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Vocabulary
Events
Amendments
Articles of Confederation
100
This farmer led a rebellion against the government because he thought the harsh taxation was unfair.
Who is Daniel Shay?
100
This is a detailed, written plan for government.
What is a constitution?
100
The Articles of Confederation.
What did the Congress create in 1777?
100
How many Amendments are there?
What is 27 amendments?
100
It was the first constitution of the United States.
What was the Articles of Confederation?
200
The first president and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States.
Who was George Washington?
200
A group of people named by each state legislature to select the president and vice president.
What is the Electoral College?
200
All states ratified the Articles.
What happened in 1781?
200
What do the first 10 amendments make up?
What is The Bill of Rights?
200
The relationship between the USA and the Articles of Confederation.
What is The first Constitution of the United States.
300
This person earned the title "The Father of The Constitution."
Who was James Madison?
300
This word means to vote approval of.
What is ratify?
300
The Treaty of Paris.
What treaty was signed in 1783?
300
Where are the Amendments in the Constitution?
What is last part of the constitution.
300
The 2 branches the Articles didn't have.
What is judicial and executive.
400
He was the oldest delegate. He was a diplomat, writer, inventor, and scientist.
Who was Benjamin Franklin?
400
a form of government in which power is divided between the federal, or national, government and the states.
What is federalism?
400
This Ordinance was created in 1785
When was the first Ordinance created?
400
Once an amendment is proposed, this many states have to ratify it.
What is 3/4 of states.
400
The 3 main weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation.
What is the lack of power and money,lack of central power and rules to rigid?
500
He is best remembered for saving the Constitutional Convention from failure with his Great Compromise.
Who was Roger Sherman?
500
This is the opening section of the constitution.
What is the Preamble?
500
This second ordinance was passed in 1787
What is the Northwest Ordinance?
500
The amount of amendments that have been ratified by the means of state conventions.
What is 1.
500
The year that the Articles were ratified.
What is 1781.
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