Enlightenment Thinkers
The Enlightenment was challenging what establishment?
The Church
The acronym that we covered in class, "PALS" stands for what?
Power, Authority, Legitimacy, Sovereignty
What was the name of the two meetings that led to the Articles of Confederation?
First and Second Continental Congress
What were the names of the two plans presented at the constitutional convention
Virginia and New Jersey
According to the Connecticut Compromise, the House of Representative members vote would be based on what?
State population
Instead of looking to religion and spirituality to make decisions, Enlightenment thinkers used their logic and...
Reason
Which type of government consists of citizens voting directly on every law that their government enacts?
Direct Democracy
The Articles were designed to be a "firm league of ________" between the states
friendship
The plan that called for a continuation of the Unicameral congress was the
New Jersey Plan
Under the Connecticut Compromise, how many votes would State Senators get?
This enlightenment thinker believed in "unalienable rights" that could not be taken from citizens
John Locke
Which type of government allows citizens to elect representatives that they trust to pass laws?
Indirect Democracy
The articles of confederation created a central government that was too...
The Virginia Plan called for three branches of government, name those three branches
The Three-Fifths Compromise dealt with how which group of people would be counted in population?
Slaves
Which founding father used Enlightenment ideals of unalienable rights in his writings?
Thomas Jefferson
What aspect/characteristic of government deals with one branch having the power to offset another branches decision?
Checks and Balances
This attempted rebellion was led by a farmer who was upset with the level of debt that state taxes created
Shay's Rebellion
The central issue that the two different plans were debating was how states would be ____________ in congress
Represented
The Commerce and Slave Trade Compromise limited the Federal Government's ability to do what?
Tax
Which three enlightenment thinkers were covered in the documentary we watched in class.
Frederick the Great, Condorcet, Thomas Jefferson
Power of the king
How long were the Articles of Confederation put in place?
8 years
The individuals that attended the constitutional convention are known as the
Framers
Someone who was against the idea of ratifying the constitution would be called what?
Anti-Federalist