Colonial America
Written grant of authority of the King to colonize the new world
What is a charter?
Lawyer who represented British soldiers at their trial after the Boston Massacre. Also would be a part of the committee that drafted the Declaration of Independence and was first Vice President of the USA
Who is John Adams?
The form of government that the Articles of Confederation created.
What is a Confederate Government?
The city and the year that the Constitutional Convention was held in
What is Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1787?
Those that were concerned about the lack of a Bill of Rights in the Constitution were known as this
What were the Anti-Federalists?
Document that King John of England was forced to sign by his Barons in 1215 that limited the king's power. This was the first document that limited a king's power
What is the Magna Carta?
This was the famous revolutionary event that was part of the boycott of an English good by the colonists
What is the Boston Tea Party ?
The Articles of Confederation lacked this power, which made it very difficult to raise funds for the government.
What is the power to tax?
What was a major issue that Framers would eventually have to compromise on with the Virginia Plan and New Jersey Plan?
What is Representation in Congress?
This is the number of states that had to ratify the Constitution in order for it to become the law of the land.
What is 9 of the 13 states?
The first 150 years of colonial rule by the British over the 13 colonies could be categorized as this.
What is a great deal of freedom to self-govern?
This person served at the general of the Continental Army, was at the Constitutional Convention and served as the 1st President of the United States of America.
Who is George Washington?
The Articles of Confederation only had this branch of government.
What is a legislative branch?
Who proposed the plan that called for a bicameral legislature with a Senate that was based on equal representation and a House of Representatives that was based on the state's population ?
Who is Connecticut (Roger Sherman)?
This is the number of states that did ratify the Constitution.
What is 13 of the 13 states?
What are the 3 basic concepts about government that American colonists brought with them from Great Britain?
What is limited, ordered and representative government?
What is from the "consent of the governed"?
Representation in Congress under the Articles of Confederation was based upon this for each state.
What is equality?
This is a compromise in which states agreed to only count a fraction of the slaves within their border when a census was held.
What is the 3/5's Compromise?
This was the last state to ratify the Constitution and also the only state that didn't send delegates to become "Framers" at the Constitutional Convention.
Who was Rhode Island?
This document in 1689 further limited the King's power by saying there could be no standing army in peacetime, no cruel and unusual punishment, the right to bear arms and the right to petition the government.
What is the English Bill of Rights?
This is the first time that the colonies unified together in defiance of King George III and Parliament.
What is the Stamp Act Congress
This name of the farmer who led a rebellion that showcased the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation.
Who is Daniel Shay?
This stated that exports could not be taxed, but imports could be taxed.
What is the Commerce and Slave Trade Compromise?
One of the Federalists who wrote in favor of the Constitution. This "$10 dollar, founding father without a father" wrote 51 of the Federalist Papers, the most of any of one person.