Articles of Confederation
Under the Articles of Confederation, Congress did not have enough money to pay their soldiers because they could not do this.
What is impose taxes?
This compromise counted enslaved persons as 3/5 when determining representation for each state in congress.
What is the 3/5 compromise?
This was included in the Constitution to provide a common vision of the purpose of government.
What is the Preamble?
This principle states that even the president has to follow the law.
What is limited government?
This amendment gives people freedom of speech, the freedom to protest peacefully, freedom of religion and freedom of the press.
What is the 1st amendment?
After this event, George Washington and other founding fathers expressed a need to change the Articles of Confederation, fearing more violence against the state.
What is the Shay's Rebellion?
This compromise created the House of Representatives (representatives chosen based on population) and the Senate (states receive equal representation).
What is the Great Compromise?
This branch of governments writes and creates the laws in the U.S.
What is the Legislative branch?
This principle refers to basic freedoms that the government has to protect.
What is individual rights?
This group would not ratify the Constitution until the Bill of Rights was added because they believed that a strong federal government would take away their individual rights.
Who are the anti-federalists?
In order to ensure they could make decisions for the country during a war, the Articles of Confederation allowed the national government to do this.
What is sign treaties and/or declare war?
Even though the delegates at the Constitutional Convention ended up creating a whole new Constitution, their original goal was just to revise this.
What is the Articles of Confederation?
This branch of government enforces and executes the laws in the U.S.
What is the executive branch?
This principle states that all 3 branches share power with each other equally.
What is Separation of Powers?
These individuals believed that without a strong central government there would be chaos.
Who are the federalists?
This law passed under the Articles of Confederation created a process for adding new states to the Union. It banned slavery in new states, but it had a negative effect on Native Americans because they lost their land.
What is the Northwest Ordinance?
This two-word term defines how the legislative branch is structured into two houses.
What is the Bi-Cameral Legislature?
This branch of government evaluates and interprets the laws in the U.S.
What is the Judicial branch?
This principle states that the people should have power over the government.
What is popular soveriegnty?
This amendment protects individuals from "unreasonable search and seizure".
What is the 4th amendment?
Under the Articles of Confederation, this did not have as much power as the state government.
What is the federal government?
In order to satisfy smaller states, the delegates at the Constitutional Convention created this as part of the bicameral legislature. In it, every state has 2 representatives no matter what their population is.
What is the Senate?
In order to pass a law, the Senate and this house both need to agree on it.
What is the House of Representatives?
This principle states that power is divided between the states and national government.
What is federalism?
The Federalist papers were written so that the states would do this to the Constitution.
What is ratify?