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Soc. Chapter 7
Creating a Republic
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| amendment | change |
| arsenal | place to store weapons |
| bill of rights | list of freedoms guaranteed to citizens |
| compromise | agreement where both sides give up item to gain another |
| confederation | alliance of independent states |
| constitution | plan of government |
| democracy | government run by the people directly |
| depression | long sharp decline in economic activity |
| due process | following legal steps |
| executive | branch of government that carries out laws |
| federalism | division of power betwen states and central government |
| judicial | branch of government that interprets lasw |
| legislative | branch of government that makes laws |
| mint | place to make coins |
| ordinance | rule or law |
| ratify | approve |
| republic | government run by representatives elected by the people |
| John Adams | ambassador to Great Britain, from Massachusetts |
| Daniel Boone | pioneer explorer and settler, in Kentucky |
| Nathan Dane | author of the Northwest Ordinance, from Massachusetts |
| Benjamin Franklin | wise advisor to the Constitutional Converntion, fromPA |
| Alexander Hamilton | writer favoring strong central government, from New York, father of American governement |
| Thomas Jefferson | ambassador to France, from Virginia |
| James Madison | "Father of the Constitution," leading scholar of government |
| George Mason | legal scholar, opposed Constitution, from Virginia |
| William Paterson | spokesman for small states, from New Jersey |
| Charles Pinckney | active debater, from South Carolina |
| Edmund Randolph | spokesman for large states, from Virginia |
| Daniel Shays | led rebellion against banks, etc. during hard times |
| Roger Sherman | great proposer of compromises, from Connecticut |
| George Washington | chaired the Constitutional Convention, from Virginia |
| James Wilson | legal scholar, born in Scotland, from PA |
| New Hampshire | ratified the Constitution ninth |
| Rhode Island | ratified the Constitution thirteenth |
| Pennsylvania | ratified the Constitution second |
| Delaware | ratified the Constitution first |
| 1781 | Articles of Confederation approved |
| 1791 | Bill of Rights approved by needed number of states |
| 1787 | Constitutional Convention gathers in Philadelphia |
| 1776 | Declaration of Independence is approved |
| 1784 | First election of U.S. President is held |
| 1789 | First election to U.S. House of Representatives is held |
| 1785 | Land Ordinance of 1785 is approved |
| 1787 | Northwest Ordinance is approved |
| 1786 | Shays leads rebellion in Massachusetts |
| 1783 | The Treaty of Paris is signed to give independence to USA |
| 1788 | U.S. Constitution is approved by the ninth state |
| 1787 | U.S. Constitution is signed |
| 1803 | U.S. Supreme Court decides Marbury v. Madison |
| Articles of Confederation | First written plan of gov't |
| Northwest Ordinance | law setting up governement |
| The Virginia Plan | provided for strong central government with 3 branches and 2 houses in the legislative part |
| separation of powers | legislative makes laws, executive carries out laws and judicial interprets laws |
| "I hold it then that a little rebellion now and then is a good thing, and is necessary in the political world as storms in the physical." | T. Jefferson |
| "No money is paid to the public treasury; no respect is paid to the federal authority...it is not possible that a government can last long under these circumstances." | J. Madison |
| "I have often in the course of the session...looked at that [sun] behind the President without being able to tell whether it was rising or settin: But now, at length, I have the happiness to know that it is a rising and not a setting sun," | "b. Franklin |
| "If men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern men,...[no] controls on government would be necessary." | J. Madison |
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