Section 1
What were the states called back when they were part of Britain?
colonies
What is it called when you have to pay taxes but you don't have representation in the government? (three words)
taxation without representation
Name one problem that states or the federal government had after the Revolutionary War
states not cooperating with each other, states refusing to give troops or money to the federal government, states fighting about taxes, prices going up, loans hard to get, people fell into debt, federal government had debt from the war
What were the people called who met to create the Constitution?
Framers
Who was elected president at the Constitutional Convention?
George Washington
How many colonies were there at the time of independence?
13
Britain needed money to pay their debt from war. What did they do to make that money that upset the colonists?
taxes
What was the name of the first government in the United States?
Hint: Three words, it was replaced later by the US Constitution
Articles of Confederation
Which plan favored large states by basing Congressional representation on state population?
Hint: New Jersery or Virginia?
Which compromise allowed states to count enslaved people as part of their population when deciding how many representatives states should have?
Hint: Connecticut Compromise, 3/5s Compromise, or Commerce and Slave Trade Compromise
Three-Fifths Compromise
What type of colony was the most free -- royal, proprietary, or charter?
charter
What is it called when people refuse to buy something as a form of protest?
boycott
Name one power Congress was supposed to have under the Articles of Confederation.
make war and peace, agree to treaties with other countries, borrow money, set up a national currency, settle disputes between states
Which plan favored smaller states by having the same number of representatives in Congress for each state, regardless of size?
Hint: New Jersery or Virginia?
New Jersey Plan
What were the people called who supported ratification of the Constitution?
Hint: Federalists or Anti-Federalists?
Federalists
The landmark documents from England were all created to limit the power of who?
the king
Who suggested the Albany Plan of Union? It was the first attempt to bring the colonies together against Britain.
Benjamin Franklin
What word means formal approval of a proposal? It is the word we use to describe when the states adopted the Articles of Confederation and the Constitution.
ratification or ratify
What was the name of the compromise that created our two parts of Congress -- the Senate with two votes for every state, and the House of Representatives with votes based on state population?
Hint: Connecticut Compromise, 3/5s Compromise, or Commerce and Slave Trade Compromise
Connecticut Compromise
What were the people who opposed the ratification of the Constitution called?
Hint: Federalists or Anti-Federalists?
Anti-federalists
Name 1 of the 3 important documents from England that influenced our government.
Magna Carta
English Bill of Rights
Petition of Right
What was the name of the document adopted at the Second Continental Congress that officially said the United States was its own country Hint: It was adopted on July 4, 1776
Declaration of Independence
Name one reason the Articles of Confederation failed.
The federal government could not tax
The federal government could not enforce laws
Laws needed 9 out of 13 states to be approved
One vote for each state, regardless of size
Which compromise banned taxes on exports?
Hint: Connecticut Compromise, 3/5s Compromise, or Commerce and Slave Trade Compromise
Commerce and Slave Trade Compromise
What did the Anti-Federalists want included in the Constitution to protect basic freedoms?