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3-6wks exam
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| how to amend the constitution | amendment passed by the house and santé then vote on by each state. |
| declaration of independence | 1776 |
| republicanism | people exercise their power by voting political for representative |
| checks and balances | limits the power of the particular branch government |
| age to vote in the u.s | 18 years old |
| Magana Carta | 1215 |
| preamble | the introduction to the constitution |
| bill of rights | anti federalist required it to be added to the constitution before they would ratify the constitution |
| Philadelphia convention | constitution was written at this convention |
| 1787 | new constitution is drafted |
| Montesquieu | divided government power separated branches |
| what federalist would say | this constitution makes it impossible for any person to take government control because separation of power |
| federalist paper | written to gain support for the constitution |
| separation of power | government power is divied in to different groups |
| quartering act | colonist must provide housing and supplies for British solders |
| unalienable rights | cannot be denied by any government |
| Thomas Paine | wrote the crisis to encourage the troops to continue fighting after several defeats |
| Marquis de Lafayette | served in the continental army volunteer from France advisor to Washington |
| Battle of Saratoga | Burgoyne was defeated by Gates and Arnold; France and Spain began openly supporting the Patriots after the battle |
| Benedict Arnold | helped win Saratoga; switched sides from the Patriots to the British after Saratoga |
| States that were part of the Northwest Territory | Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Michigan |
| Battle of Yorktown | British Cornwallis defeated by French Navy; the final battle of the Revolution |
| Treaty of Paris | 1783; ended the revolution; treaty between Britain and America; gave USA all land east of the Mississippi River |
| U.S. Constitution ratified | 1788 |
| Revolutionary War | occurred during the 1700's (18th Century) |
| Constitutional Convention | held in Philadelphia; 1787 |
| Bill of rights Ratified | After the ratification of the U.S. Constitution |
| Articles of confederation | Continental Congress approved first Constitution in 1777 |
| Shay's Rebellion | Rebellion by farmers over taxes; Massachusetts |
| Jefferson | said of Shay's Rebellion, "a little rebellion, now and then, is a good thing" |
| Land Ordinance of 1785 | divided up western lands into different townships |
| Articles of confederation | blueprint for new government; kept nation united during revolution; was a failure and replaced by the Constitution; required all states to approve changes |
| Northwest Ordinance | set a pattern of orderly growth for the United States by defining how states are added to the USA |
| What led to the US Constitution | Weakness of Articles of Confederation; Shay's rebellion; desire for strong national government |
| Philadelphia, PA | Constitutional Convention held here |
| George Washington | Refused to be made king; was 1st President |
| William Penn | English Quaker and founder of Pennsylvania |
| James Madison | Considered the Father of the Constitution |
| Ben Franklin | Oldest delegate to constitutional Convention; "Peacemaker"; from Pennsylvania |
| Thomas Jefferson | Primary author of Declaration of Independence |
| Virginia Plan | proposed creating a strong central government with a two-house legislature; seats awarded by population; three branches of government |
| New Jersey Plan | Proposed revising the Articles of Confederation and keep one house legislature; one vote per state; 3 branches of government |
| Unicameral | One house legislature; Articles of Confederation |
| Bicameral | two house legislature; US Constitution |
| Great Compromise | Under the US Constitution, the House of Representatives is based on population; the Senate is based on equal representation for each state |
| 3/5 Compromise | how slaves would be counted in the Constitution |
| Federalists | wanted strong federal government; wrote a series of essays; James Madison |
| The Federalist Papers | a series of essays written by Federalists to convince people to support the Constitution; James Madison; Alexander Hamilton; John Jay |
| "Anti-Federalists" | George Mason; opposed the constitution unless the Bill of Rights was added to the Constitution; wanted to limit Federal government; Patrick Henry |
| Federalism | power is shared between the central government and the states |
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