The Constitution
The Constitution was created to replace this document
The Articles of Confederation
This was limited by the Proclamation Line of 1763 to the anger of American Colonists
What is Western Settlement
This type of government is one where the power to rule is held by a small, usually self-appointed elite.
An Oligarchy
This is generally considered to be the first historical instance of a Direct Democracy
The Democracy of Athens
These individuals opposed ratification of the Constitution
The Anti-Federalists
Article 1 of the Constitution Created this body of government
The Congress
This group organized resistance against the Stamp Act
The Sons of Liberty
This term describes a governmental system whereby the powers to govern are divided between a central and several local governments
Federalism
This is generally considered to be the first Republic known to history
The Roman Republic
Adam Smith believed that the Economy should be arranged around these principles
Free Market Principles
Article 3 of the Constitution created this body of Government
The Supreme Court
This settled the dispute at the Constitutional Convention over the representation of states in the new Congress
The Connecticut Compromise
This power of government is the power to interpret laws and settle disputes that arise in society
Judicial powers
Historians suggest that this decade began the period of Cooperative Federalism in America
The 1930s
Thomas Jefferson Believed that these individuals were best suited for a republican form of government.
Yeoman Farmers
This is sometimes used as another name for the necessary and Proper CLause, as it has allowed for the expansion of the federal government's scope of powers over time.
The Elastic Clause
After this war, Britain's overseas possessions in America nearly doubled.
The French and Indian War
The government is described as this when its different branches and departments are controlled by different parties
What is divided
The Barons of England rebelled against their King in the 1200s, forcing him to sign this document.
The Magna Carta
Alexis De Tocqueville compared these two states in his democracy in America
Kentucky and Ohio
After 2/3rds of both houses of Congress recommend an amendment, what percentage of states need to pass said amendment to ratify it.
3/4ths
The Boston Tea Party was a response to the British government giving this company exemption from import duties
The British East India Company
This theory holds that governments exist as voluntary agreements between rulers and the ruled
Social Contract Theory
The period of Dual Federalism is often described by using this food-based analogy
Layer Cake Federalism
This man led the forces of Parliament in the English Civil War
Oliver Cromwell