The Beginning
What is French, Dutch, Swedish, Swedes, and English?
England's taxes on the colonies with no Parliament reps coined this phrase
What is "taxation without representation"
This was the country's first constitution
What is the Articles of Confederation?
This was the amount of delegates that actually show to Philly at first
What is 55?
This is a national holiday in the Summer celebrating the signing of the DOI
4th of July
The Magna Carta Guarantees This
What is due process of the law and trial by jury?
This act taxed sweets
What is the Sugar Act?
These are three major weaknesses the government faces under the Articles
What is
No power to tax
No power to regulate commerce
No power to force obedience
The *blank* is present we can get policy voted on
what is quorum?
The average of age of the politicians at that time
What is 42?
The Petition Of Right limited this
What is The Kings Power?
England calls the Boston Tea Party and other boycotts this
What is Intolerable Acts?
This means reading and voting something into effect
What is to ratify?
The VA Plan and NJ plan call for these things
What is
3 branches, Bicameral for Va
Nj: unicameral, limited power on trade
This is the amount of Continental Congresses needed to get to a Constitutional convention
What is 2?
The two types of legislative body are these
What is bicameral and unicameral
They by force of circumstance become the nations first national government serving from the DOI to the Articles of Confederation
Who is the Second Continental Congress?
This is the famous delegate from NY in the Constitutional Convention
Who is Hamilton?
This compromise is proposed by Southern delegates to protect agriculture and slave trade
What is the Commerce and Slave Trade Compromise?
This is the total number of Federalist essays
The three types of colonies
What is royal, proprietary, and charter?
The Declaration of Independence was revolutionary because it was founded on this idea rather than divine right or tradition
What is consent of the governed?
This state has the oldest constitution in the country
What is MA?
These are the Anti-Federalists biggest worries
What is the President becoming a monarch, and no BOR?
This President is the only one to be elected unanimously
Who is George Washington?