Provided for justice and the people's general welfare.
What is spelled out in the Preamble to the Constitution?
100
Those of royal birth have absolute authority to rule.
What is challenge that modern democracies developed?
100
the individual 50 states lack which basic characteristic of a state
What is Sovereignty?
200
Massachusetts
What is the oldest and still in force State Constitution?
200
power is divided between a central government and local government.
What is federal government?
200
Virginia's royal charter
What is did not influenced the framers in developing the Constitution ?
300
In this government the legislature chooses the prime minister; the prime minster and his cabinet are part of the legislature; they must resign if they lose the support of a majority of the legislature.
What is Parliamentary government?
300
Virginia Plan
What is Framers centered Constitution around?
400
Federalist
What was written to win support for the Constitution in New York?
400
Defending the nation against foreign enemies,
insuring order and domestic tranquility,&
promoting the general welfare of citizens
What is outlined in the Preamble to the Constitution?
500
Articles of Confederation
What is document Framers replaced with Constitution?
500
all political powers in a state are concentrated at the central level of government.
What is unitary?
500
Plan for regulating trade between Virginia and Maryland
What is the plan that led to Constitutional Convention of 1787?
500
Declaration of Independence
What is document that formally expressed America's right to abolish an abusive and unresponsive government