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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The Magna Carta | the first attempt of slef goverment |
| infulance of the magna carta on the constitution. | our constitution has many rules similar to the magana carta |
| Thomas Jefferson's Virginia Statue for Religous Freedom | declared that no person could be forced to attend a particular church or be required to pay for a church with tax |
| northwest ordinance of 1787 slavery | they band slavery in the northwest territories |
| northwest ordinance of 1787 adding new states | the government made survays of the land and added new states |
| The Magna Carta | the first attempt of slef goverment |
| infulance of the magna carta on the constitution. | our constitution has many rules similar to the magana carta |
| Thomas Jefferson's Virginia Statue for Religous Freedom | declared that no person could be forced to attend a particular church or be required to pay for a church with tax |
| northwest ordinance of 1787 slavery | they band slavery in the northwest territories |
| how the articles of confederation reflected the ideas in the declearation of independance | the articles of confederation had many flaws and did not put them in the declearation of independance |
| significane of the articles of confederation | congress would becom e |
| northwest ordinance of 1787 adding new states | the government made survays of the land and added new states |
| purpose of the land ordinance of 1785 and the northwest ordinance of 1785 | the states were getting to populated and crowed and they needed more land |
| how land was devided under the land ordinance of 1785 | they took a survay of the land |
| major influances on the u.s constitution | the constitution was infulanced by the magna carta the english bill of rights and the enlightenment. |
| how the articles of confederation reflected the ideas in the declearation of independance | the articles of confederation had many flaws and did not put them in the declearation of independance |
| significane of the articles of confederation | congres would become the single branch and have ultimate power. |
| main cause of shays rebellion | farmers were in debt and were taxed heavily |
| U.S governments response to shays rebellion | they didnt have an army to stop them so a milta had to stop them. |
| american citizens response to shays rebellion | the citizens figured out that the articles of confederation wont protect our country |
| signicane of shays rebellion | showed that the aritcles of confederation is weak |
| main features of the articles of confederation | the congress was one branch, could not tax the people and could not draft an army |
| problems with britan after the revolution | the colonies could not trade with britan |
| problems with spain after the revolution | spain closed all trade with colines under mississippie. |
| purpose of the constituional convention | to rewrite the articles of confederation |
| virgina plan | Edwerd Randolh propsed a new federal constitution that would give soverninty suprem power to the central govenment |
| new jersy plan | gave each state an equal amount of votes |
| great comprimise | the agreement to create a two-house legislauter |
| North vs. south disagreement over slavery at the constituional convention | the south depended on slavery to make money so they did not want to end slavery. |
| three fiths compremise | each black person was 3 fith of a regular white man |
| popular sovernignty | the idea that political authority belongs to the people |
| federalism | sharing of power between a central govenment and the states that made up a country. |
| purpose of checks and balances in the govenment | keeps any branch of govenment from becoming to powerful |
| how the constitution refelcted the ideas of the declearation of independance | was reflected bye the mayflower compact, the magna carta, the english bill of rights,and the enlightenment |
| power of the national government | declear war, issue money, regulate trade, and raise taxes |
| power fo the state government | provided police and fire protection, and regulate sale property. |
| shared powers of the national government | both levy taxes, define crimes and punishment,a nd determin voting qulifiactions, and borrow money. |
| federalists and their arguments for the constistution | federalists could draft an army, could tax, could set laws passed, system of checks and balances,and a stable strong governmetn |
| antifederalists and their arguments about the constitution. | too much pwoer, and no individual rights |
| the federalists paper | papers stating the goods about federalism. |
| the bill of rights | it limited the monarchs power and was extreemly infulential in the declearation of independance |
| reasons the us constitution is still in use more than 200 years later | because our society is based on the constitution of independance. |