Vocabulary
Confirmed as being accurate or truthful by acceptable evidence.
verified
Main claim, or position statement. Provides meaningful interpretation of the past. It requires solid evidence to support and develop.
Thesis
The Declaration of Independence's main author
Thomas Jefferson
Geographic Distribution of power where sovereignty is all at the top or central government.
Unitary
Those who didn't want the new constitution to take effect, or were apprehensive of the new powers it would give to the federal government.
Anti-Federalists
the following of one thing after another; succession
a continuous or connected series
sequence
Type of source a textbook is
secondary
Full Date the Declaration of Independence was first signed
July, 4th, 1776
was forbidden to ever exist in the Northwest territory
slavery
Number of amendments in the Bill of Rights
10
a complaint or resentment/ to state something as unjust
grievance
whether or not a source is trustworthy and believable
credibility
Group that signed the Declaration of Independence
Second Continental Congress
Mr. Porter's statement about the United States under the Articles of Confederation
"PLUTH--, we were a failure!"
Letters to different newspapers by citizens arguing against the ratification of the Constitution
Anti-Federalist papers
to confirm or formally adopt; make officially the law
ratification
We study history as a series of both long and short term ____________ & _____________.
Causes and effects
The Declaration of Independence is based on the Enlightenment ideas of _______________ and _____________, written by _______________.
Social Contract / Natural Rights, John Locke
Vocabulary term to explain the Northwest Ordinance's importance for the future admission of new states
precedence
what historians call those who created the Constitution
Framers
an order before a judge or court, used as protection against illegal imprisonment
writ of habeas corpus
Correlation does not prove ____________.
Causation
The 4 parts of The Declaration of Independence are:
1. Importance of giving reasons for breakup
2. Definition of what a good government is like
3. list of grievances (complaints against the king)
4. Statement of independence, and what that means
List at least 4 of the 5 states that came out of the Northwest Ordinance.
Ohio
Indiana
Michigan
Illinois
Wisconsin
two ideas of Montesquieu the Constitution uses in an attempt to prevent tyranny by the Federal Government
Separation of Powers and Checks and Balances