Vocab
A system in which the power of the government is restricted, not absolute:
What is a limited government?
North American conflict in a larger imperial war between Great Britain and France known as the Seven Years' War:
What was the French & Indian War?
This was Shays Rebellion:
What was an armed uprising by Massachusetts farmers who could not pay their debts?
Convention in Philadelphia (1787) of representatives from each of the former Colonies, except Rhode Island, at which the Constitution of the United States was framed:
What was the Constitutional Convention?
Published in 1776 by Thomas Paine, this pamphlet challenged the authority of the British government and the royal monarchy:
What was "Common Sense"?
This is a bicameral legislature:
What is a legislative body having two branches or chambers?
According to John Locke, what fundamental element made government legitimate:
What is consent of the governed or people?
This was Thomas Jefferson:
Who was a spokesman for democracy, an American Founding Father, the principal author of the Declaration of Independence, and the third President of the United States?
Compromise that solved the problems presented in the New Jersey & Virginia Plans:
What was the Connecticut Compromise?
As of September 8th, this artist has the #1 song on the Billboard Hot 100:
Who is Zach Bryan?
Act declaring the rights and liberties of the subject and settling the succession of the British crown:
What were the English Bill of Rights?
Describe three practices established by colonial governments that became a basic part of our system of government:
What were:
a) separation of powers
b) representative government
c) written constitution?
American general and political leader: 1st president of the United States:
Who was George Washington?
What issue did the delegates at the Constitutional Convention refuse to settle:
What was slavery?
Which movie produced more in sales:
Barbie or Oppenheimer:
What is Barbie at $1.38 Billion?
Oppenheimer- $853 Million
These were the Federalist Papers:
What were a series of eighty-five essays considered a classic defense of the American system of government, as well as a classic practical application of political principles?
Name four tasks accomplished by the Second Continental Congress:
What were:
Acted as a central government
Organized an army and navy.
Issued money to pay for a war.
Named George Washington as commander of army.
Purchased supplies.
Negotiated treaties.
Rallied support for colonists cause?
Three key problems with the Articles of Confederation:
What were:
No executive
No court system
No power to tax
No power to enforce laws
No power to regulate trade?
Name of the proposal made by states with large populations and what were the key elements of the proposal:
What was:
Virginia Plan
Strong Congress with 2 chambers, lower one elected by people and upper chosen by lower.
Strong president to be chosen by Congress.
Judiciary to be chosen by Congress?
Elon Musk is known for being the founder of what car brand?
What is Tesla?
The founding document of the United States was approved by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, and announced the separation of 13 North American British colonies from Great Britain:
What is the Declaration of Independence?
Three key ideas found in the English Bill of Rights:
What are:
Monarch must rule with consent of governed
Monarch must have Parliament’s consent to suspend laws, levy taxes, or maintain army
Monarch may not interfere with elections or debates, people have right to petition government, fair and speedy trials bby juries of peers, no cruel and unusual punishment, no excessive fines or bail?
There were many problems with the Articles of Confederation. Nevertheless, there were some accomplishments by the government under the Articles. Name three of them:
What were:
Established fair policy for development of western lands.
Concluded peace treaty with Great Britain.
Established departments of Fireign Affairs, War, Marine, & Treasury.
Provided that states recognize legal acts of other states and treat one another’s citizens without discrimination?
Name of the proposal made by states with small populations and what were the key elements of the proposal:
What was:
New Jersey Plan
Unicameral Congress elected by the states (not the people) with one vote for each state.
Retained basics of Articles of Confederation
Limited judiciary selected by the Congress?
This craze brought much fear to the public during the two-year period of 2016-2017 where makeup-laced individuals wielded weapons towards the public:
What was the scary/crazy clown trend?