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Vocabulary
100
New Hampshire
What colony was the first to establish themselves as a state?
100
10 years
How many years did it take for the framers to decide that the Articles was to weak and that they needed a stronger government?
100
To state why we need a government.
What is the purpose of the preamble?
100
Popular Soveregnity, Limited Government and Rule of Law,Seperation of Powers, Checks and Balances and Federalism
Name the five beliefs of our government.
100
Bicameral
A legislature consisting of two parts or houses
200
The Decloration of Independence
The new state governments were based off of ideas found in what
200
55
How many men were present at the convention where the new government was made
200
7
How mnay articles are there in the constitution?
200
People rule
What is popular soveregnity?
200
Confederation
A group of individulas or state governments
300
The Articles of Confederation
Americas first government was called...
300
James Madison
Who kept detailed notes at the Constitutional Convention?
300
The Bill of Rights
What are the first 10 amendments to the constitution called?
300
The goverment can only do what the people allow it to do, law applies to everyone
What is limited government and rule of law?
300
Ratify
To vote approval of
400
1781
In what year did all 13 states ratify the Articles?
400
How slaves were counted towards poulation in congress
What was the three fifths compromise?
400
6
How many purposes (beliefs) of the govermnet does the preamble state
400
Power given to the state and federal governments
What is federalism
400
Reserved Powers
Power only that the states have
500
Shays Rebellion
What caused the framers to rethink the Articles of Confederation?
500
The Connecticut Compromsie
What was another name for the Great Compromise?
500
The Legislative, Executive, and Judicial branches and their powers
What are the first three articels about
500
3
How many differnet powers do the governments (state and federal) have?
500
Concurrent Powers
Powers shared by the state and federal governmetns
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