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The Constitution
100
The document outlines the duties, responsibilities, and qualifications of the U.S. Government:
What is the Constitution.
100
This man created the New Jersey Plan:
Who is William Patterson
100
This plan favored large states:
What is the Virginia Plan
100
This country strongly influenced our "democratic" views towards government:
What is Great Britain
100
This man drafted the Constitution:
Who is Thomas Jefferson
200
This was America's "first" Constitution:
What are the Articles of Confederation
200
The Great Compromise was promoted by this man?
Who is Roger Sherman
200
This Plan had the Upper House members being elected by the members of the Lowe House:
What is the Virginia Plan
200
This is the idea that government power was NOT absolute:
What is Limited Government
200
This was the name of the state that added the Bill of Rights to the Constitution:
What is Massachusettes
300
The First Continental Congress drafted this document to the King of England?
What is the Declaration of Rights to the King
300
This man wrote "The Second Treatise of Government:"
Who is John Locke
300
This plan wanted to alter the Articles of Confederation:
The New Jersey Plan
300
This is the idea that Government must exist with the consent of the people:
What is Representative Government
300
These are the Three Branches outlined in our Constitution:
What are the Executive, Legislative, and Judicial Branches
400
This document guaranteed free parliamentary elections, freedom of cruel and unusual punishment, and right to a fair and speedy trial
What is the English Bill of Rights
400
This man promoted the Virginia Plan:
Who is Roger Sherman
400
This is another word for the "Majority:"
What is Pluralism
400
This is the idea that there must exist a balance between the people and the government to maintain a functioning institution:
What is Liberty v. Order
400
The first part of the United States Constitution, which outlines the purpose of the document, is called:
What is the Preamble
500
This document symbolizes the first attempt in history to limit the power of the monarchy:
What is the Magna Carta
500
This was the name of the first man to sign the Declaration of Independence:
Who is John Hancock
500
This plan benefited slave states:
Virginia Plan
500
These were NOT represented by the English Parliament:
What are the Colonies
500
This was the last state to ratify the Constitution:
What was Rhode Island.