Vocabulary
A government in which one person or a small group of people holds complete authority.
Dictatorship.
This person was an anti-federalist who scared people into thinking the president would become a King.
Patrick Henry
During this period, people used logic and reasoning to solve issues, not traditions.
European Enlightenment.
These are the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution.
Bill of Rights.
This was the first state to ratify the United States Constitution.
Delaware (1787).
to force.
compel.
This individual wrote 12 amendments to the United States Constitution, with 10 of them being approved or ratified.
James Madison
This document stated that monarchs had to obey the same laws as the people they ruled and that citizens have basic rights.
The Magna Carta (1215).
This was the last state to ratify the Constitution.
Rhode Island (1790).
This Enlightenment thinker said that government is an agreement between the ruler and the ruled.
John Locke.
A system of government in which citizens choose representatives to govern them.
a Republic.
These two patriots recommended a bill of rights be added to the U.S. Constitution before Massachusetts ratified it.
Samuel Adams and John Hancock.
This document affirmed the Magna Carta and established that Parliamentary elections would be held regularly.
English Bill of Rights (1689).
These essays were written and first published in newspapers with the purpose of explaining and defending the United States Constitution.
The Federalist Papers.
What was the anti- federalists main argument against ratification of the Constitution?
It did not have a list of guaranteed protections.
a law or rule
Statute.
These three individuals wrote the Federalist Papers.
Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay.
This principle under the English Bill of Rights stated that people couldn't be held in jail without being charged with a specific crime.
Habeas Corpus.
What was the process needed for a new amendment to be ratified or for an existing amendment to be changed.
Needed three- fourths of the states approval.
This man was an anti- Federalist who wrote the Virginia Bill of Rights.
George Mason.
a principle by which the powers of government are divided among separate branches.
Separation of Powers.
This governor of Virginia supported the U.S. Constitution after previously being an anti- Federalist.
Edmund Randolph
Baron de Montesquieu come up with this principle when it came to dividing government up in to three separate powers.
Separation of Powers.
The first document of self government from 1620 established in the colonies.
The Mayflower Compact (1620).
What was the significance of New Hampshire being the ninth state to ratify the U.S. Constitution.
This allowed the Constitution to go into effect.