Debates
This plan called for three branches of government during the Constitutional Convention.
What is the New Jersey Plan?
The Magna Carta is an inspiring document that comes from America's political heritage.
Who are the English?
This document established a working relationship between the Colonies in 1777.
What are the Articles of Confederation
It did not have the power to levy taxes
What was the primary weakness of the government established by the Articles of Confederation?
On July 16, 1787, a deal settled the differences between large and small states.
What is the Great Compromise?
This French Enlightenment thinker inspired the Constitutional framers.
Who is Baron de Montesquieu?
A number of States agreed to work in a loose alliance together under the Articles of Confederation.
What are the 13 Colonies?
Anti-federalists insisted this be added to the Constitution in writing.
What is the Bill of Rights?
The deal led to the creation of a bicameral legislature.
What is the Great Compromise?
State Constitutions in the newly independent American Colonies typically had similar governmental bodies that were mimicked in the national government.
What are the executive, the legislature and the judiciary?
This is a document that sets up government organizations and principles.
What is a constitution?
Federalists believed power was essential at this level of government.
What is a strong central government?
This deal declared that the slave trade would end in twenty years.
What is the 3/5th Compromise
This form of Roman Government lent principles to the Constitutional framers.
What is a republic?
This is the number required for ratification of the Constitution.
What is 9 out of 13?
To counter power in the hands of the president, anti-federalists argued the necessity of a Bill of Rights.
What is presidential veto power?
The Constitution must give the necessary power to the federal government.
What was the main argument made by the Federalists in support of the Constitution?
This 1689 document protected the rights of English citizens.
What is the English Bill of Rights?
To divide western lands into townships and sections
What was the purpose of the Land Ordinance of 1785?
These essays were written to defend and explain the national government's strength's.
What are the Federalist Papers.