Articles of Confederation
Ratification
Approval needed by states.
George Washington
Who was the first President of the United States?
Antifederalists
Who opposed the Constitution for not having a document that protected fundamental rights?
Equal Representation Argument
What was the argument were little states argued for equal representation?
July 4 1776
When was the Declaration of Independence adopted?
Created the name of the 13 states to be the United States of America.
What was the first Article of Confederation?
John Hancock
Right to speech, press, and religion.
What is amendment 1?
New Jersey Plan
Which states plan proposed a unicameral legislature and equal representation for all states?
Introduction/Preamble
What is the first part of the Declaration of Independence?
Constitutional Convention
What meeting tried to fix the Articles?
Alexander Hamilton
Who was a Federalist, and wrote most of the essays in the Federalist Papers?
Federalist Promise
How did the Bill of Rights get added to the Constitution?
The Virginia Plan
Which states plan was it to have bicameral legislature and have the population of states determined representation?
Philadelphia 1767.
Where was the Declaration of Independence signed?
Jhon Dickinson
Who had the idea of the Articles of Confederation?
Roger Sherman
Who concluded to the conclusion of the Great Compromise?
Right to a Fair Trial.
What is amendment 6?
The Great Compromise
What was the compromise that favored both the Virginia Plan and the New Jersey Plan?
Thomas Jefferson
Who was the primary author of the Declaration of Independence?
Canada could join the states if they wanted to.
What is the 11th article of the Confederation?
Patrick Henry
He said"Give me liberty, or give me death!"
The Right to Bear Arms.
What is amendment 2?
The Three-Fifths Compromise
What compromise gave states more representation for giving the slaves a bit of count?
Grievances
What part of the Declaration had a list of the Kings faults?