Articles Gov
How many branches of government did the articles Gov have?
What is One branch of government
The other name for the Connecticut Compromise
What is the Great Compromise
Presided as President over the Constitutional Convention. First President of the United States.
Who is George Washington
Leader who missed the Constitutional Convention on duty as an ambassador to France
Who is Thomas Jefferson
Title of the new leader of the government
Who is the President of the United States
How many votes were needed to add a new law to the Articles Gov?
What is 9/13
Name of the plan made by William Patterson. This plan proposed a unicameral government that would give each state one vote and an equal voice in the government.
What is the New Jersey
Federalist leader who is often called the "Father of the Constitution"
Who is James Madison
Name of the first 10 amendments to our Constitution. The Anti-Federalist favored including this in the Constitution.
What is the Bill of Rights
State that missed the first Continental Congress
What is the State of Georgia
How many votes were needed to amend or change an already existing law under the Articles Gov
What is 13/13 votes
Compromise made that allowed a portion of enslaved people to be counted in a States total population count. Favored by Southern States.
What is the three fifths compromise
A Federalist leader who helped pen the Federalist papers. A good friend of George Washington. This leader came from the State of New York. There is a play named after this fella
Who is Alexander Hamilton
What state did Shays Rebellion take place in?
What is Massachusetts
Name of one of the chambers of our government. This is part of our bicameral Congress. This part of Congress is based on equal representation amongst the states
What is The Senate
What event would eventually doom the Articles Gov?
What is Shays Rebellion
Settled the debate between the VA plan and the NJ plan. This plan made the modern structure of the United States government.
What is the Connecticut/Great Compromise
He was the third Co-author of the Federalist Papers. He is the least well known of the three authors. This man would go on to become a Supreme Court Justice.
Who is John Jay
The leader who missed the Constitutional Convention on duty as an ambassador to England
John Adams
Name of one of the Chambers of our government. This is the part of the bicameral Congress that bases representation in Congress off of the total population of a State.
What is the House of Representatives
Governments need money and the biggest weakness of the Articles Gov was its inability to do what?
What is the ability to tax
Made by James Madison, this called for three branches of government, with a bicameral congress based on a states total population.
What is the VA plan
Anti-Federalist leader from the State of Massachusetts. He was the Governor of MA during Shays Rebellion. He was known as Americas first propagandist.
Who is Samuel Adams
Series of Essays written by three co-authors, designed to convince the public to adopt the Constitution government
What is the Federalist Papers
Besides agreeing to meet again what was the other major accomplishment of the First Continental Congress?
What is a boycott of British goods.