Articles of Confederation
Weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation:
No power to tax
Can't raise national army
No common currency
Only 1 branch: Leglislative
What is the name of the event that triggered the Constitutional Convention?
What is Shay's Rebellion?
Popular Sovereignty is:
Rule by the People or
Power to the People
Rights of the first amendment are:
Freedom of religion, assembly, press, petition, speech
To Approve
Ratify
Wrote the Declaration of independence
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
Colonists not allowed to speak out
against the King; Committees of
correspondence
Solved by 1s amendment
Name of the event that triggered the Constitutional Convention.
What is "Shay's rebellion"?
Which compromise is about representing every state?
Federalism is
Shared/Divided power between the State and Federal Government.
3rd amendment
What is the No Quartering of Soldiers?
Federal Government.
What is BIG government, bigger than the states. Central Government. National Government.
1st President. Commander in Chief of Continental Army. Doesn't believe in Political Parties
Who is George Washington?
quartering of
troops
3rd Amendment
This is the only branch the Articles of Confederation planned for:
What is the Legislative Branch.
Which compromise solved how slaves would counted?
Slaves would be counted 3 out of every 5 slaves. AND they'd be taxed for them.
Checks and Balances
Each of the 3 branches is able to put the other in check.
4th amendment.
What is protections from "unreasonable search and seizure"?
Confederation.
What is a government where STATES have more power?
Starts a rebellion of farmers and attacks courthouses because their homes were taken by the government.
Who is Daniel Shays?
Allowed homes to be searched
without warrants; writs of assistance
True or False: No National Military, and No ability to tax the states?
True
The two groups arguing about Federal Power vs State power were called:
Who were the Anti Federalists and Federalists.
Limited Government
The Government cannot have absolute control, all parts of the government have to follow the rules.
What is the 8th amendment?
No Cruel and Unusual Punishment.
Popular Sovereignty
What is "People Rule" "Power from the people" or "Power to the People" ?
Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and James
Madison. Federalists or Anti Federalists?
Federalists
No trial by jury of peers
6th Amendment – Speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury
7th Amendment – Right of trial by jury
Why did the Americans create a weak Government when they were starting out?
The experience with the king of England was abusive.
What were the names of the two plans they dealth with during the Great Compromise
The Virginia Plan and the New Jersey Plan.
Individual Rights
Bill of Rights - 1st ten amendments to the
Constitution
Rights not granted to the Federal government goes to the STATES
Grievance
What is a complaint?
George Mason, Patrick Henry: Federalist or Anti Federalist?
Anti Federalist
Not an amendment (but did get fixed)
Taxation without representation