Articles of Confederation
Under the Articles of Confederation, rather than most power being held federally, it was held by these.
What is the states?
Rhode Island was the only state that refused do this.
What is attend the Constitutional Convention?
As part of the Great Compromise, the Constitution allows this many Senators from each state.
What is 2?
Thomas Jefferson was the primary author of this document that declared separation of the colonies from Great Britain.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
Citizens upset over banks' foreclosures on farms in Massachusetts led to this event that decisively proved the Federal Government was too weak under the Articles of Confederation.
What was Shays' Rebellion?
The Virginia Plan favored this method for determining state representation in the legislature.
What was the population of the state?
The need for a Bill of Rights was an argument made by this group.
What was the Anti-Federalists?
The 20 year delay in dealing with this issue meant that it was not banned until 1808.
What is the importation of slaves?
James Madison is known as the Father of this.
What is the Constitution?
The Articles of Confederation required all 13 states to ratify this type of legislation.
What was an amendment?
The New Jersey Plan favored this method for determining state representation in the legislature.
What was 1 representative from each state?
A series of essays written to support ratification of the Constitution.
What is the Federalist Papers?
As a provision of the Great Compromise, this part of the legislative branch was based on the population of each state.
What is the House of Representatives?
Roger Sherman proposed this, which likely saved the Constitutional Convention from failure.
What is the Great Compromise?
In Federalist 51, James Madison wrote, "If men were angels" this would not be necessary.
What is government?
The Articles of Confederation required 9 of the 13 states to pass this type of legislation.
What was a law.
September 17 is celebrated each year because it is this Holiday.
What is Constitution Day?
Because they wanted to ensure individual liberties would be protected, Anti-Federalists demanded that the Constitution include this.
What is the Bill of Rights?
The House of Representatives is the only element of Government that is directly controlled by this group.
What is the voters?
This man proudly signed the Declaration of Independence, yet refused to sign the draft of the Constitution because it did not protect individual rights.
What was John Hancock?
The only branch of government laid out in the Articles of Confederation was
What is the Legislative Branch?
The approval of 9 states was required for this.
What is ratification of the Constitution?
Because the Constitution prohibited the government from restricting slave trade for twenty years, this person refused to sign the Constitution.
Who was George Mason?
As an original part of the Constitution (before the 17th Amendment), state legislatures selected these to represent their state in Congress.
Who were Senators?
Because government was prohibited from restricting the importation of slaves for 20 years, this man refused to sign the Constitution.
Who was George Mason?