Fill in the Blank
There were _____ original colonies.
13
Who were the anti - federalists ?
People who opposed the new Constitution
What law set up government in the Northwest Territory?
Northwest Ordinance
What word means to cancel a law?
Repeal
What day and year was the Declaration of Independence signed on?
July 4th, 1776
By giving the national government more power than states, the Constitution created a system of government called_______________
Federalism
The Virginia Plan contained the main features of the federal government today, including these diving powers....
The three branches
Document that created the first national government for the United States
Articles of Confederation
The Mayflower Compact was a....
written plan for government
What college did Ms. Massa get her Bachelors degree from?
University of Maine
The Founders did not fully trust the people to elect the president, so they put that decision in the hands of a group called the ______________________
Electoral College
The Great Compromise proposed by the committee headed by Roger Sherman called for.....
A two house Congress
The Northwest Territory was bounded by ....
The Ohio and Mississippi Rivers
An agreement among a group of people is a ....
Compact
What college is Ms. Massa currently getting her Masters degree at?
Boston College
bill of rights
Why did the Founders decided not to change the Articles of Confederation but to create a new form of government?
The articles had created a weak government
The influence of the Magna Carta on the leaders who wrote state constitutions is shown in...
the inclusion of a list of rights
At the First Continental Congress, colonists demanded that...
King George III restore their rights.
What Holiday starts today?
Hannukah
James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and John Jay explained why they supported the new Constitution in a series of articles known as_____________
The Federalist Papers
Who was the last state to ratify the Constitution?
Rhode Island
What is considered the 'rough draft' to the Constitution?
The Articles of Confederation
Name the 4 colonies that made up the Middle Colonies
New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware
What are the first 3 words of the Constitution?
" We the people..."