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Vocabulary
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1776
What is the year that New Hampshire became the first colony to organize as a state?
100
81 years of age
What is the age of Benjamin Franklin of Pennsylvania when he was the oldest delegate, according to the book?
100
3 branches
What is the number of branches in the government?
100
Article VI
What is the article that the Supremacy class is found in?
100
A detailed, written plan for government
What is the constitution?
200
Articles of Confederation
What is the document that became the first constitution of the United States of America?
200
A series of steps taken to achieve something.
What is a process?
200
10 ammendments
What is the number of amendments that make up the Bill of Rights?
200
Listed
What is the meaning of the word enumerated?
200
A form of government in which power is divided between the federal, or national, government and states
What is federalism?
300
Lack of power and money
What is a reason that congress had no power to collect taxes/
300
The Connecticut Compromise
What is the name that historians call Sherman's plan?
300
The Constitution
What is the name of the document that has about 7000 words?
300
About 200 years
What is the amount of years that the Constitution has served as the "supreme law of the land"?
300
Congress
What is the legislative branch?
400
Rules too rigid
What is a reason that congress could not pass laws without the approval of 9 states?
400
About 550,000 slaves
What is the number of about how many African Americans were enslaved in 1787?
400
William Henry Harrison
What is the name of the first president to die in office?
400
Rule of law
What is the U.S. government also limited by, that means the law applies to everyone, even those who govern?
400
The right to rule
What is sovereighty?
500
Lack of central power
What is a reason that no single leader or group directed government policy?
500
Rhode Island
What is the name of the last state to ratify the Bill of Rights?
500
Article V
What is the number of the article where they talk about amending the Constitution?
500
Popular sovereighty, limited government and the rule of law, separation of powers, checks and balances, and federalism
What is the terms for the five principles that our government is built?
500
A law, usually of a city or country
What is an ordinance?