A
The Idea that Government is not all powerful
a. Representative Government
b. Limited Government
c. Bill of Rights
D. 2nd Continental Congress
b. Limited Government
Constitutional amendments that protected individual freedoms
a. Representative Government
b. Limited Government
c. Bill of Rights
d. 2nd Continental Congress
c. Bill of Rights
Imposing an embargo on Great Britain was one of the first several steps the First ___________________ too prior to the beginning of the Revolutionary War
a. Bill of Rights
b. Self Government
C. Limited Government
D. Continental Congress
D. Continental Congress
The type of congress the Articles had.
a. Unicameral
B. Bicameral
C. Tricameral
Unicameral
Name of papers that were written in favor of Ratifying the Constitution`
Federalist Papers
Who wrote the declaration of Independence?
Thomas Jefferson
How does the Constitution begin?
We the people
Which opinion would be supported by a Federalist?
a. only states should have the ability to tax citizens
b. The creation of a presidency will lead to a monarchy
c. More powers should be given to the national government
d. A bill of rights should be created to protect the rights of the people
c. More powers should be given to the national government
which philosopher talked about "natural rights"
a. John Locke
b. Thomas Hobbes
C. Montesquieu
a. john Locke
The Small States supported which plan at the Constitutional convention?
New Jersey plan
The ______ Act included a tax on printed items
a. declaratory
b. stamp
c. coercive
d. Townshend
b. stamp act
Group of people who are united under one common interest is known as a
a. faction
b. group
c. Class
a.faction
Which group was in favor of a strong central Government
Federalists
Which plan at the convention did the large states support?
Virginia
The articles of Confederation set up 3 branches of Government
True or False
False
Under the Articles of Confederation the United States had 1 currency
True or False
False
Under the articles of Confederation each state had how many votes?
1
“I had rather be a free citizen of the small republic of Massachusetts, than an oppressed subject of the great American Empire”
Federalist or Anti Federalist
Anti Federalist
“We have no reason to eliminate our state governments, or think they are incapable of acting wisely. Our State governments should be the guardians of rights and interests.”
Federalist or anti Federalist
Anti Federalist
What was the name of the event where Massachusetts farmers took attempted a violent takeover of courthouses.
_______ Rebellion
Shays Rebellion
How long did the 3/5th compromise state that Congress could NOT address the slave trade?
20 years
Which State did not show to the Constitutional Convention and which state did not show to the First Continental Congress?
Must get both to get the points
Rhode Island to the Constitutional Convention
Georgia to the First Continental Congress
What is the name of the compromise that was achieved at the Convention that set up the current structure of our Government today?
Connecticut or Great Compromise
Which Congress wrote the Declaration on Independence?
a. First Continental Congress
b. Second Continental Congress
C. Third Continental Congress
b. Second Continental Congress
How many of the Federalist Papers did Alexander Hamilton author?
51