What is a government in which citizens rule through their elected representatives.
100
Amendment 1?
What is Religious and Political Freedom
100
Biggest weakness in the articles of confederation
What is could not tax
100
Who wrote the Constitution
Who is Thomas Jefferson
100
General of Continental Army
Who is George Washington
200
republicanism
What is the idea that governments should be based on th consent of the people
200
Amendment 4
What is Search and Seizure
200
This ordinance passed is 1787 defined the requirements for a territory to become a state
What is the North West Ordinance
200
This plan for a new government was proposed by James Madison and called for there to be 3 branches, a 2-house congress, and representation to be based on population
What is the "Virginia Plan"
200
How many terms the first president served?
What is 2
300
Bill of Rights
What is first ten amendments
300
What does quartering troops mean
What is Housing troops
300
The uprising in Massachusetts by a group of farmers
What is Shays rebellion
300
What is the term for the first 10 amendments to the constitution
What is the Bill of Rights
300
Supported a strong national government led by Alexander Hamilton and John Adams
What is Federalists
400
Land Ordinance of 1785
What is A plan for surveying the land
400
When was it ratified?
What is December 15, 1791
400
This compromise settled the issue at the Constitutional Convention of how slaves would count towards population in the states
What is the 3/5 compromise
400
This Constitutional amendment guarantees our right to a speedy public trial and jury trial
What is the 6th Amendment
400
The Supreme Court case established the principle of "Judicial Review"
What is Marbury vs. Madison
500
Official Approval
What is Ratification
500
First 10 Amendments
What is Bill of Rights
500
How long did the Article of Confederation last
What is 8 years
500
These are the 5 freedoms guaranteed to Americans under the 1st amendment
What is "Speech, press, religion, assembly, and petition"
500
Whose signature was the biggest on the Constitution