation and the need for a stronger central government.
What is Shays Rebellion?
This series of 85 essays was published to convince Americans to support the new US Constitution.
What are the Federalist Papers?
This compromise resolved the issue of representation in Congress at the Constitutional Convention.
What is the Great Compromise?
This British economic system placed restrictions on colonial trading.
What is mercantilism?
This pamphlet written by Thomas Paine was important because it convinced many colonists to support the cause of independence.
What is "Common Sense?"
This provision in the Articles of Confederation provided a guide for new territories to apply for statehood.
What is the Northwest Ordinance?
(Name at least 2)
What is
Determination of representation in Congress
Unicameral v Bi-cameral houses
This was included in the US Constitution so that every 10 years representation in Congress would reflect the population in each state.
What is the US Census?
The VA House of Burgesses, the NYS Assembly and the US House of Representatives are all examples of...
What is representative government? (Republic will also be an accepted answer)
Many colonists of the American Revolution like Thomas Paine and Thomas Jefferson were influenced by these types of writers. One of them is John Locke.
What are Enlightenment Writers?
The Articles of Confederation attempted to keep states or federal government stronger?
What are state governments?
"There can be no liberty if the same man or same group has executive, legislative and judicial power." This statement best reflects....
What is
Checks and Balances
Separation of Powers
The fact that state governments cannot coin their own money or make foreign treaties is an example of this system included in the federal giovernment.
What is Federalism?
This was a plan put forth by Benjamin Franklin as a last attempt to reunite the colonies under British control.
What is Albany Plan of Union?
This concept means that people are the only source of government's power.
What is popular sovereignty?
This system defines how ownership of the lands in the Northwest Territory would be legally transferred from the federal government to individuals and states.
What is the Land Ordinance of 1785?
These first 10 Amendments to the Constitution ensured that the Anti-Federalists supported ratification of the US Constitution.
What are the Bill of Rights?
This group of powerful individuals refused to support the ratification of the US Constitution unless this was added to it.
(2 ANSWERS!)
Who are the Anti-Federalists and what was the Bill of Rights?