Articles of Confederation
Articles of Confederation did not include this branch
What is the executive branch?
Year U.S. constitution was written
What is 1787?
What are individual rights?
George Mason
Who is an anti-federalist?
Freedom of Religion, Assembly, Petition, Press and Petition.
What are the freedoms of the 1st amendment?
Articles of Confederation were replaced by this document.
What is the U.S. Constitution?
Legislative plan that recommended the number of representatives to based on population. Supported by the large states.
What is the Virginia plan?
Power is shared between the state and national government.
What is federalism?
These documents, written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison & John Jay, were written in favor of ratification of the Constitution.
What are the Federalists Papers?
1st amendment freedom that prevents the government from interfering in the spread of info and opinions.
What is freedom of the press?
Ability to declare war
Ability to make treaties
Authority to operate post offices
What are strengths of the Articles of Confederation?
The agreement that combined ideas from the Virginia Plan and the New Jersey Plan.
What is the Great Compromise?
Each branch has powers that balances the other branches.
What are checks and balances?
To protect individual rights, anti-federalists demanded this be added to the Constitution.
What are the Bill of Rights?
What is the 4th amendment?
No unity among the states
What is a weakness of the Articles of Confederation?
Supporters of the New Jersey plan
What are small states?
People have the power.
What is popular sovereignty?
Political group that favored a strong federal government and ratification of the Constitution.
Who are the federalists?
People accused of a crime are given due process by this amendment.
What is the 5th amendment?
Revolt of revolutionary veterans from Massachusetts over high property taxes on their farms.
What is Shay's Rebellion?
People choose representatives by voting in elections.
What is republicanism?
Writer of the Constitution
Who is James Madison?
2/3 of both congressional houses vote in favor of proposing the amendment.
What is a way to propose an amendment?