Grievances & Rebellion
This is the word for refusing to buy something as a political act in order to influence a policy through economic pressure
boycott
States could and did ignore laws passed by the Congress created by the Article of Confederation, so the new Constitution said that laws passed by Congress are ___________________
superior to state laws
Where was the Constitutional Convention held?
Philadelphia
Which branch of government does the Constitution give the authority to establish post offices?
Legislative / Congress
When a group protests a government policy by marching on the mall in Washington they are exercising their _______(#) amendment rights
First
In this 1770 event, British soldiers killed 5 colonists when an angry mob protested outside the Boston customs house where taxes were collected
Boston Massacre
It created a Congress (A of C, Constitution or Both)
Both
What is the highest court in the land?
The Supreme Court
This group feared a strong central gov't, opposed the original Constitution as written, and thought it needed a list of protected rights
Anti-federalists
The amendments in the Bill of Rights fall into one of three categories: Limits on government, rights of the accused, and ___________________
Individual freedoms
Outraged by the Boston Tea Party, Parliament punished the Boston rebels in 1774 by passing the ___________ Acts, which closed Boston Harbor
Coercive (or Intolerable) Acts
Small and large states could not agree on how power should be divided in the legislature so the new Constitution split the legislature so states had equal power in one half and power based on ________________ in the other
Population
In 1767 colonists were angered by these acts, which taxed British imports (products shipped from other countries such as glass, tea, lead, paint and paper, which they couldn't easily make or get themselves)
Townsend Acts
Article II of the Constitution lists negotiating treaties with other countries as a duty of _____________
the President
according to the 5th amendment, no person shall be deprived of life, liberty or property without _________________
due process of law
In 1776, the Declaration of Independence was signed by delegates at the ________ _________ ________
Second Continental Congress
How many states were in the "confederation" to which the Articles of Confederation were applied?
13
the 26th amendment gave voting rights to ________
citizens as young as 18
As outlined in the Constitution, one of the special duties of the Senate is that they act as a court during _____________
impeachments
According to the 10th amendment, is a power isn't given to the federal government in the Constitution, it goes to __________________
the states or the people