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New Country, New Problems
The Constitutional Convention
A New Government
The Great Compromise
A Rising Sun
100

What angry farmer/former minuteman did not want to pay state taxes in gold/silver so he started a fight?

Daniel Shays

100
In the House of Representatives, votes are given according to ______________.
The number of people in a state.
100
What is the "law of the land"
The Constitution.
100
What is a census?
A counting of the people
100

The Framer who served as the first president of the Constitutional Convention?

Who is George Washington?

200
If you had been at the Constitutional Convention, what would you have seen?
the men following rules concerning the meeting
200
In the Senate, each state has an equal number of votes. This is the result of the _________________.
Great Compromise
200

America's first failed Constitution?

What is the Articles of Confederation?

200
What is a compromise?
An agreement good enough for both sides to like
200

List three of the Articles' governments greatest weaknesses? 

1. Had no executive or judicial branches to enforce & interpret law; 2. Couldn't pass any taxes & had no $; 3. Need 9/13 state vote to pass any laws; 13/13 to amend or change

300

George Washington and other Framers' unselfish commitment to their country are good examples of men who modelled?

what is civic virtue?

300
Who would have said the following: "Slavery brings the judgement of heaven on a country"? This man would not sign the Constitution.
George Mason
300
What means "words that go before."
Preamble
300
How many branches does the government have?
Three
300

What are two freedoms guaranteed in the Bill of Rights.

1. Freedom of religion, speech, the press, and assembly and petition. 2. Right to bear arms 3. Limits on the housing of soldiers 4. Limits on searches and seizures 5. Right to due process of law 6. Rights of a person accused of a crime. 7. Right to a jury trial in civil cases 8. Forbidding of unfair bail, fines, and punishment 9. Rights not listed in the Constitution given to citizens. 10. Powers reserved to the states or the people

400

Who said "Shay's Rebellion proves the Articles no longer work. We must write a new Constitution, and forever afterwards was called "the Father of the Constitution"?"

James Madison

400
Who said, "I will protect the Constitution"?
George Washington
400
What document is a list of freedoms?
The Bill of Rights
400
What gave each state two votes in the Senate and votes according to the number of people in the state in the House of Representatives?
The Great Compromise
400
Who started a fight because he did not want to pay taxes in silver?
Daniel Shays
500

Who argued that since men's inherently evil nature makes them untrustworthy, government should have three parts or branches?

Who is Baron de Montesquieu?

500
What word means "to approve of or agree to"?
ratify
500

What was one of America's firsts governments that was crafted by a group of Puritan Separatists on a lost ship?

What is the Mayflower Compact?

500
What is the list of freedoms added to the Constitution called?
The Bill of Rights
500
Where was the Constitutional Convention held?
Philadelphia