Democracy Details
Laudable Locations
Momentous Meetings
Revolutionary Roster
Potpourri
200
This was the first American colony to engage in outright armed rebellion against British rule
What is Massachusettes?
200
Delegates from all the states attended this gathering that was intended to amend and improve the Articles of Confederation
What was the Constitutional Convention?
200
The primary author of the Declaration of Independence who went on to serve as the third president of the United States
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
200
The first ten amendments to the Constitution which guarantee extensive individual liberties to Americans
What is the Bill of Rights?
400
This is a government in which political power is exercised directly by all of the Citizens.
What is a direct democracy?
400
Representatives from all thirteen colonies signed the Declaration of Independence at this meeting in 1776
What was the Second Continental Congress?
400
American author, inventor, and newspaper editor who served as ambassador to France during the American Revolution
Who was Benjamin Franklin?
400
Name given to France's 1803 sale to the United States of an enormous territory west of the Mississippi
What was the Louisiana Purchase?
600
This term is used to describe a government that exists as an alliance of independent states.
What is a confederation?
600
City where the U.S. Constitution was drafted in 1787
What is Philadelphia?
600
This term is used to describe a blending of two or more viewpoints.
What is a compromise?
800
This term is used to describe a government in which the executive branch is made up of the prime minister and his/her cabinet, who are drawn from the legislative branch.
What is a parliamentary government?
800
Forest moon that was the site of the Battle of the Second Death Star in Return of the Jedi
What is Endor?
800
Creator of the Virginia Plan who is sometimes known as the "Father of the Constitution"
Who was James Madison?
1000
A government of shared powers, in which the executive and legislative branches have separate powers and operate independently from each other, is known by this name.
What is a presidential government?
1000
Meeting of the protagonists in The Fellowship of the Ring to determine how to destroy the One Ring and defeat the dark lord Sauron
What was the Council of Elrond?
1000
Merchant, statesman, and sometime smuggler who is perhaps best known for his prominent signature on the Declaration of Independence
Who was John Hancock?
1000
Statutory interpretation that allows the federal government to use only those powers that are specifically granted by the Constitution
What is strict construction?