Pre Declaration
What was the Enlightenment?
What was a 17th and 18th century cultural, intellectual, social, and scientific movement.
Who was Jean Jacques Rousseau?
Who was the author of Emile. Argued there should be a balance between reason and emotion. Also argued for traditional female roles.
Name 1 advantage and one disadvantage of the AOC.
A: What is the ability to declare war, make peace, sign treaties (with Native Americans), and borrow money.
D: What is the ability to collect taxes, control foreign or domestic trade, amend unless all 13 states approve, and force the states to do anything.
What was the Annapolis Convention?
A convention held to discuss trade and navigation problems. Only 12 delegates from 5 states showed, so nothing could've been done.
What was the 3/5ths Compromise?
What was slaves counting towards 3/5ths of the population.
Who were Locke and Hobbes? What were their views on gov't?
Who were English philosophers and authors. Hobbes believed in absolute rule. Locke argued against absolute rule.
What year were the Articles of Confederation established?
What was 1781.
What was the Northwest Ordinance of 1787?
What is a law passed by Congress stopping the spread of slavery in the West.
Why were the meetings held in secret?
They didn't want any outside bias changing their plans.
What was the Connecticuit Compromise?
What was a compromise establishing how the states were represented in the Legislative Branch.
What is the STATE OF NATURE?
What is how society is expected to be like without a gov't.
The main goal of the AOC was to establish a _____ gov't.
What is decentralized?
What was Shay's Rebellion?
What was a rebellion led by Daniel Shay and poor farmers. Proved gov't weakness, which was a catalyst for the Constitution being written.
Who was named President of the Convention?
Who was George Washington.
Who were the Federalists?
Who were people in support of the gov't having a lot of power, and they supported the ratification of the Constitution.
What is the Social Contract Theory?
The idea that people choose to leave the state of nature to enter a governed society.
With the AOC, the _____ had more power than the federal gov't.
What are the states.
The federal gov't could not create a set ____ under the AOC.
What is currency.
Who was named "Father of the Constitution"?
Who was James Madison.
Who were the anti-Federalists?
Who were people in support of the states having more power. They were against the ratification of the Constitution.
Who was Baron de Montesquieu?
Who was the author of The Spirit of the Laws. Defined 3 types of gov't.
Regardless of population, _/13 states had to approve to pass a law.
What is 9.
Why did the United States create a gov't with weak federal power and strong state powers?
What is to avoid another tyrannical gov't like Britain.
What was the supremacy clause?
What is the idea that the Constitution is above every other authority in our gov't.
Who wrote the Bill of Rights?
Who was James Madison.