Vocab
Constitution
The Condfederation
War for Independence
Vocab#2
100
What is attempting to overthrow a government?
What is treason?
100
Why did state delegates meet in Philadelphia in 1787? What was the basic difference between the Virgina plan and New Jersey plan?
What is to revise the articles of Confederation. What is the Virginia plan was the foundation od the constitution and the New Jersey plan continued the confederation.
100
How many houses did most of the new state legislatures have? How did the new state government differ from the old colonial government?
What is bicameral (two houses). What is Executive branch(government elected to 1 year terms) and they could no longer veto-say no.
100
What type of government did Thomas Pain support? How did the patriots viewpoints differ from the loyalists?
What is a republic government. What is the patriots disagreed with the king while loyalists agreed with the king.
100
Freeing of enslaved African Americans.
What is emancipation.
200
Ideas spread deliberately to help a cause.
what is propaganda?
200
How did the large states want to be represented in Congress? The small states? Which states favored a strong central government? Which states favored retaining power at the state level?
What is the large states wanted each state to be represented by population in the bicameral while small states wanted equal power.
200
Ideals of equality caused many states to pass legislation concerning what two issues? Under the Articles of Confederation, how many houses did congress have? What authority did the Articles of Confederation give to congress?
What is giving slavery and religious freedom. What is unicameral(one house). Each state had one vote. What is congress could wage wars make treaties, raise an army and navy, establish a postal service and manage native american affairs.
200
Who wrote the Deceleration of Independence? What did Jefferson believe people had a right to do when a government abused its power?
What is Thomas Jefferson. What is to abolish the law or alter(change) it.
200
One houses can be called...
What is unicameral.
300
What is a republic?
republic; a government in which the highest power belongs to the citizens who choose representatives to act for them.
300
What was the "three-fifths compromise"? Why were South Carolina and Georgia apprehensive about forming a strong national government? What powers did the government have under the new plan that it did not have under the confederation?
What is five slaves would be equal to three free people for representation and taxation. What is fearing it would act against slavery. What is they could no levy(assign new taxes), collect tax,regulate commerce with foreign nations, and could write/enforce commercial treaties.
300
Under the Articles, what functions were denied congress? What kinds of relations did the united States retain with Europe after the war? Why did congress pass the Land Ordinance of 1785 and Northwest ordinance of 1787?
What is the power to tax and the power to regulate commerce. What is carrying on trade and diplomatic exchanges with each other. What is Tennessee and Kentucky threatened to leave the U.S.
300
When the American Revolution began what advantages did the British forces have? What was the turning point of the war? What percentage of Americans actually wanted to break away from Great Britain?
What is they had the best navy, controlled the Atlantic Sea coast, had money and could hire many people. What is a decisive victory against the British in Sarasota, New York. What is one third.
300
Public land is... Speculators are..
What is land belonging to the Central government. What is dealers buying large tracts of western land from the government.
400
Who are people who favored separation? Who are people who supported the king?
What is patriots and loyalists.
400
Why did some delegates object to appointing a single executive for life? What compromise plan did the delegates reach about the executive branch of government? What new judicial body did the delegates create?
What is they didn't want one person to come to powerful and it reminded them of British monarchy. What is a single executive would serve a four year term and they would be chosen by special electives? What is a supreme court.
400
How did the Land Ordinance of 1785 encourage land speculating? Under the Northwest Ordinance when could a territory apply for statehood?
What is they could divide their sections into smaller rectangular tracts and could sell them to settlers at a profit. What is when population reached 60,000.
400
What made congress reverse the decision that excluded African Americans from the Continental Army? Which side did the Iroquois and many other Native American groups support? How did the American Revolution affect the political rights of women?
What is the British decided to free any enslaved person who entered their army. What is the British. What is it hardly effected them at all.
400
Economic slowdown from weak central government is called... Federalism is...
What is depression . What is system in which power is divided between a central government and regional government to remind Americans that the states would retain many of their power.
500
What are two house legislatures? What does it mean to veto? What is a league of independent states, under an agreement of the Articles of Confederation?
What is bicameral, to say no and a confederation.
500
What requirement was necessary to establish the Constitution? What did the federalists promise to create? By July 1778 which states had not yet ratified the Constitution.
What is ratification from nine states. (ratification-approval) What is amendments(-additions and changes) would be made to the bill of rights to protect the people. What is all the states except Rhode Island and North Carolina.
500
How did the Northwest Ordinance affect the institution of slavery? What difficulties arose out of the central government's lack of authority to regulate commerce? Why did many Massachusetts farmers lose their lands, promoting Shay's rebellion?
What is it guaranteed personal freedoms and prohibited slavery north of the Ohio river. What is the east engaged in disputes against each other. There was also depression. What is they were unable to pay their debts and were jailed or lost property due to is.
500
How did Spain help the Americans toward victory? How did France help? What did the 1783 Treaty of Paris mean for Americans?
What is Spain defeated the British at Baton Rouge. What is they made Britain lose control of the Atlantic Ocean. Everyone could now capture the British force. What is is acknowledged independence and granted the new nation land from the Atlantic Ocean to the Mississippi River.
500
Approval is called... additions and changes are called...
What is ratification and amendments.
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