The 13 Colonists received assistance from this country during the American Revolution
What is France
100
He is considered the “Father of the Constitution”
Who is James Madison
100
Who has more power the state or the federal government?
What is the Federal government
100
This was the change in who could vote that caused an increase in voters in the 1824 election
What is all white men could vote, as opposed to just white men with property
100
This is the name of the piece of land we bought from France that gave us full control of the Mississippi River
What is the Louisiana Purchase
200
These are ways in which the Colonists resisted British policies
What are the Boston Tea Party, the Boston Massacre and Boycotts
200
This was a negative of the Articles of Confederation
What is; no power in the central government, no money, not able to tax and no army
200
He is our Commander in Chief of the military
Who is the president or Obama
200
This is what George Washington warned Americans about in his farewell address
What are factions and political parties
200
The is the name of our type of government where the people who are in power are chosen by the people they represent
What is a Republic
300
When practicing Mercantilism a country wants to _______ more goods
What is export
300
These people were angry as their farms were being taken and they were going to jail because they could not pay unfair taxes. Many joined Shay’s Rebellion.
Who are the farmers
300
This Branch of government is made up of the House of Representatives and the Senate and has the power to make laws and sign treaties with other countries
What is the Legislative branch
300
These were acts put in place during the War of 1812 where anyone to speak or write against the government could go to jail
What are the Alien and Sedition acts
300
We add these to the Constitution to make it work better for our society today
What are Amendments
400
This document was a list of rules on how the Pilgrims would run their new colony at Plymouth Plantation
What is the Mayflower Compact
400
This was the Compromise that settled the dispute between large and small states and created the House of Representatives where representation was based on population and the Senate where each state had equal representation.
What is the Great Compromise
400
This position is the Executive Office of the State of Massachusetts
Who is the Governor
400
This is why Republicans did not like the Alien and Sedition Acts
What is they went against our First Amendment rights
400
Chief Justice John Marshal believed in a strong ________ government
What is Federal
500
This is the document that the following quote influenced, “Man...hath by nature a power...to preserve his property-that is his life, liberty, and estate....” John Locke
What is the Declaration of Independence
500
These are reasons why Shay’s Rebellion caused Americans to realize the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation
What are; the Articles gave little power to the central government, the government could not get involved in state issues, they had no money and they had no army
500
The third Amendment to the Constitution was added because of this act put in place by the British before the Revolutionary War
What is the Quartering Act
500
He created the financial plan that helped establish the credit of the US government by helping the nation pay off our debt
Who is Alexander Hamilton
500
This was the name of the policy that made the US stay out of European affairs and Europeans would stay out of the Americas affairs