Created a very loose alliance of 13 independent states.
What is the Articles of Confederation?
What is the legislative branch?
Looked to Rome for inspiration.
Who were the Founding Fathers?
We want a Bill of Rights in the Constitution!!!!
Who are the Anti-Federalist?
The larger of the legislative branch, based on state population.
What is the House of Representatives?
A document that sets out the basic laws, principles and organization and processes of a government.
What is a constitution?
The President of the United States
What is the executive branch?
Rome became this under Caesar Augustus.
What is a dictatorship?
Alexander Hamilton
What are Federalist?
Elected for six-year terms, only 2 from each state.
What is the Senate?
What is a bill of rights?
courts and judges
Signed by King John of England and established monarchs had to obey laws and nobles had rights.
What is the Magna Carta?
The Preamble identifies ___ goals of the Constitution.
What is 6?
How the American President is elected?
What is the electoral college?
States were able to make their own decisions and the federal government was banned from gaining too much power.
What is a STRENGTH of the Articles of Confederation?
Three branches of government was to prevent this.
What is abuse of power?
You can't keep me in jail without charging me?
What is habeas corpus?
The 6 goals of the Constitution.
What is: Form a perfect Union , Establish Justice, Insure Domestic Tranquility, Provide for the Common Defense, Promote the General Welfare and the Blessings of Liberty?
Judges appointed for life.
What is the Supreme Court?
Guaranteed basic rights and outlawed slavery.
What is the Northwest Ordinance?
Sherman made this plan to bring a resolution that threatened to bring the convention to a halt.
What is the Great Compromise?
The ____________ were intent on ensuring that states could build their own militias.
Who were the framers?
The division of power between the federal government and the states.
What is federalism?
What is judicial review?