Important People
Signed to Declaration of Independence in 1787 and led the Constitutional Convention.
Who was Benjamin Franklin?
This plan/compromise stated that slaves should be counted as part of the population
What is the Three-Fifths Compromise?
Telling someone to set fire to something and people would be injured
What is not protected by the first amendment?
What is a federal system of government?
What is that the government gets its power from the people?
Presided over and maintained order at the Constitutional Convention.
What was the Great Compromise (also known as the Connecticut Plan)?
Holding up a sign and protesting something that you do not like
What is protected by the First Amendment due to freedom of speech?
To make sure no one branch has too much power the Framers of the Constitution did this to the branches of government
What is separation of powers?
These people run the government in a republic such as the United States
Who are elected officials?
This plan was looking out for the larger states and said that representation should be based on population
What is the Virginia Plan?
You report someone for breaking the law and they lose their job.
What is protected by the first amendment because of freedom of speech and you were telling the truth?
This system prevents one person or group form gaining too much power
What are checks and balances?
These are two rights given by the Bill of rights from the first amendment and the sixth amendment
Thought that the National Government should be stronger
Who was James Madison
This plan looked out for the smaller states and said that representation was the same for all states no matter the population size
What is the New Jersey Plan?
You are at a protest and begin to throw things because you do not like some of the things this person represents.
What is NOT protected by the first amendment because you have threatened and hurt someone by throwing things?
These were added to the Constitution because colonists feared they would lose their new found freedoms if the Constitution was ratified
What is the Bill of Rights?
The power citizens have over the government
What is they get to elect the people who run the government?
Wrote the Great Compromise, also known as the Connecticut Compromise
Who was Roger Sherman?
This early plan for our government lacked the power to collect taxes or make states follow its rules
You gather together with a group of friends to celebrate a win of your favorite team!
The judges and court system are part of this branch
What is the Judicial Branch?
Government power is divided between the state and that national level and they also share some powers in this system of government
What is a federal system of government?