Colonial America
Tax on molasses used to help pay off the war debt for England.
What is the Sugar Act?
The first National Plan for Government?
What are the Articles of Confederation?
The system set up to maintain a balance of power among the three branches of government.
What is Checks & Balances?
These are the examples that Washington set for future presidents to follow.
What are precedents?
Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia
What are Southern Colonies?
British soldiers fired into a crowd of in Boston, killing five, wounding another six, and angering an entire colony. Used as propaganda.
What is the Boston Massacre?
They held most of the power under the Articles of Confederation?
What are the States?
Constitutional principle can be described as a division of basic government roles into branches.
What is separation of powers?
He was a member of Washington's administration and he opposed the federal assumption of state debt and the establishment of a national bank.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
First permanent English settlement in North America
What is Jamestown?
Militia Men that could be ready in 60 seconds.
What are Minutemen?
In Shays Rebellion - Farmers rebelled and shut down the courts because they were afraid that the courts were going to take away this.
What is their farm?
Position in the federal government comes with the following requirements: (at least 35 years old, a natural-born U.S. citizen, resident for 14 years).
Who is the President?
Political party was created in the 1790s and influenced by Alexander Hamilton that wanted to strengthen the federal government and promote industry and trade.
What is the Federalist Party?
This religious group landed in Plymouth after fleeing religious persecution in England.
Who are the Pilgrims?
These were Americans who supported the Rebels in the Revolutionary War.
Who were Patriots?
These states supported the New Jersey Plan.
What are the small states?
Piece of legislation before it becomes a law
What is a bill?
In an effort to clean the environment, the government will only allow car manufacturers to produce electric vehicles.
Extreme Left or Extreme Right on the political spectrum.
What is Extreme Left?
This region was known as the most diverse of all the regions with many countries represented in colonies.
What is the Middle Colonies?
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
This group opposed ratification of the Constitution.
Who are the Anti-Federalists?
The Right to Bear Arms?
What is the 2nd Amendment?
This U.S. president believed political parties would divide the country, so he never joined one.
Who is George Washington?