7 Principles of Government
What is FLIPRCS?
Established that colonists could create their own government to protect their interests.
What is the Mayflower Compact?
Who was Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, or John Jay?
Was the plan that tried to protect states with smaller population.
What is the New Jersey Plan?
Is the acronym we use to remember the rights protected by the 1st Amendment.
What is RASPP?
This principle of government prevents the federal and state governments from being too powerful.
What is federalism?
Document that inspired the Constitution to include the 3rd Amendment.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
Believed the Constitution gave the federal government too much power over the states.
Who were the Anti-Federalists?
Was a strength of the Articles of Confederation.
What was the Northwest Ordinance or negotiating the Treaty of Paris (1783)?
Protects us from the police searching our homes without a warrant.
What is the 4th Amendment?
The first 10 Amendments to the Constitution are an example of this principle of government.
What are individual rights?
Led to the Constitution including the freedom of speech and right to bear arms.
What is the English Bill of Rights?
Series of documents written to convince Americans to ratify the Constitution.
What are the Federalist Papers?
Was a reason the Constitutional Convention was called.
What was Shays's Rebellion, the federal government being too weak, or that there wasn't a president to lead the country?
Is protected by the 7th Amendment.
What is the right to a jury when being sued?
The Legislative Branch having control over taxes is an example of this principle of government.
What is separation of powers?
What is Magna Carta?
Was the compromise that convinced the final states to ratify the Constitution.
Helped decide how many representatives states would have in Congress.
What is the 3/5 Compromise?
Are the numbers of the amendments that protect our individual rights.
What are the 1st-3rd?
"The President has the power to appoint federal judges...with the advice and consent of the Senate" is an example of this principle of government.
What is checks and balances?
One of the two documents that influenced the Constitution to include the following quote: "Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted."
What was the Magna Carta/English Bill of Rights?
"Why...should it be said that the liberty of the press shall not be restrained, when no power is given [to take away that right]?" is an argument that ____________ was uneccessary.
What is the Bill of Rights?
Was the branch that the Great Compromise focused on to address issues from the Articles of Confederation.
What is the legislative branch?
Is the difference between the 9th and 10th Amendments.
What is that the 9th protects individual rights, but the 10th also protects the rights/powers that belong to the states?