Articles of Confederation
During the revolution, this group began working on writing a new form of government for the American colonies.
Who is the Continental Congress?
This many states were required to ratify the constitution.
What is 9?
Supporters of the Constitution were called this.
What is Federalists?
A system of government where power is placed directly in the hands of the people.
What is Democracy?
In order to get the constitution ratified, federalists promised to add this to the constitution.
What is Bill of Rights?
This was the main reason American's were afraid to give power to strong central government.
What is they felt a strong central government would abuse their power, just like Britain?
The U.S. Constitution split power between ___ branches of government.
What is 3?
People opposed to the constitution were called this.
What are Anti-Federalists?
A system of government where people elect representatives who then make decisions.
What is a republic?
The only significant achievement of the National government during the Articles of Confederation.
What is the Northwest Ordinance?
The first government after the revolution in America was set up by this document.
What is the Articles of Confederation?
This plan proposed a bicameral legislature with representation in both houses based on a state’s population
What is the Virginia Plan?
This man is known as the father of the Constitution.
Who is James Madison?
A loose alliance of states, in which states tend to have more power than the federal government.
What is Confederation?
This compromise settled the debate on whether slaves should be counted toward population and representation.
What is 3/5 compromise?
List at least 2 problems with the Articles of Confederation.
No President
No courts
Federal government could not tax
states had too much power
unicameral legislature
Small states favored this plan because it proposed a unicameral legislature with equal representation for each state.
What is the New Jersey Plan?
The Constitutional Convention was held here.
What is Philadelphia?
The role of the Legislative Branch.
What is Make Laws?
“Separation of powers” and “checks and balances” are important in our government because
Each branch has a specific role and one branch can not become to powerful.
This event where farmers rebelled over taxes in Massachusetts convinced the states that the Articles of Confederation needed to change.
What is Shay's rebellion?
When the constitution does not specifically delegate a power to the federal government, that power is ____________________.
What is given to the states?
List the three authors of the Federalists Papers.
Alexander Hamilton
John Jay
James Madison
The role of the Judicial Branch.
What is Interpret Laws?
Explain the Great Compromise.
Created a bicameral legislature. One house based on population and one house equal regardless of population.