Documents
The main writer of the Declaration of Independence, was a young well-respected lawyer.
Thomas Jefferson
The English Colonists brought with them the basic notions of politics of Ordered, Limited and this type of Government
Representative
Compromise that said that enslaved individuals would be counted as Three-fifths a person in the population count for a State.
Three-Fifths Compromise
Fear of the US becoming a Monarchy, or Congress becoming too powerful was a fear of this group during the process of Ratifying the Constitution
Anti-Federalists
Assigned Commander in Chief of the Continental Army created by the Second Continental Congress, and eventually the nations first President.
George Washington
Document presented to King John by Barons seeking protection against heavy handed acts by the king. Included fundamental rights as trial by jury and due process of law.
Magna Carta
Which meeting of delegates served as the Nation’s first national government due to the ongoing Revolutionary War
The Second Continental Congress
Compromise that forbade congress from taxing the export of goods from any State, and from acting on the slave trade for a period of 20 years
Commerce and Slave Trade Compromise
The Weakness of the Articles of Confederation was one of the arguments of this group that supported the Ratification of new Constitution
Federalists
Enlightenment thinker who influenced Jefferson's writing in the Declaration of Independence
John Locke
Document that Parliament had Charles I sign, limiting the kings power. Included that the king could not impose martial law, require homeowners to shelter the kings troops without consent, or punish citizens except by lawful judgment of their peers
Petition of Right
Common features of the first State Constitutions included: Popular Sovereignty, Civil Rights and liberties, separation of powers, and this type of government
Representative
Compromise created to ensure the smaller states would be represented the same as the larger states
The First state to ratify the Constitution
Delaware
Name given to the delegates who met to create the Constitution
Framers
Document signed by William and Mary of Orange. Prohibited them and future monarchs from raising a standing army in peacetime, and required parliamentary elections be free.
English Bill of Rights
Rebellions such as This one were results poor economic conditions resulting from states printing their own money, taxing each other, and farmers losing their land
Shays' Rebellion
Plan the framers came up with that retained the unicameral congress of the Confederation, but gave Congress the power to tax
Which states vote (being the 11th to ratify) officially ratified the Constitution
New York
The date the George Washington took the oath of office as the First President of the United States.
April 30th, 1789
Inability of Congress to tax, regulate trade or to make the states obey were all weakness of which document
Articles of Confederation
Plan proposed by Benjamin Franklin, that proposed creation of an annual congress of delegates from each of the 13 colonies
Albany Plan of union
Plan the framers came up with that called for a New constitution to replace the Articles of Confederation and a new government with 3 branches: Legislative, Executive and Judicial.
Virginia Plan
The new Congress convened on this date, marking the beginning of the government for the United States of America
March 4, 1789
Another name for tariffs or taxes on good
Duties