Old Docs
First written in 1215, established the Rule of Law (nobody is above the law(
Magna Carta
The first known Democracy established in Western Civilization.
Greece
Wanted the Constitution approved without a Bill of Rights, included James Madison, George Washington and Alexander Hamilton.
Federalists
First time the colonists tried to govern themselves. Puritan Laws in New England.
The Mayflower Compact
How many delegates where at the Constitutional Convention?
55
The first Constitution of the US, while ultimately a failure, established the legislative branch of the US government
Articles of Confederation
The first known Republic established in Western Civilization.
Rome
Favored more State's Rights and a Bill of Rights, included Thomas Jefferson and Samuel Adams.
Anti-Federalists
First law-making body established in Virginia.
Virginia House of Burgesses
Plan that supported a vote based on population, one person, one vote.
Virginia Plan
A series of Violent attacks in Massachusetts that showed the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation.
Shay's Rebellion
Wrote that people are born bad and the Government is necessary to protect the population from itself.
Hobbes
For the Constitution to be approved, it had to be ratified by how many of the 13 states?
9
English War against the French and Native Americans.
French and Indian War
The plan that created two houses in the legislature, one based on population, one that represented each state equally.
Connecticut Compromise
Limited the power of the monarch, prevented cruel and unusual punishment, established free elections and prohibited an army during peacetime.
The English Bill of Rights
French writer first accredited with the ideas of Checks and Balances and Separation of Powers.
Montesquieu
His proposition favored an industrial economy and had the federal government take on State's debts.
Alexander Hamilton
With the slogan "Join or Die" this plan United the colonies while staying loyal to the English Monarch.
The Albany Plan of Union
Plan that gave each state equal representation in government, regardless of population.
New Jersey Plan
The document that declared the US independent from England.
The Declaration of Independence
Wrote the Social Contract, establishing Natural rights of Life, Liberty and Property.
Locke
The Constitution was ratified in what year?
1787
The three branches of the United States federal Government.
Legislative, Executive, Judicial
System of Government created wherein power is distributed among a central government and the states.
Federalism