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Chapter 7 Unit 3
Mr.Parks on 8-3
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Amerca's 1st constitution, gave it up cuz the gov. had little power. | Articles of Confederation |
| Land north of the Ohio Riv and east of the Missip. Riv was divided into 3-5 terrtories and once one territory reached a pop. of 60,000 it could petition for statehood | Northwest Territory |
| Proposed a 5% tax on imported goods to help pay the national dept | Morris |
| Sent him to talk to the British about some things they were not doing | Adams |
| American secretary of foreign affairs, quote "The Amercans almost to a man belived that God Almighty..." Gifted thinker wrote important essays | Jay |
| A former continental army captain led angry farmers to courts in Mass. to close so judges couldn't confiscate farmers' lands | Shays |
| Where Shay led about 1,000 farmers to get arms and ammunition | Springfield |
| More then 1,000 farmers went to the ederal ardsenal in Springfield,an event known as | Shay's Rebellion |
| Active in the movement for change; a Virginia planter; called Father of the Constitution | Madison |
| New York lawyer; proposed a convention to discuss trade issues and consider what changes might be needed | Hamilton |
| Madison cuz he was the author of the basic plan of government that the Convention adopted | Father of the Constitution |
| Randolph introduced this plan it called for a 2-house legislature chief executive chosen by the legislture a court system and representatives chosen according to the population of the state | Virginia Plan |
| Of New York; he presented an alternative plan that revised the Articles, which was all the convention was empowered to do | Paterson |
| Plan that had 1-house legislature with 1 vote for ea. state, congress could set taxes and regulate trade, and congress would elect a weak executive branch consisting of more than 1 person | New Jersey Plan |
| Suggested the Great Compromise; 2-house legislature | Sherman |
| 2-house legislature : House Representives based on pop. : Senate each state 2 members | Great Compromise |
| Every 5 slaves would equal 3 free people | 3/5 Compromise |
| 1215 placed limits on the power of the monarch | Magna Carta |
| Improtant philosophers; one said "Every man has property..." | Locke and Montesquieu |
| Right that include life, liberty, and property | Natural Rights |
| Gave speeches against the proposed Constitution | Henry |
| A formal plan of government | Constitution |
| Consistion of two houses of chambers especially in a legislarute | Bicameral |
| A government in which citizens rule through elected representatives | Republic |
| A formal request | Petition |
| A law or regulation | Ordinance |
| To fall in value | Depreciate |
| A period a low economic activity and widespread unemployment | Depression |
| The freeing of some enslaved persons | Manumission |
| To be the same as or corresponding to | Proportional |
| Areegment between 2 or more sides in which each side gives up some of what it wants | Compromise |
| Movement during the 1700s that spread the idea that knowledge reason and science could improve society | Enlightenment |
| The sharing of power between federal and state governments | Federalism |
| A part of a document such as the Constitution, that deals with a single subject | Article |
| The branch of government that makes the nation's laws | Legislative Branch |
| The branch of government headed by the president that carries out the nation's laws and policies | Executive Branch |
| A special group of voters selected by their state's voters to vote for the president and vice president | Electoral College |
| The branch of government including the federal court system that interprets the nation's laws | Judicial Branch |
| The system in which each branch of government has a check on the other 2 branches so that no one branch becomes too powerful | Checks and Balances |
| To give official approval to | Ratify |
| Supporters of the Constitution | Federalist |
| Individuals who opposed ratification of the Constitution | Antifederalist |
| An addition to a formal document such as the Constitution | Amendment |
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