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President of the Constitutional Convention
What is George Washington?
100
This branch creates laws
What is legislative?
100
Power to Tax
What is both?
100
What state did not send a representative to the Constitutional Convention?
What is the Rhode Island?
100
Change to the constitution
What is an amendment?
200
He created the Virginia Plan
What is James Madison?
200
This branch of government has a cabinet and carries out the laws.
What is executive?
200
Power over education
What is State?
200
Which plan called for a bicameral legislature and scrapping the Article of Confederation.
What is the Virginia Plan?
200
Our first constitution that gave a weak central government and strong state governments.
What is Articles of Confederation?
300
Did the Articles of Confederation or the Constitution give the United States problem with trade and diplomacy?
What is Articles of Confederation?
300
This branch consists of the two houses?
What is legislative?
300
Create treaties
What is Federal
300
Event where farmers became upset because taxes had increased and they were unable to pay their debts. Occurred in Massachusetts.
What is Shay's Rebellion?
300
Every 5 enslaved people would count as 3 free people for determining representation and taxes?
What is Three-Fifths Compromise?
400
In order to ensure that one branch doesn't have more power than another, this system was created.
What is checks and balances?
400
This branch interprets the laws to determine if they are constitutional.
What is judicial?
400
Create laws that affect the entire country.
What is Federal?
400
This plan called for a unicameral legislature and modifying the Articles of Confederation.
What is New Jersey Plan.
400
Constitution created this type of government. Government power is divided between national and state governments.
What is federal system?
500
Term coined for people who supported the new Constitution
What is Federalists?
500
Name the two parts for our bicameral legislature.
What is Senate and House of Representatives?
500
Determine when Presidential elections will occur
What is Federal?
500
Where was the Constitutional Convention?
What is Philadelphia?
500
The first ten amendments to the Constitution are called...
What is Bill of Rights?
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