The depiction of this event became a source of patriot propaganda, showing the British as brutal tyrants to the innocent colonists
What was the Boston Massacre?
This person is the reason we have 3 branches of government
Who is Baron de Montesquieu ?
This was the main reason for writing the Federalist Papers
What is ratification of the Constitution?
This Amendment gives you the right to free speech and freedom of religion
What is the First Amendment
This Pamphlet led to increased colonial support for independence.
What was Common Sense by Thomas Paine?
This person wrote the Declaration of Independence
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
This house in Congress has the same number of representatives from each state, regardless of the state's population.
What is the Senate?
The Senate and the House of Representatives were created as a result of this.
What was the Great Compromise?
The British Law that taxed all printed goods and services
What is the Stamp Act?
These were created to separate the powers or making, enforcing, and interpreting laws on all levels of government
What are the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial Branches?
This was the compromise the delegates made on slavery and started the divide on the issue
What is the 3/5ths compromise?
This is the division of power between the federal, state and local government.
What is Federalism?
This geographic feature became the basis of the Proclamation Line of 1763
What are the Appalachian Mountains?
Coining Money and Declaring war are examples of these type of powers
What are delegated powers?
This is meant to protect individual civil liberties from a strong central government
What is the Bill of Rights?
The Elastic Clause is a nickname for the actual words that appear in the constitution.
What is the "Necessary & proper" clause?
This war set the stage for problems between the British and Colonists but was fought between France, British, Native Americans and Colonists
What is the French and Indian War?
This is a check the judicial branch would use against the legislative if they made a law that was not in line with our country's values.
What is to declare laws unconstitutional?
Taxing, lawmaking, and policing are all examples of this type of power.
What are concurrent powers?
This group wanted the Bill of Rights and a smaller Federal government, said they would not ratify the constitution without a Bill of Rights
Who are the Anti-Federalists?