Amendments
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4th Amendment
This document was drafted in 1620 prior to settlement by the Pilgrims at Plymouth Bay in Massachusetts. It declared that the 41 males who signed it agreed to accept majority rule and participate in a government in the best interest of all members of the colony. This agreement set the precedent for later documents outlining commonwealth rule.
Mayflower Compact
What was preventing the colonists fromWhat was preventing the colonists from expanding past the Appalachian mountains?expanding past the Appalachian mountains?
Proclamation of 1763
What problem did farmer have after the war?
States were calling in all debts owed and seizing land.land.
Pennsylvania farmers protest against taxes; Washington fights back to stop them.
Whiskey Rebellion
Criminal Proceedings; Must inform defendant of charge/s; Right to Attorney; Right to fair impartial jury
6th Amendment
a statement of fundamental rights and privileges (especially the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution)
Bill of Rights
What battle caused the French to join theWhat battle caused the French to join the colonists’ side in the revolution?
The Battle of Saratoga
What was the purpose for the Constitutional Convention?
To revise the Articles of Confederation.
What party did the Anti-Federalists evolve into?
Democratic Republicans
Slavery and Involuntary Servitude Prohibited
13th Amendment
the document recording the proclamation of the Second Continental Congress (4 July 1776) asserting the independence of the colonies from Great Britain
Declarations of Independence
What did the British do to pay off their debt fromWhat did the British do to pay off their debt from the French and Indian War?
Taxed the colonists
What were the two rival political groups of the time?
Federalists and Anti-Federalists
Which country did John Adams refuse to go to war with?
Powers Reserved to the States
10th Amendment
This document, signed by King John of Endland in 1215, is the cornerstone of English justice and law. It declared that the king and government were bound by the same laws as other citizens of England. It contained the antecedents of the ideas of due process and the right to a fair and speedy trial that are included in the protection offered by the U.S. Bill of Rights
Magna Carta
Finish the sentence: “No taxation withoutFinish the sentence: “No taxation without ___________.”
Representation.
Where did the idea for three branches of government come from?
Enlightenment thinker Baron de Montesquieu
What development did Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton argue over?
The National Bank
Right to Vote--- Race, Color, Servitude
15th Amendment
a series of 85 essays written by Hamilton, Madison, and Jay (using the name "publius") published in NY newspapers and used to convice readers to adopt the new constitution
Federalist Papers
What was the effect of the Treaty of Paris?
The colonies became The United States ofThe colonies became The United States of Americ
Idea where each branch has the power to limit actions of the others actions of the others.
checks and balances
What type of legislature did the Virginia Plan have?
Bicameral