Important Documents
This early U.S. Government plan was too weak because it lacked the power to tax or regulate trade. It was effective in 1781.
What is the Articles of Confederation?
Principle that government should both serve and be guided by the will of the people
What is a representative government?
He was the commander of the Continental Army and later became the first President of the United States
Who is George Washington?
These were supporters of the new Constitution
Who are the Federalists?
What do we call someone who was OPPOSING the ratification of the US constitution?
what is a Anti-Federalist?
This 1215 document limited the power of the English monarch for the first time.
What is the Magna Carta?
A Government that is restricted in what it may do.
What is limited government?
He was the main author of the Declaration of Independence.
Who is Thomas Jefferson
The plan that favored large states in representation was called this. (based on population)
What is the Virginia Plan?
Why did Congress need money after the Revolutionary War?
What is a Charter. `
A formal approval of a proposal.
What is Ratification?
Known as the “Father of the Constitution,” he helped write The Federalist Papers.
Who is James Madison?
The plan that favored small states in representation was called this? (equal representation)
what is the New Jersey Plan?
What type of colonies were mostly self governed?
what are Charter colonies
This English document of 1689 further limited monarchy and guaranteed rights to citizens.
What is the English Bill of Rights?
A joining of several different groups for a common purpose.
what is a Confederation
He was one of the authors of the Federalist papers, he also helped break the deadlock for the ratification of New York.
Who is Alexander Hamilton?
The agreement that counted each enslaved person as three fifths of person when determining state population.
what is the three-fifths compromise?
What is one delegate per state?
Document that was signed in 1628, stated that the English king needs to obey the law of the land and it increased the influence of Parliament.
What is the Petition of Right?
The principle that the government exist only with the consent of the governed. The people have control of their territory.
What is Popular Sovereignty?
He attempted to bring colonist together through the Albany Plan of Union. He was also a influential politician and inventor.
An agreement to forbiding congress from taxing state exports or interfering with slavery for at least 20 years.
what is the Commerce and Salve Trade Compromise.
On April 30, 1789, George Washington took the oath of office as the first U.S. President at this location?
What is Federal Hall in New York City?