A form of government in which people elect representatives to govern the country.
What is a republic?
100
Under the Articles of Confederation, he called it, "a half-starved, limping government"....
Who is George Washington? pg. 346
100
I am the state furthest west in the Northwest Territory in 1785
What is the state of Minnesota? pg. 349
100
In this year, The Articles of Confederation was approved.
What is 1781? pg. 350
100
This founding father wrote the Declaration of Independence but did not attend the Constitutional Convention?
Who is Thomas Jefferson? pg 353
200
This occurs when the value of a government's money falls because there is too much of it
What is INFLATION?
200
This rebellion was named after a captain in the Continental Army.
What is "Shay's Rebellion"? pg. 347
200
I am the location of the target of Shay's Rebellion. Arsenal anyone?
What is Springfield, Massachusetts? pg. 348
200
I am the year that Shay's Rebellion started.
What is 1786?
200
Because this state feared a strong central government, it did not attend the Constitutional Convention.
What is Rhode Island?
300
This is a land that belongs to a national government but is not a state and is not represented in Congress.
What is a Territory?
300
He represented the state of Virginia and was the youngest member of Congress in 1780
Who is James Madison? pg. 350
300
I am the location of the Constitutional Convention?
What is Philadelphia, Pennsylvania? pg. 352
300
The year the Annapolis Convention met
What is 1786?
300
This founding father was elected President of the Constitutional Convention.
Who is George Washington?
400
This is a term that means "trade"
What is commerce?
400
He and the other Virginia delegates, including James Madison, thought the number of representatives that a state would have in the new Congress should be based on the number of people living in that state.
Who is Edmund Randolph? pg. 355
400
I am the only state that refused to send a delegate to the Constitutional Convention.
Who is Rhode Island? pg. 352
400
The year the Supreme Court was built?
What is 1935?
400
This member of the Executive Branch that has the responsibility to "take care that the laws be faithfully executed".
Who is the President of the United States
500
A form of government that is shared by the national government and the state governments.
What is a federal system?
500
The delegates gave him the job of recording all the ideas that had been approved during the convention...even the Preamble...
Who is Gouverneur Morris? pg. 358
500
I am United States capital?
What is Washington D.C.?
500
This event took place one year after Shay's Rebellion?
What is the Constitutional Convention? ...pg 350 timeline and pg 357 timeline
500
A member of Congress only allowed to serve a 6 year term.