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3.1 The Nation’s First Governments
3.2 The Road to the Constitution
3.3 Structure of the Constitution
3.4 Underlying Principles of the
Constitution
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This was adopted to help unify and organize the 13 separate colonies to fight the British during the Revolutionary War
What is the Continental Congress
100
Where was the Constitutional Convention held in 1787?
What is Philadelphia
100
What is the purpose of the Constitution
What is to provide a basic framework for government
100
Why is it important for the powers of the government to be limited?
What is so that the government does not deny rights
200
This is the first former colony to organize as a state with a new constitution
What is New Hampshire
200
What was the original purpose of the convention?
What is to revise articles of confederation
200
What is the part of the Constitution in which it states the goals and purposes of the government?
What is the preamble
200
Provide a synonym for the legislative branch of the government.
What is congress
300
The Articles of Confederation set up what type of legislature?
What is unicameral
300
Name two commons characteristics of the 55 delegates at the Constitutional Convention
What is white males, professionals, businessmen, wealthy, half were under 40 years old, half had college degrees, well read in politics, philosophy, and economics.
300
What is a change to the Constitution known as?
What is an amendment
300
The first ten amendments to the Constitution that limits the powers of the government are known as what?
What are the Bill of Rights
400
These protests involved farmers who were fighting high state taxes and imprisonment for debt.
What is Shay's Rebellion
400
Who presided over the Constitutional Convention?
Who is George Washington
400
Why do you think the framers of the Constitution made it difficult to amend the Constitution?
What is because results can be dramatic, so overwhelming majority of Americans need to support it.
400
Who was Baron de Montesquieu?
Who is the philosopher who had the idea of separation of powers into different branches of the government.
500
Name one weakness of the Articles of Confederation
What is 9 out of 13 states had to agree to pass new laws. What is amendments required a unanimous vote. What is Congress had little authority over state. What is the inability to collect taxes, difficult to pay war debts. What is difficult to accomplish anything.
500
What was an agreement to settle whether slaves would be included in a state's population?
What is Three-Fifths Compromise
500
Name the three main parts of the Constitution
What is the preamble, seven articles, and 27 amendments
500
People should have the right to rule themselves is known as what?
What is popular sovereignty