Articles of Confederation
This was the only branch of government that existed under the Articles of Confederation.
What is the legislative branch (Congress)?
This city hosted the Constitutional Convention in 1787.
What is Philadelphia?
This system of government uses elected representatives to rule.
What is a republic?
This group supported ratification of the Constitution.
Who are the Federalists?
This is the minimum age requirement to serve in the House of Representatives.
What is 25?
Under the Articles, each state had this number of votes in Congress.
What is one?
This plan called for representation based on population.
What is the Virginia Plan?
This 1215 document limited the power of the English king.
What is the Magna Carta?
This group opposed the Constitution without added protections for rights.
Who are the Anti-Federalists?
This is the minimum age requirement to serve in the Senate.
What is 30?
This major power was denied to Congress, forcing it to rely on states for money.
What is the power to tax?
This plan proposed equal representation for each state.
What is the New Jersey Plan?
This Enlightenment thinker argued for natural rights like life, liberty, and property.
Who is John Locke?
This set of essays argued in favor of ratifying the Constitution.
What are the Federalist Papers?
This is the minimum age requirement to be President of the United States.
What is 35?
This 1786–1787 uprising exposed the inability of the national government to maintain order.
What is Shays’ Rebellion?
This compromise created a two-house legislature balancing large and small states.
What is the Great (Connecticut) Compromise?
This philosopher promoted dividing government into separate branches.
Who is Montesquieu?
This was the main demand Anti-Federalists required before supporting ratification.
What is a Bill of Rights?
This is the number of senators each state has, regardless of population.
What is 2?
This requirement for changing the Articles made reform nearly impossible.
What is unanimous approval of all 13 states?
This compromise resolved how enslaved people would be accounted for representation and taxation.
What is the Three-Fifths Compromise?
This English document (1689) guaranteed rights such as fair trials and regular elections.
What is the English Bill of Rights?
These three men were the primary authors of the Federalist Papers, written to support ratification of the Constitution.
Who are Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay?
To amend the Constitution, this fraction of states must approve the amendment after Congress proposes it.
What is three-fourths (3/4)?