English Influence
Enlightenment
Early American Docs
Articles of Confederation
Constitutional Convnetion
100

Document signed by Charles I of England that further limited the powers of the English monarch.

What is the Petition of Rights 

100

The rights of “life, liberty, and property” that John Locke argued for.

What are Natural Laws? 

What are Life, Liberty, and Property? 

100

When was the declaration signed? (The date we celebrate) 

What is July 4th 1776 

100

This was the first structured government after declaring independence 

What is the Articles of Confederation? 

100

Where was the Convention held? 

What is Philadelphia?

200

Document signed in 1689 that guaranteed the rights of English citizens.

What is The English Bill of Rights 

200

An agreement by which people give up some freedoms for an organized society.

What is the Social Contract? 

200

Who was the main writer of the Declaration of Independence? 

Who is Thomas Jefferson 

200
How many bodies of legislature were there under the AOC

what is 1 

200

What were the 2 plans that dealt with State Representation ? 

What are the New Jersey and Virginia Plans?

300

This document was signed in 1215 that established the British Parliament

What is the Magna Carta? 

300

Montesquieu's plan of a separation of to keep the government from getting too powerful in one branch.

What are Checks and Balances?

300

The Pilgrims created the Mayflower Compact in order to....

establish an orderly community

300

Name 3 powers congress had under the AOC

what is: 

  • Make war and peace

  • Send and receive ambassadors

  • Make treaties

  • Borrow money & set up money system

  • Build navy

  • Raise an army by asking STATES for troops

300

What was the compromise called that dealt with Slavery representation? 

What is the 3/5 compromise? 

400

This is a government that is without a king and is ruled solely by parliament 

What is a Commonwealth? 

400

Which enlightenment thinker believed that a strong government is needed to keep order because people were naturally evil? 

Who is Thomas Hobbes? 

400

What are the 3 rights Jefferson included in the DOI? 

(He plagiarized 2 of them) 

What are Life, Liberty, Pursuit of Happiness

400

Name 3 state obligations under the AOC

What is: 

  • Provide funds

  • Send troops when requested

  • Comply with acts of Congress

  • Treat citizens of other states fairly

  • Surrender fugitives from justice

  • Open travel and trade between states

400

Name 3 of the members at the Convention

Who is: 

Alexander Hamilton 

George Washington

James Madison

Roger Sherman

George Mason

Ben Franklin

William Patterson 

500

Name 3 rights under the English Bill of Rights 

what is: 

a)Interfere with the law

b)Serve as a judge

c)Create taxes without Parliament’s consent

d)Retaliate against Parliament

e)Keep an army during peacetime

f)Take away right to bear arms

g)Jail people without reason

h)Impose cruel or unusual punishment or excessive bail

500

This enlightenment philosopher believed in separation of church and state

Who is Voltaire?

500

What pamphlet convinced many American colonists to support independence from Great Britain.

What is Common Sense? 

500

Name 3 weaknesses of the AOC

What is: 

  • Congress did not have power to tax

  • Congress could not regulate trade

  • No executive branch

  • States could print their own currency

  • Could not make the states follow the Articles

  • ALL 13 states had to agree to change the document

500

What was the compromise called that settled state representation? 

What is the Great Compromise or the Connecticut Plan?

600

James and Charles both believed in what type of ruling? 

What is Divine Right? 

600

Who wrote the Social Contract? PS HE WAS FRENCH

Who is Jean Jacques Rousseau? 

600

What do the colonists declare at the end of the Declaration of Independence?

What is they are free and independent from Britain? 

600

What replaced the AOC? 

What is the Constitution? 

600

Series of essays passed trying to gain support for the New Constitution 

What are the Federalists papers

700

Which king was executed under Oliver Cromwell? 

Who is Charles 1?

700

John Locke believed the governments main job was to.....? 

What is Protect the natural rights of the people

700

Who wrote Common Sense?

Who is Thomas Paine? 

700

When were the Articles replaced? (What year) 

What is 1787? 

700

Name 2 writers of the Federalists papers

Who is: 

James Madison 

John Jay 

Alexander Hamilton 

800

Which rulers began Constitutional Monarchy in England?  

Who are William and Mary? 

800

Thomas Hobbes famous book was called what 

What is Leviathan? 

800
What do all Men have in common? 

What is they are created equal? 

800

Where did 5 out of 13 states meet before setting up the convention the following summer? 

What is Annapolis? 

800

A group of people who OPPOSED the new constitution.

(Anti-Gov) 

Antifederalists 

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