English Documents
This document was signed in 1215 , limiting the powers of the King and establishing due process.
What is the Magna Carta?
This person is known as the "Father of the Constitution" for his pivotal role in its drafting.
Who is James Madison?
This event involved colonists protesting British taxation by dumping tea into the Boston harbor.
What is the Boston Tea Party?
This document was created as a result of a series of compromises made during the meeting of the Continental Congress.
What is the Constitution?
This group favored the creation of a strong, federal government that shared power with the states
What are the Federalists?
English document that outlined the rights of citizens and is considered a precursor to the U.S. Bill of Rights
What is the English Bill of Rights?
Influential Enlightenment thinker who argued for the separation of powers and influenced the U.S. Constitution.
Who is Montesquieu?
This person wrote the pamphlet "Common Sense" advocating for independence from Britain.
Who is Thomas Paine?
This plan, proposed by James Madison, called for representation in Congress to be based on population and for a bicameral legislature.
What is the Virginia Plan?
This group worried about the increased powers of taxation granted to the national government
Who are the Anti-Federalists?
This work was written by Thomas Hobbes in which he expresses his ideas on government.
What is Leviathan?
This person was the primary author of the Declaration of Independence.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
This battle marked the first shots of the American Revolution on April 19, 1775.
What is the Battle of Lexington and Concord?
This plan, proposed by William Patterson, called for a unicameral legislature with equal representation.
What is the New Jersey Plan?
This group would not ratify the Constitution without a Bill of Rights.
Who are the Anti-Federalists?
What is the Virginia Statute of Religious Freedom?
This person developed the idea of natural rights as life, liberty, and property.
Who is John Locke?
This monarch severely upset colonists with continued taxation and control.
Who is King George III?
This compromise counted slaves as 3/5 of a person for taxation and representation purposes.
What is the 3/5 Compromise?
This group wrote a series of 85 essays and published them in the newspapers in one the most powerful media campaigns of all time.
Who are the Federalists?
Document written by George Mason and served as a model/example for the U.S. Bill of Rights
What is the Virginia Declaration of Rights?
This Enlightenment thinker wrote The Social Contract about the agreement between the people and the government in which people gave up some freedom for protection.
Who is Rousseau?
What is the Articles of Confederation?
This person was unanimously elected as the first president to govern the nation under the Constitution.
Who is George Washington?
Who are the Federalists?