Articles of Confederation
During the Revolutionary War, the Continental Congress created this document as a national government and laws to defeat bring the colonies together to defeat the British. It remained in place until the Constitutional Convention of 1787.
What is the Articles of Confederation?
This former military general was chosen to lead the Constitutional Convention in 1787.
Who is George Washington?
This principle states that the government only has the powers given from the Constitution
What is limited government?
This person is in charge of the Executive branch.
Who is the president?
This document guarantees freedom of speech, the right to bear arms, and protection from unreasonable search and seizure.
What is the Bill of Rights?
To avoid the tyranny of a king, the Articles of Confederation was intended to create this type of national government.
What is weak?
-synonyms for weak are acceptable
This compromise counted enslaved persons as 3/5 when determining representation for each state in congress.
What is the 3/5 compromise?
This principle refers to basic freedoms that the government has to protect.
What is individual rights?
This is the highest court within the judicial branch.
These papers written by Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and James Madison in 1778 were intended to win support for ratification of the Constitution.
What are the federalist papers?
Because the Articles of Confederation didn't allow the national government to do this, during and after the Revolutionary War, the U.S. government didn't have enough money to pay soldiers fair wages and could not provide them with the resources they needed.
What is levy taxes?
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 principle states that each branch of government has the power to restrict the actions of the other two.
What is Checks and Balances?
This branch of governments writes and creates the laws in the U.S.
What is the Legislative branch?
This group desired a stronger central government and a large republic based on economic freedoms.
Who are the 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?
This two-word term defines how the legislative branch is structured into two houses.
What is the Bi-Cameral Legislature?
This principle states that the government gets its authority from the people.
What is popular soveriegnty?
This branch of government enforces and executes the laws in the U.S.
What is the executive branch?
This group, supported by mostly small farmers, strongly supported the power and influence of individual states.
Who are the anti-federalists?
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 Shay's Rebellion?
During the Constitutional Convention, the delegates decided that this would be illegal after the year 1808.
This principle states that power is divided between the states and national government.
What is federalism?
This branch of government evaluates and interprets the laws in the U.S.
What is the Judicial branch?
The Bill of Rights became essential to the Anti-federalists and the addition of it to the Constitution eventually led to this.
What is ratification?