Influences
These two Ancient Civilizations significantly influenced the Framers in developing the Constitution
What is Greece and Rome?
Wasn't known for his writing skills, he help lead the Philadelphia Convention
Who was George Washington?
An agreement to settle a dispute where both sides do not necessarily obtain what they were seeking
What is compromise?
Focused on the sovereignty of states with a weak central government
What was the Articles of Confederation?
This plan called for a bicameral legislature that had the lower house, determined by population, select the representatives in the upper house
What was the Virginia Plan?
This "enlightened" person wrote the Leviathan, which explored people's social contract with government
Who is Thomas Hobbes?
Even though he was an orphan, this delegate proposed the Philadelphia Convention and co-founder of "The Federalist Papers"
Who is Alexander Hamilton?
Representatives sent to conventions to speak and vote on behalf of a state
What is a delegate?
These are powers that the State and Federal governments share
What are Concurrent Powers?
This plan would have each state have the same number of representatives in government, regardless of the population of the state
What is the New Jersey Plan?
This thinker believed that all citizens possessed certain "natural rights", including "life, liberty, and property"
Who is John Locke?
Known as the "Father of the Constitution", he devised the Virginia Plan and drafted the Bill of Rights
Who is James Madison?
Branch of government that is responsible for judicial appointments and establishing foreign relations
What is the Executive?
This branch of government insures that laws are constitutional
What is the Judicial branch?
Roger Sherman introduced this bicameral legislature plan to break the deadlock between the Philadelphia Convention delegates
What is the Great Compromise or Connecticut Compromise?
This French judge believed in separation of powers and that elected officials should rule according to the "love of virtue"
Who is Baron de Montesquieu?
This person advanced the Great Compromise and helped ratifying the Constitution in Connecticut
Who is Roger Sherman?
Power is divided between a central authority and a number of semi-autonomous states or provinces
What is the federal government?
This form of legislative branch includes a upper and lower house
What is Bi-Cameral?
These two code words for the "Three-Fifths Compromise" address how slaves would be counted for both representation and taxation
What is "Other Persons"?
Benjamin Franklin proposed the Albany Plan of Union, which was based in part on these people.
What is the Iroquois Confederacy?
He wrote the Preamble to the Constitution and an amateur surgeon
Gouverneur Morris
Anti-federalist were against ratifying the Constitution because they were worried that a strong central government would erode this from states
What is Sovereignty?
In case of conflict, this clause in the Constitution has the Federal law supersedes any state laws
What is the Supremacy or Linchpin Clause?
This was missing, which kept important states like New York and Virginia from ratifying the Constitution
What is the Bill of Rights or no federal guarantee of civil liberties?