The main job of the legislative branch.
What is make, create, and pass laws?
The group of men that supported the Constitution and a stronger central government.
Who are the Federalists?
Republicanism, Representative Government, Rule of Law (12 Tables), Separation of Powers and Civic Participation are influences from this ancient civilization/tradition.
What is ancient Rome?
The vocabulary term for "approved."
What is ratify?
This photo illustrates a principles that limits the Constitution.
What is rule of law?
The vocabulary word for "introduction."
What is a Preamble?
The _____________ governments had more power under the Articles of Confederation.
What is "state?"
The British policy that placed a tax on tea.
What is the Tea Act?
The vocabulary word for a "complaint."
What is a grievance?
Life, Liberty, and Property
What are Natural Rights?
The impact that Thomas Paine's Common Sense had on colonists' views of government.
What is representative self-government?
The main job of the executive branch.
What is enforcing the laws?
The group of men that did not support the Constitution or a strong federal government.
What are Anti-Federalists?
Ethical Ideas of Justice, Personal Responsibility, Rule of Law, and Individual Worth are influences from which ancient civilization/tradition.
What is the Judeo-Christian tradition?
The first step of the Constitutional amendment process.
What is proposal (announcement) of a new amendment?
The principles illustrated in the graphic below.
What is separation of powers?
A purpose of the national government as set forth in the Preamble to the U.S. Constitution "promote the general welfare."
What is encouraging the wellbeing and happiness of others?
The weakness that was revealed by Shays' Rebellion.
What is the government did not create a strong enough government to handle a crisis (no power to raise an army/no power to enforce laws)?
The colonial protest in response to the Tea Act.
What is the Boston Tea Party?
The main complaint of the Continental Congress against Great Britain.
What is "no taxation without representation"?
How did Baron de Montesquieu influence the founding of the United States?
What is separation of powers?
The impact the Mayflower Compact (1620) had on colonists' views of government.
What is self-government and consent of the governed?
The main job of the judicial branch.
What is interpreting and applying laws?
The reason that Anti-Federalists insisted that the Constitution include a Bill of Rights.
What is they wanted to protect people from a powerful government?
Attending civic meetings, voting in elections, and volunteering are all forms of...
What is Civic Participation?
The graphic below illustrates a constitutional principle.
What is checks and balances?
The vocabulary term meaning "future generations."
What is posterity?
Three weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation.
What is
1. no power to tax
2. no power to raise an army/navy
3. no executive branch
4. no judicial branch
5. 9 out of 13 states to pass laws
6. unanimous consent to change Articles
7. no power to regulate trade
The British policy that ignited this colonial response.
"For Quartering large bodies of armed troops among us."
What is the Quartering Act?
Out of the following choices, only one of them is not
a way in which John Locke influenced the founding of the United States.
A. Natural Law
B. Separation of Powers
C. Natural Rights
D. Social Contract
What is B?
Document written in 1215
Limited the king's power
Created Parliament
What is the Magna Carta?
The branch of government in charge of the impeachment process.
What is the legislative branch?
True or False. The Anti-Federalists supported the U.S. Constitution because they wanted a strong national government, while the Federalists opposed the U.S. Constitution because they wanted a Bill of Rights.
What is False?
Polis, written constitution, direct democracy, voting rights, legislative bodies, and civic participation are all influences from this ancient civilization/tradition.
What is ancient Greece?
The principle illustrated in the graphic below.
What is Due Process of Law?
The reason the Articles of Confederation were designed to deliberately establish a weak national government.
What is because American political leaders were fearful of a powerful central government like England's?
The Founding Fathers' idea about the role of government.
What is the role of government is to grant all citizens equal rights?
The ancient civilization/tradition that gave us separation of powers.
What is ancient Rome?
The bodies that can approve a constitutional amendment.
What is both houses of Congress and state legislatures?
The principles in the Preamble to the Declaration of Independence that emphasizes the government's role in securing the people's unalienable rights.
What is "Governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed."?
The impact the English Bill of Rights had on the colonists' views of government.
What is no taxation without respresentation, trial by jury, and limited monarchy?