How did America start?
What was the first permanent British colony in the Americas?
Jamestown
Who is the primary author of the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Jefferson
What group supported ratification of the Constitution?
Federalists
True or False: The Preamble has 7 goals.
False! 6
True or False: the national government has the power to establish public schools
False - State
What was the document that King James issues giving merchants permission to create a colony in England’s name?
The Charters of the Virginia Company of London
According to the Declaration, when can people abolish the government?
When it becomes destructive, gets in the way of natural rights, etc
What group opposed ratification of the Constitution?
Anti-Federalists
What are the first 3 words of the Preamble?
"We the people"
What principal divides the power of the government between the national and state levels?
Federalism
What was the most important guarantee in the charters of the Virginia Company of London?
Colonists had the same rights as Englishmen
What was 1 weakness of the Articles of Confederation?
No national army
Federal government can't tax states
No executive or judicial branches
No common currency
Federalist or Anti-Federalist: Patrick Henry
Anti-Federalist
Finish the goal: In order to form a more perfect ____________
union
Name one check the Executive Branch has over the Legislative Branch.
Veto Bills
Negotiate Treaties
Nominate/Appoint Federal Officials
Name at least 1 thing that happened in Jamestown in 1619
1. First representative legislative assembly
2. First enslaved people from Africa were brought to Virginia
3. 90 women arrived in Jamestown
List the 3 unalienable rights listed in the Declaration.
Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness
Which compromise increased southern representation in Congress?
3/5ths Compromise
Finish the goal: insure domestic __________________
tranquility
This Constitutional Principal states that the ultimate power rests with the people.
Popular Sovereignty
What were 3 old English documents that guaranteed citizens certain rights?
Magna Carta, Petition of Rights, English Bill of Rights
What is 1 grievance against the King of England that the colonists listed in the Declaration of Independence?
There's too many different answers I'm not typing them out!!!
What did the Great Compromise create?
etc
Finish the goal: ensure the blessings of __________
liberty
Which political philosopher is credited with the idea of separation of powers?
Montesquieu