a government in which the citizens elect leaders to represent them
What is a republic?
100
the power to declare war, make peace treaties, and make treaties with other nations
What are powers Congress had under the Articles of Confederation?
100
the only state that did not take part in the Constitutional Convention
What is Rhode Island?
100
"We the people of the United States..."
What are the first words of the Constitution?
100
makes laws and raises money
What are the powers of the legislative branch of government?
200
to accept
What is ratify?
200
power to set up an army, control trade, or create taxes
What are powers Congress did NOT have under the Articles of Confederation?
200
to discuss how to change the Articles of Confederation
Why was the Constitutional Convention held?
200
the plan for our democracy (a government in which the people have the power to make political decisions)
What is the Constitution?
200
the legislative, judicial, and executive branches
What are the three branches of government?
300
a government in which the people have the power to make political decisions
What is a democracy?
300
millions of dollars to banks and other countries
What did the government owe because of the War for Independence?
300
the plan that called for a federal system in which the national government had three parts, or branches
What is the Virginia Plan?
300
the place where the Constitution is displayed
Where is Washington, D.C.?
300
to suggest and carry out laws
What are the jobs of the executive branch of government?
400
a change to the constitution
What is an amendment?
400
lost their farms and went to jail
What happened when farmers could not pay their taxes?
400
the plan that gave each state one vote, so that small states would have as much power as large states
What is the New Jersey Plan?
400
defending the country, printing money, running the Post Office, and regulating trade between states, collecting taxes, passing laws, setting up courts, and borrowing money
What are the powers of the national government under the Constitution?
400
to decide the meaning of the laws, and whether laws are being followed
What are jobs of the judicial branch of government?
500
a system in which the states share power with the central government, but the central government has more power than the states
What is a federal system?
500
led a group of about 1,100 farmers in a protest
Who is Daniel Shays?
500
the rule that counted five slaves as three free people
What is the Three-Fifths rule?
500
setting up schools, organizing local government, running elections, regulating trade within the state, collecting taxes, passing laws, setting up courts, and borrowing money
What are the state government's powers under the Constitution?
500
to make sure that the government's powers were limited
What is the reason the government was created with three branches?