Roots of American Democracy
Bicameral is a term that mean ___________ for Congress or the Legislature
The government gets its power from the people
Democracy
The _________________ was adopted in June 1777 by Congress as the first national constitution.
What is the Articles of Confederation?
The _________________, who developed the framework for the government and wrote the Constitution
What is a Framer?
Supporters of the Constitution or a National Govt.
What is a Federalist?
Ensures that the government follows established legal procedures when making decisions that affect an individual’s life or liberty.
what is Due Process of Law.
What is the name of the protest against the Tea Act.
What is the Boston Tea Party?
The Articles of Confederation did not have an executive branch, no national court, and couldn't tax the states. These are examples of ________________.
What are the weaknesses?
Opponents of the Constitution
What are Antifederalist?
This principle asserts that every individual, by virtue of their humanity, has intrinsic value and deserves to be treated with respect and fairness.
What is fundamental worth?
U.K. Parliament imposed the Stamp Act, Sugar Act, and other taxes on the colonies in order to pay back debts for the ______________________ war.
What is the French and Indian War?
This principle asserts that every individual, by virtue of their humanity, has intrinsic value and deserves to be treated with respect and fairness.
What is the fundamental worth?
The _____________________ was favored by the small states because of equal representation in Congress.
What is the New Jersey Plan?
_________________ is the first state to ratify the U.S. Constitution.
What is Delaware?
John Locke and Jean Jacques Rousseau are _________________ who influenced the ideas of a social contract- the belief that people agreed to form a government to protect their rights.
What are Enlightenment Thinkers or Philosophers?
British law that imposed a tax on the American colonies by requiring them to use stamped paper for official documents and printed materials.
what is the stamp act?
Individuals have inherent rights to life, liberty, and property.
What is Natural Rights?
The ____________________________an agreement stating how to count slave population would be counted when determining a state’s population for representation in the lower house of Congress.
What is the 3/5th compromise?
_________________ is the last state to ratify the U.S. Constitution.
What is Rhode Island?
All citizens, regardless of race, gender, socioeconomic status, or other factors, are entitled to the same legal protections and rights
Equality Before the Law
the document that declared the thirteen American colonies independent from Great Britain in 1776.
What is the declaration of independence?
In May of 1787, the Continental Congress and delegates arrived in Philadelphia to write a new _____________________.
U.S. Constitution.
The ______________________ provided a balance between the Virginia and New Jersey Plan which is what our Constitution and National Government are based on today.
What is the Great Compromise?
The first 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitution are called _____________________.
What is the Bill of Rights?