John Locke's philosophy of giving up perfect freedom for protection of life liberty, and a estate.
What is Social Contract?
100
This person did not attend the drafting of the Constitution, because he "smelt a rat."
What is Patrick Henry?
100
This compromise agrees that Congress should be divided into two houses.
What is the Connecticut Compromise?
100
This person wrote the Declaration of Independence.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
200
A centralized government where all power belongs to one central agency. It creates local governments for its own convenience.
What is a Unitary Government?
200
John Hancock was...
What is the first person to sign the Declaration of Independence?
200
There were seven of these in the Constitution.
What is 7?
200
Allowed slaves to be counted as three-fifths of a person.
What is the three-fifths compromise?
200
The Declaration of Independence was written in Congress on this year.
What is 1776?
300
Powers of Government divided between a central government and several local governments. An authority superior to both the central and local governments makes this division of powers on a geographic basis; and that division cannot be changed by either the local or national level acting alone.
What is Federal Government?
300
George Washington's loyalties originally lied with...
What is Great Britain?
300
This amount of Congress is required to ratify an amendment.
What is 2/3?
300
Congress was forbidden the power to tax exports from any state, it was also forbidden the power to act on the slave trade period of at least 20 years.
What is Commerce and Slave Trade Compromise?
300
This person was the President of the Continental Congress, and first person to sign Declaration of Independence.
What is John Hancock?
400
An alliance of independent states.
What is Confederate Government?
400
George Mason and George Washington where from...
What is Virginia?
400
This person was 81 years old when the Constitution was drafted.
What is Benjamin Franklin?
400
Final issues such as selection of the President, treaty-making process, the structure of the national court system, and the amendment process were reached as a result of this compromise.
What is the "Bundle of Compromises?"
400
This Virginian did not sign the Declaration of Independence.
What is George Washington?
500
The executive is made up of the prime minister or premier, and that official's cabinet. The prime minister and cabinet themselves are members of the legislative branch.
What is Parliamentary Government?
500
While Thomas Jefferson served in Paris as United States Minister to France, he and Madison exchanged several letters, in which they discussed the addition of a bill of rights recently drafted Constitution.
What is Letters of Liberty?
500
These four amendments removes actions by the government due to segregation from groups of peoples.
What is the 13th, 14th, 15th, and 19th amendments?
500
These two plans made up the "Great Compromise."
What is The Virginia Plan, and the New Jersey Plan?