Federalists
The Federalists believed the United States would function best with this type of government.
What is a strong central(national) government?
The Anti-Federalists fear about a strong national government.
What is It would abuse its power and take away people’s rights?
These make up the Bill of Rights.
What are the first 10 amendments of the Constitution?
This was the year the Constitution was written.
What is 1787?
This document was the first constitution of the United States.
What is The Articles of Confederation?
He was one of the leading Federalists and authored 55 of the Federalist Papers.
Who is Alexander Hamilton?
A famous Anti-Federalist who demanded a Bill of Rights.
Who is Patrick Henry?
These are the rights protected in the First Amendment.
What are the freedoms of Speech, Religion, Press, Assembly, and Petition?
This is the purpose of the Preamble.
What is to state the goals and purposes of the government?
This event led by a farmer in Massachusetts, showed the weakness of the Articles of Confederation.
What is Shay's Rebellion?
What are the Federalist Papers?
The type of government the Anti-Federalists prefer.
What is a government where states had more power than the national government?
This amendment grants citizens the right to bear arms.
What is the Second Amendment?
The Constitution established these three branches of government.
What is the Legislative, Executive and Judicial?
The document that declared the colonies were now independent from Britain's control.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
The Federalists had this view of the Articles of Confederation.
What is too weak and needed to be replaced?
The reason Anti-Federalists oppose the Constitution.
What is it lacked the Bill of Rights and gave too much power to the national government?
This amendment protects people from unreasonable searches and seizures.
What it the Fourth Amendment?
This system was implemented to prevent any one branch from becoming too powerful.
What is Checks and Balances?
This British document influenced American ideas about limited government.
What is the Magna Carta?
This was the promise or compromise the Federalists made to gain support for the ratification of the Constitution.
What is to add the Bill of Rights?
The major compromise helped win over Anti-Federalists during ratification.
What is the promise to include the Bill of Rights?
This is reason the Bill of Rights was added to the Constitution.
What is to protect individual freedoms or rights and to limit government power?
The term that divides power among the three branches of government.
What is "separation of powers"?
This Enlightenment thinker had the greatest influence on the Founders because of his ideas about natural rights.
Who is John Locke?