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100
A two house legislature
What is bicameral
100
Wrote the Declaration of Independence
Who is Thomas Jefferson
100
Another name for the Connecticut Compromise
What is the Great Compromise
100
This group favored ratification of the Constitution
What are the Federalists
100
Which of the 4 Theories of the Origins of States is the Constitution based on?
What is the Social Contract
200
The idea of restricting the powers of government is known as...
What is limited government
200
This English philosopher was a big influence on the Declaration of Independence
Who is John Locke
200
The person who proposed the Virginia Plan
Who is Madison
200
One of 3 authors of the Federalist Papers
What is Madison, Hamilton, Jay
200
The father of the Constitution
Who is Madison
300
Benjamin Franklin suggested colonial unity and this...the first meeting of all 13 colonies to discuss local issues
What is the Albany Plan
300

What controversial topic was purposely omitted from the Declaration of Independence, and pushed back 20 years in the Constitution

What is the slave trade

300
This compromise proposed a unicameral legislature and federal executive of more than one person.
What is New Jersey Plan
300
This farmer's revolt highlighted the weakness of the Articles of Confederation
What is Shay's Rebellion
300
This document is considered a "bundle of compromises"
What is the Constitution
400
Of the following four items, which is not a feature of a state constitution - unicameral legislatures, limited government, separation of powers, checks and balances
What is unicameral legislatures
400
This meeting officially approved the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776.
What is the Second Continental Congress
400
Congress was forbidden from taxing exports of the colonies or interfering with slave trade for at least 20 years
What is the Commerce and Slave Trade Compromise
400
This state was persuaded by George Washington to ratify the Constitution
What is Virginia
400
The listing of basic liberties in the Constitution is called this...
What is the Bill of Rights
500
This English document included the protection against the government taking life, liberty, or property - also known as due process.
What is Magna Carta
500
This Act punished the colonies by closing the port of Boston and eventually led to the First Continental Congress
What is the Intolerable Acts
500
This addition to the Constitution won over those opposed to the ratification
What is the Bill of Rights
500

The first state to ratify the Constitution

What is Delaware

500

Because it did not have a legislative, executive, and judicial branch, what conclusion was made at the Constitution Convention about the Articles of Confederation

What is to replace them with a new government