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This poor farmer started a rebellion over taxes
Who is Daniel Shay?
A plan in this state created a unicameral, or one-house, legislature
What is New Jersey?
This was the official approval of the Articles of Confederation
What is ratification?
This English document limited the power of the Monarch
What is the Magna Carta?
This amendment in your Bill of Rights protects against unlawful search of your property
What is the Fourth Amendment?
This future president was a leading convention delegate from Virginia
Who is James Madison?
The Constitutional Convention of 1787 took place in this city, the city of Brotherly Love
What is Philadelphia?
A set of basic principles and laws that included Thomas Jefferson's ideas granting religious freedom
What is a constitution?
This Compromise stated that only three-fifths of a state's slaves were counted when deciding representation in Congress
What is the Three-Fifths Compromise?
This put laws not given to the federal government to states
What is the Tenth Amendment?
This delegate opposed the Constitution
Who is George Mason?
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On December 7, 1787, this state became the first state to ratify the Constitution
What is Delaware?
These are taxes on imports and exports
What are tariffs?
This agreement gave each state one vote in the upper house of the legislature
What is the Great Compromise?
This gives citizens the right to trial by jury
What is the Seventh Amendment?
These people supported the Constitution
Who are the Federalists?
This English philosopher, mentioned in Section 1, thought the government had a duty to guard people's rights
Who is John Locke?
This increased prices combined with the reduced value of money
What is inflation?
This was a new national constitution, which made a new Confederation Congress the national government
What are the Articles of Confederation?
This allows citizens the right not to testify against themselves
What is the Fifth Amendment?
These people oppose the Constitution
What are the Anti-federalists?
This country forced Americans to pay high tariffs
The three(3) branches of the government are the executive(the President), the legislative(Congress), and this third branch, which is the courts
What is the judicial branch?
The Constitution was completed in this year, mentioned in Section 3
What is 1787?
This protects freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly and petition
What is the First Amendment?