Types of Government
Rule by all of the people.
What is democracy?
This country founded the Thirteen Colonies.
What is England?
The plan at the Constitutional Convention which said that big states should have more representatives than small states.
What was the Virginia Plan?
The first weak government of the United States after independence.
What was the Articles of Confederation?
Rule by one person.
What is monarchy?
The colonists were used to this and thought it was their most important right.
What is self-government?
The plan at the Constitutional Convention that said all states should have the same number of representatives regardless of their size.
What was the New Jersey Plan?
The author of the Declaration of Independence.
Who was Thomas Jefferson?
A government which is too strong and takes away people's rights.
What is a tyranny?
The colonists reacted to the Tea Act by doing this.
What is the Boston Tea Party?
A compromise for how enslaved people would be counted for representation.
What is the 3/5 Compromise?
This party supported the Constitution.
Who were the Federalists?
A government that is so weak that it can't protect people's rights.
What is an anarchy?
This war between England and France caused England to tax the colonies.
What was the French and Indian War?
The division of power between national and state governments with the national government being superior.
What is Federalism?
The compromise between the Federalists and the Antifederalists was the addition of this to the Constitution.
What is the Bill of Rights?
This representative body ruled England along with the king.
What is Parliament?
This philosopher influenced the colonists by writing about natural rights.
Who was John Locke?
The branch of the government that makes the laws.
What is the Legislative Branch?
This amendment in the Bill of Rights protects freedom of speech, the press, religion, and assembly.
The First Amendment.