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Government in Colonial America
Uniting for Independence
The Articles of Confederation
Creating the Constitution
Miscellaneous
100
This man came up with the idea of Natural or Unalienable Rights.
Who is John Locke?
100
The colonists placed an embargo against Britain at this?
What is the First Continental Congress?
100
Describe what occurred in Shay's Rebellion.
What is a group of farmers rose up because of high taxes and losing their land?
100
This was decided at the Constitutional Convention.
What is to throw out the Articles of Confederation and create a new form of government?
100
Name the three natural rights mentioned in the Declaration of Independence.
What is life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness?
200
This man came up with the idea of separation of powers.
Who is Charles-Louis Montesquieu?
200
The colonists declared independence from Britain at this.
What is the Second Continental Congress?
200
Shay's Rebellion showed the founding fathers this.
What is the Articles of Confederation weren't working?
200
This consisted of a bicameral legislature where one house is Representative based on population and the other has 2 delegates per state.
What is the Connecticut Compromise?
200
These people wanted a weaker central government and did not support the constitution without a Bill of Rights.
Who are the Anti-Federalists?
300
This man came up with the idea of a Social Contract between a government and the people.
Who is Thomas Hobbs?
300
Name the two sides that fought in the French and Indian War and what the result was
Who are Britain and France? What is Britain won but was in a lot of debt?
300
Name two powers the Articles of Confederation gave the central government.
What is declare war, make treaties and pass laws?
300
This plan was favored by large states and consisted of a bicameral legislature with representation based on population.
What is the Virginia Plan?
300
These people favored strong national government and supported the Constitution.
Who are the Federalists?
400
This man came up with the idea that basic rights come from living in a community?
Who is Jean-Jaque Rousseau?
400
Name three taxed levied against the colonists.
What are the Stamp Act, the Townshend Acts, and the Intolerable Acts?
400
Name two things that the Articles of Confederation did not allow the national government to do.
What is enforce laws, levy or collect taxes, create a national court system, regulate interstate commerce?
400
This plan was favored by small states and favored a unicameral legislature where each state got one vote.
What is the New Jersey Plan.
400
This many states were needed to ratify the constitution.
What is 9?
500
Name three things that Colonial Government was influenced by?
What is the Enlightenment, Judeo-Christian values, Magna Carta, English Bill of Rights?
500
Name the 4 parts of the Declaration of Independence.
What are the preamble, the statement of basic rights and purpose, the list of complaints against King George,and the conclusion?
500
The Articles of Confederation had this type of legislature.
What is unicameral with each state getting one vote?
500
Name three things all delegates at the Constitutional Convention agreed on.
What is limited government, representative government, separation of powers, limited state powers, and a stronger national government?
500
These two med wrote the Federalist Papers.
Who are Alexander Hamilton and James Madison?