America
Plantations were the major economy in these colonies.
What are the Southern Colonies?
Also known as the Connecticut Plan, this set up a bicameral legislature.
What is the Great Compromise?
The freedoms protected by the 1st amendment are speech, petition to the government, protest and
What is press?
This is how many voting members of Congress there are/
What is 535?
This is the state's version of the Bill of Rights.
What is the Declaration of Rights?
This document limited the power of the English King and gave colonists the idea of self-government.
What is the Magna Carta?
This compromise counted slaves as 3/5 of a person towards a state's population.
What is the 3/5 compromise?
This amendment protects against unreasonable searches and seizures.
What is the 4th?
This person serves in 2 branches, one as 2nd in command and one as the top dog.
Who is the vice president?
This is the lowest court system in the state.
What is district court?
This philosopher had the theory that government's powers should be separated among different branches to prevent government from becoming too powerful.
Who is Montesquieu?
A system of government in which entities such as states or provinces share power with a national government.
What is federalism?
This amendment protects against cruel and unusual punishment.
What is the 8th?
Implied powers for congress are found in this clause in the Constitution.
What is the elastic clause?
The legislative branch in North Carolina is known as this.
The General Assembly.
This example of civil disobedience was in response to the Tea Act of 1773.
What is the Boston Tea Party?
This group, led by Alexander Hamilton, supported a federal government.
Who were the Federalists?
This amendment grants reserved powers to the states.
What is the 10th?
The president nominates members of this branch for a lifetime of service.
What is the judicial?
The head of the Department of Corrections is a part of this group in the executive branch.
What is the cabinet?
This uprising proved that the Articles of Confederation would not work.
What was Shay's Rebellion?
This compromise stated Congress could not tax exports & could not interfere with the slave trade for 20 years.
What is the commerce and slave trade compromise.
This amendment guarantees a speedy trial and the right to a lawyer.
What is the 6th?
This person serves as the presiding officer of the Senate when the "president" isn't around.
Who is the president pro tempore?
In order to propose an amendment to the state constitution, this is how many members of the legislative branch must approve.
What is 3/5?