Origins of the Constitution
What document declared the American colonies' independence from Britain in 1776?
What is the Declaration of Independence?
What was the first constitution of the United States called?
What are the Articles of Confederation?
In what year did the Constitutional Convention take place?
What is 1787?
What plan proposed representation in Congress based on state population?
What is the Virginia Plan?
How many states needed to ratify the Constitution for it to become effective?
What is nine?
Who was the primary author of the Declaration of Independence?
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
Under the Articles of Confederation, how many votes did each state have in Congress?
What is one vote per state?
In what city was the Constitutional Convention held?
What is Philadelphia?
What plan proposed equal representation for each state in Congress?
What is the New Jersey Plan?
What collection of essays defended the Constitution and explained its principles?
What are The Federalist Papers?
Which philosopher's ideas about natural rights influenced the Declaration of Independence?
Who is John Locke?
What was a major weakness of the Articles of Confederation regarding national defense?
What is that Congress could not raise and maintain a standing army?
Who is known as the "Father of the Constitution"?
Who is James Madison?
What compromise combined elements of the Virginia and New Jersey Plans?
What is the Connecticut Compromise (or Great Compromise)?
Who were the primary authors of The Federalist Papers?
Who are Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay?
What were the key natural rights listed by John Locke that influenced the Declaration?
What are life, liberty, and property?
Which 1786-1787 event highlighted the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?
What is Shays' Rebellion?
How many states sent delegates to the Constitutional Convention?
What is twelve (all except Rhode Island)?
What compromise determined how slaves would be counted for representation and taxation?
What is the Three-Fifths Compromise?
What were opponents of the Constitution who feared a strong central government called?
Who are the Anti-Federalists?
What term describes the system of government that is run by the people, not a king?
What could Congress not do under the Articles that significantly hindered the national economy?
It could not tax
What was the primary purpose of the Constitutional Convention?
What is to revise the Articles of Confederation?
What agreement determined that Congress could ban the slave trade starting in 1808?
What is the Slave Trade Compromise?
What promise helped to secure the ratification of the Constitution by several states?
What is the addition of the Bill of Rights?