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The philosopher whose ideas of natural rights were incorporated in the Declaration of Independence
Who is John Locke?
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The war the colonists were forced to fund.
What is the French & Indian War?
100
The AOC weakness highlighted by Shay's Rebellion
What is no power to levy taxes?
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Allowed the southern states to count a portion of their enslaved population to increase their representation in Congress.
What is the Three-fifths Compromise?
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The concept of government that would be most reflected in the Bill of Rights
What is limited government?
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This document was the first to limit the powers of government
What is the Magna Carta?
200
The reason for growing tensions between Great Britain and the colonies.
"Taxation without representation"
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Appropriate phrase to repace the question mark in this picture.
What is 'Weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation"?
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This group of people supported the Constitution in its current form and wanted a strong central government
Who are the Federalists?
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“Our country is too large to have all affairs directed by a single government.”
-A quote from a ___________
Who is an Antifederalist?
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"We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America."
What is the Preamble to the U.S.Constitution?
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The message conveyed in this political cartoon
The parts of the snake represent the colonies, which were divided. The message is that they needed to unite in opposition to Britain.
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The reason the colonists wanted a weak central government under the AOC.
What is they had revolted against a tyrannical British king?
300
The addition of this addressed Antifederalist concerns of an unlimited government
What is the Bill of Rights?
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“No reasonable man would want to establish a government that is unfriendly to the liberty of the people. Do not assume, gentlemen, that the advocates of this Constitution are motivated by their ambition. It is an unjust and uncharitable view. ”
Quote from a ___________.
Who is a Federalist?
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"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government"
What is the Declaration of Independence?
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The Intolerable Acts were enacted as a result of this event
What is the Boston Tea Party?
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The result of no national court system
What is there was no way to settle disputes between states?
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Favored by small states, this plan called for equal representation in Congress
What is the New Jersey Plan?
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“The said States hereby severally enter into a firm league of friendship with each other, for their common defense, the security of their liberties, and their mutual and general welfare, binding themselves to assist each other"
What is the Articles of Confederation?
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This document was the first example of self-government in the New World, based on the idea of a social contract
What is the Mayflower Compact?
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The significance of the Stamp Act Congress
What is the first time most of the colonies were united in opposition to British policies?
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A power Congress had under the Articles of Confederation
What is: Pass laws, Declare war, Borrow money, Establish post offices?
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The solution provided by the Great Compromise (be specific).
Bicameral legislature; House of Representatives based on population and Senate based on equal representation
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The protection offered here:
“No free man shall be seized or imprisoned, or stripped of his rights or possessions......except by the lawful judgment of his equals or by the law of the land.” —Magna Carta, Clause 39, 1215
What is due process?