Articles of Confederation
The Articles of Confederation served as the first what for the United States?
Constitution
How many amendments are there?
27
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Jeffreson
George Washington
How many essays were published in the federalist papers?
85
What year were the articles of confederation written?
1777
What are the first 10 amendments called?
The bill of rights
Who asked Jeffreson to write the Declaration of Independence?
Who wrote the Federalist Papers?
James Madison, John Jay and Alexander Hamilton
What replaced the Articles of Confederation in 1788?
The current United States Constitution
What are rights under the first amendment?
Freedom of Speech, Religion, Press, Assembly, Petition
What did the declaration of independence do?
Declared independence from Britain and announced the formation of a new country, the USA.
Principal author of the federalist papers
Alexander Hamilton
What were the essays promoting?
The ratification of the consitution
Why was it written?
The colonies knew they needed some form of official government that united the thirteen colonies and wanted to have written down rules that all the states agreed to.
Which amendment abolished slavery?
The 13th amendement
Where was it written?
Philadelphia
Known as the "Father of the Constitution"
James Madison
Who wrote Federalist 10 and what were they in favor of?
James Madison, argued in favor of ratification of the constitution
What is a weakness of the Articles of Confederation?
No power to raise money through taxes , No way to enforce the laws passed by Congress,the federal (national) government was too weak,the state governments had more power, each state only had one vote in Congress despite the size of the state
Under which amendment did women gain the right to vote?
19th amendment
When was the Declaration formally adopted?
Principal author of the Declaration of Independence and 3rd U.S. president
Thomas Jefferson
Federalist 51 argued that the legislative branch should be what?
The strongest branch since it most closely represents the people