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Articles of Confederation
The Bill of Rights
Which Branch has the power?
Revolutionary War
The Constitutional Convention
100
The number of branches in the Articles of Confederation
What is One?
100
the big 5: freedom of religion, press, assembly, speech, and petition
What is the First Amendment?
100
They enact the laws
What is The Executive
100
The two opposing groups during the Constitutional Convention
Who were the Federalists and Anti-Federalists?
200
Congress could ask for this, but not collect it
What are taxes?
200
The group that insisted on the Bill of Rights in order to ratify the Constitution
What is the Anti-Federalists
200
Approves Judges
What is the Legislative Branch
200
They helped blockade the British at Yorktown
Who are the French?
200
The compromise regarding slavery and population
What is the 3/5ths Compromise?
300
The greatest weakness of the Articles of Confederation?
What is lack of power for the federal government?
300
The government can not inflict cruel or unusual punishment
What is the 8th amendment?
300
Their main power is not in the Constitution
What is the Judicial Branch
300
The Anti-federalists believed this should less power than the states
What is the federal government?
400
Large states felt underrepresented because of this
What is the one state=one vote policy?
400
Protections against unlawful search and seizure
What is the 4th amendment?
400
Controls the Power of the Purse
What is the Legislative Branch
400
The turning point in the Revolutionary War
What is the Battle of Saratoga?
400
This decided the current structure of Congress
What is the Great Compromise?
500
The biggest success of the AoC
What is The Northwest Ordinance? (Or Land Ordinance)
500
the 10th amendment states that powers not given to the federal government, nor prohibited to the states, are _____________ for the states
What is reserved?
500
Has Pardon Power
What is the Executive?
500
The Proclamation on 1763 signified the end to this policy of Great Britain
What is Salutary Neglect?
500
Papers written by John Jay, Alexander Hamilton, and James Madison to garner support for the ratification of the Constitution
What is The Federalist Papers?