Founding Fathers
The author of the Declaration of Independence.
Who was Thomas Jefferson?
This was the king of England who signed the Magna Carta.
Who was King John?
This was the legislative assembly in the colony of Virginia.
What was the House of Burgesses?
The first government of the United States upon independence.
What was the Articles of Confederation?
A plan that called for states to be represented based on how many people they had, with larger states having more representatives.
What was the Virginia Plan?
Nicknamed the Father of the Constitution, this representative came up with the Virginia Plan and wrote many of the Federalist Papers.
Who was James Madison?
The representative body made up of the House of Commons and the House of Lords.
What is Parliament?
This war between England and France was started by George Washington.
What was the French and Indian War?
The Anti-Federalists opposed the Constitution because it lacked this.
What is the Bill of Rights?
A plan that called for each state to receive equal representation in Congress regardless of size.
What was the New Jersey Plan?
In addition to John Jay and James Madison, he was one of the leading Federalists.
Who was Alexander Hamilton?
The name of the struggle between King Charles I and Parliament that resulted in Charles losing his head.
What was the English Civil War?
The English policy of letting the colonists mind their own affairs without becoming involved.
What is benign neglect?
A type of democracy in which all citizens vote on the laws.
What is a direct democracy?
A compromise reached as to how enslaved people would be counted for representation.
What was the 3/5 Compromise?
These were two leading Anti-Federalists.
Who were Patrick Henry and George Mason?
When the catholic James II was replaced by the protestants William and Mary who signed the English Bill of Rights.
What is the Glorious Revolution?
The response of the enraged colonists to the Tea Act.
What was the Boston Tea Party?
The aristocratic body in the Roman Republic which controlled the treasury.
What was the Senate?
This state offered what would be called the Great Compromise which split Congress into two houses, one based on population and one in which all were equal.
What is Connecticut?
These two men helped Thomas Jefferson draft the Declaration of Independence.
Who were Benjamin Franklin and John Adams?
The leader of the Parliamentary forces in the English Civil War.
Who was Oliver Cromwell?
This act prohibited settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains and was a major cause of discontent in the colonies.
What was the Proclamation of 1763?
This event convinced the Founding Fathers that a new and stronger government was needed to amend the Articles of Confederation.
The division of power between national, state, and local governments, with the national being on top.
What is federalism?