They were created to avoid a too-powerful central government and to have a system of checks and balances
What are the legislative, judicial and executive branches of government
100
Wrote the pamphlet "Common Sense"
Who is Thomas Paine
100
This group would not ratify the constitution unless the Bill of Rights was added
Who are the anti-federalists
100
What is one of the documents in which England limited the power of kings and queens
What is the Magna Carta or the English Bill of Rights
200
The Articles of Confederation powers were held mostly by the ...
What is the states
200
There were orginally 10 amendments called...
What is the Bill of Rights
200
He presided over all the meetings at the Constitutional Convention
Who is George Washington
200
The uprising of farmers to protest high taxes and heavy debe became known as
What if the Shays's Rebellion
200
Official approval of a constitution or an amendment
What is ratification
300
The Articles of Confederation was replaced by...
What is constitution
300
It appeased the southern states by allowing them to count a portion of the slave population in determining the number of representatives in the House of Representatives
What is the three-fifths compromise
300
He is known a the "Father of the Constitution
Who is James Madison
300
These essays supporting the Constitution were written anonymously under the name Publius
What is the Federalist Papers
300
A system of surveying and dividing western land
What is the Land Ordinance of 1785
400
The national government did not have these two branches of government nder the Articles of Confederation
What are judicial and executive
400
The proposal for representation in Congress to be based on population
What is the Virginia Plan
400
They feared an overly powerful central government destructive of the rights of individuals
Who are the Anti-federalists
400
The agreement to create a two-house legislative became known a
What is the Great Compromise
400
Taxes on imports or exports
What is tariffs
500
Powers that the national government did not have under the Articles of Confederation
What are the powers to tax and regulate commerce
500
The proposal for all states to have equal representation in Congress
What is the New Jersey Plan
500
The advocated the importance of a strong central government
Who were federalists
500
The idea that political authority belongs to the people