Articles of Confederation
describe governmental power under the Articles of Confederation
the states have all the power
A republican form of government is described as having....
(REP - REP)
representatives are elected by the people
The federal system breaks our government into 3 sections all of which have their own powers and rights
(NOT THE 3 BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT)
Local
State
National/Federal
A change to the constitution is called an
amendment
Pilgrims
English colonists who arrived on the Mayflower and settled in Plymouth, Massachusetts for the purpose of religious freedom
The Boston Massacre stated with a disagreement over a wig
True. A wigmaker's apprentice, 13-year-old Edward Garrick, accused a British officer, Captain Lieutenant John Goldfinch, of refusing to pay his master's bill. Tensions escalated, and British troops fired on rock-throwing civilians, killing five in what became known as the Boston Massacre.
The Northwest Ordinance of 1787 was important because it
provided a process for admission of new states to the Union
Delegates to the Constitutional Convention of 1787 adopted the Great Compromise to settle differences
100 Bonus Points: What type of legislative branch did the Great Compromise create
representation in congress
Bonus: Bi-Cameral or 2 Houses
One idea is written into the US Constitution because the framers of the Constitution were afraid of a large national government is
Possible Answers:
Checks and Balances
Separations of Powers
Federalism
First permanent English settlement in Virginia became successful because of tobacco
Jamestown
Declaration of Independence
1776 document written by Thomas Jefferson announcing the reasons for American independence
A future U.S. president served as defense lawyer for the British soldiers involved in the Boston Massacre
True. Eight soldiers, one officer, and four civilians were arrested and charged with murder, and they were defended by future U.S. President John Adams. Six of the soldiers were acquitted. The other two were convicted of manslaughter but granted reduced sentences by pleading benefit of clergy, which reduced their punishment from a death sentence to branding of the thumb in open court.
Federalists were people who
wanted to ratify the constitution
Delegates to the Constitutional Convention of 1787 agreed to the Three-Fifths Compromise as a solution to the problem of how to determine the
representation for slaves in congress
Name one concept from European Enlightenment was included in the United States Constitution
Acceptable Answers:
Consent of the people (voting)
Freedoms of speech, religion, press
Bill of Rights
Natural Rights: Life, Liberty, Pursuit of Happiness
Part of the triangular trade network that carried enslaved Africans to the Americans
The Middle Passage
Revolutionary War
War fought between United States and Great Britain to gain American independence
The sons of revolution organized the Boston Tea Party.
False. The Sons of Liberty was founded by Samuel Adams to fight taxation by the British government. Their motto became "No taxation without representation."
This group of people only wanted to change the Articles of Confederation and did not want to ratify the constitution
Anti-Federalists
The Federalist Papers were a series of newspaper articles published in 1787 and 1788 to win support for
Ratifying or Approving the Constitution
The Bill of Rights was added to the United States Constitution to
protect individual rights
British used this to stop the colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains
Proclamation Line
Colombian Exchange
British used this to stop the colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains
Congress voted for American Independence on July 4th, 1776.
False.
Although the Continental Congress declared independence on July 4, they actually voted to declare independence two days earlier, on July 2, 1776. John Adams would later write to his wife: "The second day of July, 1776, will be the most memorable epoch in the history of America.... It ought to be solemnized with pomp and parade, with shows, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires, and illuminations, from one end of this continent to the other, from this time forward forever more."
This document was a break up letter to the King of England, it stated all of the reasons that the colonists no longer wanted to be a colony
The Declaration of Independence
George Washington
Cabinet members are not written into the Constitution, they are apart of the
"unwritten constitution"
Pamphlet written by Thomas Paine urging and supporting independence
Common Sense
Checks and Balances
to limit the powers of each branch of congress
A woman followed her husband into battle during the American Revolutionary War and took his post when he was killed
True. On November 16, 1776, Margaret Cochran Corbin was allowed to accompany her husband into battle as a nurse for injured soldiers. She was standing next to her husband when he fell during battle and took his post firing a cannon until she too was seriously wounded.