Definitions
To impose, or raise.
What is... Levy.
What the Articles of Confederation established.
What is... a Confederation Congress.
The first U.S. state to ratify.
What is... Delaware.
This person was elected as the president of the Constitutional Convention.
What is... George Washington.
The number of articles divided in the Constitution.
What is... 7.
A place where weapons are stored.
What is... Arsenal.
The date that the Constitution was signed.
What is... on September 17, 1787.
The last U.S. state to ratify.
What is... Rhode Island.
This farmer/former captain of the Continental Army decided to rebel against the Massachusetts government.
What is... Daniel Shays.
This article is described by the Legislative Branch.
What is... Article I.
Authority or power.
What is... Sovereignty.
What the Unicameral Legislature does.
What is... one house with equal votes for each state.
The state James Madison represented.
What is... Virginia.
This person proposed the Connecticut Compromise.
What is... Roger Sherman.
What the Preamble does.
What is... sets out the reasons for a Constitution.
When more goods are coming into the country than going out of it.
What is... Trade Deficit.
What the Land Ordinance of 1785 did.
What is... it split land into Townships that could be sold off.
The amount of amendments in the Bill of Rights.
What is... 10.
This person thought that a Bill of Rights-a formal summary of citizens' freedoms-was necessary.
What is... George Mason.
This article is described by the Executive Branch.
What is... Article II.
System of government in which power is shared by the national government and the states.
What is... Federalism.
What the Slave Trade Compromise did.
What is... importing slaves could not be restricted or abolished until 1808.
The U.S. state that ratified ninth when the new government had been approved.
What is... New Hampshire.
This amount of people made the Federalist Papers.
What is... 3 (Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay).
The amount of amendments in total.
What is... 27.