He was the president of the constitutional convention.
Who is George Washington?
100
This is the introduction to the Constitution.
What is the Preamble?
100
This is the year the Constitution was ratified.
What is 1787?
100
This was originally created because the colonists didn't trust a government with a strong central power, after years of living in Britain.
What are the Articles of Confederation?
200
Under the articles, the states had the right to print their own money, make their own laws, and collect this.
What are taxes?
200
This person came to the convention early, well prepared, took notes, and wasn't absent a single day.
Who is James Madison?
200
In this system of government, the states and central governments share the power.
What is a federal system of government?
200
This group of people, which included James Madison and Alexander Hamilton, supported the Constitution because of its federal system of government.
Who are Federalists?
200
This group of people, which included Patrick Henry, disagreed with the Constitution because they were afraid the people would lose their freedom.
Who are Anti-Federalists?
300
A group of farmers protested against the articles failure to pay soldiers who had fought in the revolution. The protest turned bloody and is known as this rebellion.
What is Shay's Rebellion?
300
This plan said that the constitution should have 3 branches: legislative, executive, and judicial.
What is the Virginia Plan?
300
This system was set up in order to prevent one branch of government from becoming too powerful
What are checks and balances?
300
This was created to protect the rights of the people.
What are the Bill of Rights?
300
The first 10 amendments of the Constitution.
What is the Bill of Rights?
400
This region is made up of Indiana, Ohio, Wisconsin, Michigan, and Illinois.
What is the Northwest Territory?
400
Roger Sherman proposed this idea of creating 2 separate houses to make the small and large states happy.
What is The Great Compromise?
400
The Constitution still works after 200 years because the people who wrote it made sure that is could change with the needs of a growing country. This is what these additions, or changes, are called.
What are amendments?
400
This man claimed that the Constitution had "no declaration of rights!" and refused to sign it until it did.
Who is George Mason?
400
This amendment includes the freedoms of religion, speech, press, assembly, and petition.
What is the First Amendment?
500
This is one of the only advantages of the Articles of Confederation and has served as a model for creating new territories.
What is the Northwest Ordinance?
500
The delegates created this solution to resolve the issue of enslaved people being counted in a state's population.
What is the Three-fifths Compromise?
500
This branch of government can override a president's veto if 2/3 of the members agree.
What is the legislative branch? (congress)
500
These officials help the President run the government.
What is the Cabinet?
500
In this amendment, it is a person's right to have a lawyer, witnesses, and know evidence and charges against them in a public trial.