Influential Documents
Passed in 1620, this was the first plan of government in the 13 colonies.
What is the Mayflower Compact?
He served as the General of the Continental Army.
Who is George Washington?
This is the year the Articles of Confederation were ratified.
What is 1781?
He is known as the “Father of the Constitution.”
Who is James Madison?
This was the name of the group in favor of the Constitution.
Who are the Federalists?
This 1215 English document aimed to limit the government and established the principle that everyone is subject to the law.
What is the Magna Carta?
This location is famous for being the site of the “Shot Heard ‘Round the World.”
What is Lexington (and Concord)?
Out of 13, this is the number of states that needed to agree to pass an amendment under the Articles.
What is 13 (All of them)?
This plan was bicameral (two houses) and based representation on population.
What is the Virginia Plan?
This was the name of the group opposed to the Constitution.
Who are the Anti-Federalists?
Signed by King Charles I in 1628, this banned the king from imprisoning people without following the laws of the land.
What is the Petition of Right?
This was the first tax act aimed directly at the colonists without their representation.
What is the Stamp Act?
This state was the last to ratify the Articles of Confederation.
What is Maryland?
This plan was unicameral (one house) and based representation on states (equal representation).
What is the New Jersey Plan?
This state was the first to ratify the Constitution.
What is Delaware?
Passed in 1689, this document promised a fair trial and required Parliament's consent for taxation.
What is the English Bill of Rights?
This is the only state that did not attend the First Continental Congress.
What is Georgia?
The inability to tax or regulate trade were examples of this.
What are weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?
Also known as the Great Compromise, this agreement created a bicameral legislature with a House (by population) and Senate (equal rep).
What is the Connecticut Compromise?
This state was the last to ratify the Constitution.
What is Rhode Island?
He was the primary author of the Declaration of Independence.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
These were two major events that demonstrated colonial protest against British rule.
What are the Boston Tea Party and the Boston Massacre?
This state did not attend the Constitutional Convention (the meeting meant to fix the Articles).
What is Rhode Island?
This compromise determined how enslaved people would count toward population for representation and taxation.
What is the 3/5 Compromise?
The Bill of Rights was not in the initial Constitution; they were added in this year.
What is 1791?