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Frenchman who wrote Democracy in America
Who is Alexis de Tocqueville?
New Yorker who urged all states to send delegates to a convention in Philadelphia
Who is Alexander Hamilton?
Legislature with 2 houses
What is Bicameral?
Powers not specifically mentioned in the Constitution but implied therein
What is Implied Powers?
Those who opposed the ratification of the constitution
What are Anti-Federalists?
Led the committee that proposed the Articles of Confederation
Who is John Dickinson?
Wrote to a young man about the importance of the Bible in leadership
Who is Noah Webster?
Established a confederacy from 1781-1789
What is Articles of Confederation?
Three branches limiting the power of each other so that none can usurp the authority of the others
What are checks and balances?
Those who supported the adoption of the Constitution
Who are Federalists?
Baptist Leader who helped persuade James Madison to support adding the Bill of Rights
Who is John Leland?
Virginian who urged all states to send delegates to a convention at age 26
Who is James Madison?
Central government is subordinate to the local governments and has only the powers they grant it
What is confederacy?
The first ten amendments to the Constitution; added in 1791
What are the Bill of Rights?
System where voters play an indirect role in choosing the president
What is the Electoral College?
Former Military officer who led Shay's Rebellion
Who is Daniel Shays?
Proposed the New Jersey Plan seeking a unicameral legislature
Who is William Paterson?
What is the Northwest Territory?
Provided for the entire Northwest Territory to be divided into townships
What is Land Ordinance?
Called for a unicameral legislature with equal representation for all states
What is the New Jersey Plan?
Baptist leader who fought for religious freedom of Massachusetts
Who is Issac Backus?
The youngest delegate at the Constitutional Convention at 26
Who is Johnathan Dayton?
The arrangement that allowed the Convention to move forward; concluded that the government would include an upper house to represent the states and a lower house to represent the people
What is the Great Compromise?
Called for a bicameral legislature based on state population
What is the Virginia Plan?
Many farmers and debtors forcibly closed down several courts to prevent foreclosure of their land led by Daniel Shays
What is Shay's Rebellion?