The Englightenment
Which man is most commonly associated with Natural rights?
John Locke
First governing document in the United States from 1781-1789
What are the Articles of Confederation?
Violent uprising led by farmers in response to debt crisis in opposition to high taxes and economic conditions
What is Shays Rebellion
Where and when did the Constitutional Convention take place?
1787 and Independence Hall (Philadelphia)
The author of the Bill of Rights
Who is James Madison
What is the voluntary agreement between people and government called?
Social Contract
Each state had its own___making it difficult to act in a unified way
What are laws?
The war captain who started Shays Rebellion
Daniel shay
Who was elected president of the Constitutional Convention?
George Washington
Essays written to combat Antifederalist ideas arguing that the separation of powers would prevent tyranny
Federalist papers
What is a means of preventing tyranny?
Checks and Balances
Without this branch of government established the United States couldn't defend its borders or enforce laws
What is the executive branch?
The place and date Shays Rebellion took place
What is Massachusetts, 1787
Name the 4 major compromises?
what is..
Great Compromise (Connecticut Compromise)
Three-Fifths Compromise
Commerce and Slave Trade Compromise
Electoral College Compromise
Define separation of powers, checks and balances and federalism
Separation of powers: design of government that distributes power across institutions
Checks and balances: design of government in which each branch has powers that can prevent other branches from making policy
Federalism: Sharing of power between national government states and is central to American government
What is the groundwork for modern democratic governments?
Popular Sovereignty
A major problem hanging over Americans that the Articles of Confederation could not fix because it was not allowed to tax
Debts from the American Revolution
How the farmers rebelled
Closing down several county courthouses, preventing farm foreclosures and marched on state supreme court
The differences between the Virginia Plan and the New Jersey Plan?
Virginia: Bicameral legislature, 3 branches, more populous states had more representation in Congress
New Jersey: Unicemeral legislature, each state gets one vote
The three main problems that divided Federalists and Antifederalists
The feasibility of the republican government in a large nation, the relative powers of states, and the lack of a bill of rights
Which man is most commonly associated with the separation of powers?
Baron de Montesquieu
During the period in which the Articles of Confederation governed the 13 states were known as this especially because they were not enforced follow each other's treaties
Sovereign islands
The impact of Shays Rebellion
strengthened national gov, replaced articles of confederation with constitution, lowered taxes
What was impact of the constitutional convention?
Summarize the first 10 amendments
1: Freedom of speech religion and protest
2: bear arms/Carry a gun
3:Soldiers cannot stay at your house
4:No unreasonable searches and seizures
5: Can't be charged with the same crime twice
6:Right to a speedy trial
7:Civil cases are heard by juries
8:No cruel and unusual punishment
9: All rights not listed in the Constitution belong to the people
10:Any power not given to the fed. gov belong to the states or the people themselves