A principle saying the government can only do what the people allow it to
What is Limited Government
100
the first government the United States had
What is the Articles of Confederation
100
The place where delegates met to fix the Articles of Confederation. They later made a new constitution.
What is Independence Hall
100
A compromise saying that slaves count as 3/5 of a person when it comes to population
What is the 3/5 compromise
200
the first ten amendments to the constitution
What is the Bill of Rights
200
An idea to split up the powers of the federal government into three branches
What is separation of powers
200
An ordinance set up for surveying western land
What is the Ordinance of 1785
200
A plan to have a federal government with a president, courts and a two branch congress based on population.
What is the Virginia Plan
200
A compromise mixing the Virginia Plan and the New Jersey plan to make a three branch government and a two branch legislative branch based on population in one and equal votes in the other
What is the Great Compromise
300
27 amendments
What is the amount of amendments in the constitution
300
the people's right to rule
What is Popular Sovereingty
300
An ordinance that described how territories could become states
What is the Northwest Ordinance
300
A plan to have a one branch congress where every state got one vote and congress could set taxes and regulate trade
What is the New Jersey plan
300
A Bill of Rights
What is the thing added to the constitution convincing most anti-federalists to like the new constitution
400
A 2/3 vote by all of the state legislatures or a 2/3 vote of both houses in congress
What is the way the amendment process gets started
400
A principle that gives the branches of the government power to limit the other branches power.
What is checks and balances
400
Congress wasn't able to enforce laws
What is a weakness of the Articles of Confederation
400
one vote per state
What is the amount of votes each state got at the Constitutional Convention
400
A group of people named by each state legislator to choose the president and the vice president.
What is the Electoral college
500
3/4 of the states legislatures vote for it
What is a way the constitution can be ratified
500
Power shared by the state and federal governments
What is federalism
500
An uprising led by a farmer because farmers' land was being taken away because they couldn't pay the heavy state taxing
What is Shay's Rebellion
500
Native Americans, African Americans and women
What is the group of people not allowed in the continental congress
500
Congress could regulate trade but not tax exports or ban slave trade for 20 years