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Early Influences
Road to the Declaration
Articles of Confederation
Creation of the Constitution
Legislative Branch
100
This Enlightenment thinker influenced our Founding Fathers with the idea of Separation of Powers
What is Montesquieu
100
This event caused the British government to begin taxing the American colonies
What is the French and Indian War
100

This is the definition of the Articles of Confederation

What is the first government/consitution of the United States

100
It was at this meeting that our Founding Fathers created the United States Constitution
What is the Constitutional Convention
100

This is the term for a person represented by a legislator in their home district or state.

Who is a Constituent?

200
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights..that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.." What Enlightenment idea is present in this Declaration of Independance quote?
What is Natural Rights (life, liberty, and property)
200
This is how the colonists protested the Stamp Act, which taxed goods such as newspapers and playing cards.
What is boycotting
200

This proposal at the Constitutional Convention favored large states by suggesting representation based on population.

What is the Virginia Plan?

200
This group of men believed in the Constitution as it was written and wrote papers defending its' ratification
Who were the Federalists (Federalist Papers)
200

his occurs when a President kills a bill by refusing to sign it during the last 10 days of a Congressional session.


What is a Pocket Veto?

300
This document was the first evidence of Self-Government in the American colonies
What is the Mayflower Compact
300

What events cause the phrase "Taxation without representation"

What is Boston Tea Party?

300

This, "dreadful conflict" was the main reason for the meeting of the Constitutional Convention

What is Shay's Rebellion

300

These two amendments (one federal, one state) specifically ensure "due process" and equal protection under the law.

What are the 5th and 14th Amendments?

300

These specific bills are responsible for setting aside money for specific government spending

What are Appropriations Bills?

400
This document was written in 1215 in order to limit the power of the government in England
What is the Magna Carta
400
This pamphlet was written by John Locke in order to convince American colonists to declare independence from Great Britain
What is Common Sense
400
These branches of government did not exist under the Articles of Confederation
What is executive and judicial
400

The primary purpose of these first ten amendments is to protect the rights of this group.

Who are individuals (the people)?

400

 This group serves as the legislative and often executive body for county governments

What is the Board of Commissioners?

500

“That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government…” This Declaration of Independance quote is referring to this Enlightenment idea

What is the Social Contract

500
List two grievances that were listed in the Declaration of Independence
(Answers will vary) “For imposing taxes on us without our Consent” “He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good.” “He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures.” “For depriving us in many cases, of the benefit of Trial by Jury.”
500

These were the FIVE weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation

What is 1. Congress could not levy taxes 2. No Judicial system 3. No power to enforce laws 4. No power to regulate trade 5. Unanimous approval from all 13 states was required in order to amend the Articles

500
Draw a Venn Diagram showing the differences and similarity between the Virginia and New Jersey plans
What is Virgina: Preferred by larger states, bicameral legislature, wanted representation to be based on POPULATION Same: Three Branches of Government New Jersey Plan: Preferred by smaller states, unicameral legislature, wanted each state to have ONE vote
500

This term describes a system of government where power is shared between national and state levels

What is Federalism?