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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Meeting of 13/13 colonies beginning in May 1775 in Philadelphia, PA: served as 1st gov't out of emergency ;wrote Olive Branches Petition and Declaration of Independence | Second Continental Congress |
| Document sent to the British informing them of American independence on July 4,1776 ; mainly written by Thomas Jefferson | Declaration of Independence |
| First true attempt at a national govt in the U.S. - 1781-89; very weak, only one branch -legislative | Articles of Confederation |
| Famous convention held in Philadelphia 1787 to revise the AOC - but instant wrote entirely new form of govt - U.S. Constitution | Constitutional Convention |
| Solution to the problem of representation at the Constitutional Convention | Great Compromise |
| Solution to the problem of how to count slaves for representation purposes in the House of Representatives | Three-fifths compromise |
| System in which Constitution allows for power to be shared between the national govt and the states | Federalism |
| Opening paragraph of constitution that lists the 6 goals of our new govt | Preamble |
| Constitution calls for a 3-branch govt to fulfill the 3 powers of govt creating a: | Separation of Powers |
| Clause found in Article I of the constitution that gives Congress (legislative branch), the ability to do more things than constitution specifically mentions | Elastic Clause |
| Exact interpretation of the constitution | Strict construction |
| A broad interpretation of the constitution | Loose construction |
| Amendment that abolished slavery (1865) | 13th |
| Amendment that defined what it took to be an American and said no state could deprive a citizen of life, liberty, or property without due process of law (1868) | 14th |
| Amendment that gave suffrage to African American males (1870) | 15th |
| Amendment that gave women the right to vote (1920) | 19th |
| Papers written by John Jay, Alexander Hamilton, and James Madison encouraging New York to approve the constitution | Federalist |
| Added in Dec. 1791 to protect our rights from being abused by a stronger national govt | Bill of Rights |
| 2 political parties that emerged after the debate over ratification of the constitution | Federalists and Democratic Republicans |
| 1st secretary of treasury in the U.S.; founder of Federalist party | Alexander Hamilton |
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