Ch. 7 Trivia
The name of the new government in America after winning the American Revolution that didn't work
What is the Articles of Confederation?
The name of the city where the Constitutional Convention was held.
What is Philadelphia?
The man who was unanimously elected president of the Constitutional Convention.
Who is George Washington?
The term that stands for a form of government in which the people rule, either directly or through elected representatives.
What is a democracy?
The year that the Articles of Confederation began to be written.
What is 1777?
The name for the group that these men were a part of: Benjamin Franklin, James Madison, and George Washington.
Who are the "Framers"?
What are rights?
The term that means a country governed by elected representatives and by an elected leader (like a president).
What is a republic?
The year that all of the states signed the Articles of Confederation.
What is 1781?
The name of the document that described how our new government would work (after the Articles of Confederation).
What is the U.S. Constitution?
What is a representative?
The word that means the introduction that states the purpose of a document
What is a preamble?
What is weak?
The term that stands for a written plan for government
What is the constitution?
The name of the man who had written Virginia's Constitution.
Who is James Madison?
The idea that government authority comes from people who have agreed to be governed.
What is popular sovereignty?
The number of states that signed the Articles of Confederation.
What is 13 states?
The man known as the "Father of the Constitution."
Who is James Madison?
The name of the oldest delegate at the Constitutional Convention.
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
The three words that begin the "Preamble to the Constitution."
What is "We the people"?