Founding Documents
This 1776 document announced that the colonies were free from British rule.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
This value means fairness and the rule of law for everyone.
What is justice?
This plan favored large states and called for representation based on population.
What was the Virginia Plan?
These people supported the new Constitution and a strong national government.
Who were the Federalists?
This compromise counted enslaved people as part of the population for representation and taxes.
What was the Three-Fifths Compromise?
This early U.S. government document was replaced because it made the national government too weak.
What are the Articles of Confederation?
This value means everyone deserves the same rights and treatment.
What is equality?
This plan favored small states and wanted each state to have equal representation.
What was the New Jersey Plan?
These people opposed the Constitution until a Bill of Rights was added.
Who were the Anti-Federalists?
Delegates who wrote the Constitution were called this.
Who were the Framers?
Written in 1215, this English document limited the king’s power for the first time.
What is the Magna Carta?
This value means citizens can make choices about their lives and government.
What is liberty?
This plan led to a two-house Congress — one based on population, one on equal votes.
What was the Great Compromise?
The Federalists wrote essays to persuade Americans to support the Constitution.
What were the Federalist Papers?
The Bill of Rights was added to protect these from government abuse.
What are individual rights?
This 1787 document replaced the Articles of Confederation and established the U.S. government system.
What is the U.S. Constitution?
The Declaration lists life, liberty, and this as unalienable rights.
What is the pursuit of happiness?
The Great Compromise created these two parts of Congress.
What are the House of Representatives and the Senate?
This Federalist leader helped write 51 of the 85 Federalist Papers and later became Treasury Secretary.
Who was Alexander Hamilton?
This compromise helped balance power between large and small states.
What was the Great Compromise?
This document’s preamble begins with “We the People.”
What is the U.S. Constitution?
This value means people should have a voice in government decisions.
What is popular sovereignty
This man is known as the “Father of the Constitution” and helped create the Virginia Plan.
Who was James Madison?
This Anti-Federalist worried that the Constitution gave too much power to the central government.
Who was Patrick Henry?
This state was the first of the original 13 to ratify the Constitution.
What is Delaware?