Vocabulary
To vote approval of
Ratify
What is any change in the Constitution
Amendment
Explain the New Jersey and Virginia Plans
New Jersey Plan: Keep articles but give Congress more power, One house Congress with equal representation, small group of Congress as leading committee.
Virginia Plan: Bicameral system of government based on population, 3 branches of government, President, and supreme court
What is our breakup letter to great Britain?
Declaration of Independence
This principle of government splits authority among the legislative, executive, and judicial branches
Separation of Powers
Powers that are given to state government
Reserved Powers
Why was the Declaration of Independence seen as our "break-up letter" to Great Britain
It separated us from Great Britain.
What is the joining of the the Virginia and New Jersey Plan called?
The great compromise or Connecticut Compromise
This principle of government creates a system in which each branch of government is able to check, or restrain the power of others
Checks and Balances
What is a legislature consisting of two parts, or houses
Bicameral
What is the significance of the Boston Tea Party?
It was the tipping point in the American Revolution leading to the first Continental Congress.
Fought in April 1775, this pair of Massachusetts engagements featured the "shot heard 'round the world" and marked the official start of the Revolutionary War.
the Battles of Lexington and Concord?
Powers that are given to the national government
Enumerated Powers
A detailed, written plan for government; the supreme law of the land
Constitution
What did the Connecticut Compromise at the Constitutional Convention Create?
It created a bicameral Congress. House is based on population and Senate is equal representation.
Passed by Parliament in 1774 to punish Massachusetts for the Boston Tea Party, this series of punitive measures closed Boston Harbor and replaced the colony's elected leadership with military rule.
What are the Intolerable (or Coercive) Acts?
What principle of government separates power between the federal, or national government, and state governments?
Federalism
Popular Sovereignty
What does "secure the Blessing of Liberty for ourselves and our Posterity" establish in the Preamble?
To protect freedom for future generations of Americans.
Presided over by George Washington in the summer of 1787, this Philadelphia gathering was originally tasked only with revising the Articles of Confederation before replacing them entirely.
What is the Constitutional Convention?