The Mayflower Compact was an important step in the development of democracy because it provided an example of colonial__________________
self-government
The Intolerable Acts was an event leading to the __________________
American Revolution
The Three-Fifths Compromise resolved the conflict over the counting of _______________
enslaved persons
The Anti-Federalists refused to ratify the Constitution unless a ________________ was added.
Bill of Rights
Precedent=______________
Example
The Virginia House of Burgesses led to a development in democracy because it was the first representative ________________
Assembly
The main purpose for writing the Declaration of Independence was to separate from __________________(3 answers)
Britain/Great Britain/England
New states/New territories=______________
Northwest Ordinance
The English Bill of Rights led to the _____________
American Bill of Rights
George Washington felt the government was divided and weakened by the formation of _____________
political parties
Harbors, forests, and rocky soil=_______________
New England Colonies
An African slave who spied on British troops was __________________
James Armistead
The Great Compromise resolved differences over congressional ______________
representation
Religion, Assembly, Press, Petition, and Speech=___________
1st Amendment
The two recommendations in Washington's Farewell Address was to avoid creating_____________ and to stay _____________ (3 words)
political parties
neutral/no alliances/no foreign affairs
Cruel treatment, poor sanitary conditions, and starvation were experienced by enslaved Africans on the __________________
Middle Passage
Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness=_____________(2 answers)
natural rights/unalienable rights
The purpose of the amending process is to allow the Constitution to adjust to a society that _____________
changes
Federalism and states' rights=_____________
10th Amendment
The first two political parties were the _____________ and the _______________.
Federalists and the Democratic Republicans
Mercantilism meant the colonists had to provide Great Britain with _______________(2 answers)
raw materials/natural resources
"Remember the Ladies" was written by _______________
Abigail Adams
Federalism deals with the division of powers between the ____________ and _____________
state government and national government
Those accused of crimes have rights because of amendments ___-__.
4-8
The first two political parties were created by ___________ and ____________
Jefferson and Hamilton