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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The Magna carta? | A document signed by king john in 1215 made the kind subject to law. |
| influence of the magna carta? | It kept the queen and king from passing new taxes or changing laws without parilaments consent. |
| Thomas Jefferson's virgina statue of religous freedom. | This document declared that no person could be forced to attend particular church or be required to pay for a church with tax money. |
| North west ordinance of 1787: slavery | To form a political system for the region, congress passed the north west ordinance. |
| Northwest ordinance of 1787: adding new states | The north west ordiance created a new system for bringing new states into the union. |
| Purpose of the land ordinance of 1785 and the north west ordinance of 1785 | set up a system for surveyign and dividing western lands. |
| How land was divided under the the land ordinance of 1785 | The land was split into townships which were 3 square miles divided into 36 lots of 640 each. |
| Major influences on the US constution | There was alot of influences like The may flower compact, English bill of rights, the enlightment, and Magna carta. |
| How the articles of confederation reflected the ideas in the declaration of indepence. | It relfected ideas by limiting the powers in order to protect the liberties of people. |
| Significance of the articles of confederation. | congress would become the single branch of the national goverment. |
| main cause of shay's rebellion | The uprising of farmers to protest high taxes and heavy debt. |
| US goverments response to shays rebellion | Shay's forces were defeated by the state troops on january 1787 |
| American citizens response to shays rebellion. | state officals knew that many citizens of the state agreed with the rebels and their cause. |
| significance of shays rebellion | in the end shays rebellion showed the weakness of the confederation government. |
| main features of the articles of confederation | congess becomes single branch of the national government. each state had one vote in congress. |
| problems with britain after the revolution | difficult to enforce international treaties. hard to force the British to givemup forts. britain closed many ports to American ships. |
| problems with spain after the revolution | . Congress tried to workout an agreement with spain but the plan didnt recieve a majority vote and spain broke off negotiations |
| purpose of the constution convention | improved the articles of confederation |
| virgina plan | large states had more rep. proposed three branches legislative, executive, and judicial. |
| new jersey plan | purposed that every state had one vote in the legistater. |
| great compermise | the agreement to create a 2 house legislature. |
| north vs south disagreement over the slavery at the constituaional convention | One side needed slavery for their economy, and the other was very against it |
| 3/5 Compromise | slaves would be counted as 3/5ths of a person when determining a state's popultation for representation |
| Popular sovereignty | The idea that political authority belongs to the people |
| Federalism | The sharing of power between a central government and the states that make up a country. |
| Purpose of Checks and Balances in governmen | To make sure that no one branch ever became too powerful |
| How the Constitution reflected the ideas in the Declaration of Independence | It proctected the citizens' liberties and did not have a powerful government |
| Power of the National government delegated powers | Declaring war, negotiating treaties, issuing money, regulating trade, running the military |
| power of the State governmen reserved powers | Regulates education, grant licenses, provide police/fire departments |
| shared powers between national and state governments concurrent powers | defining crime and punishments, determining voting qualifications, borrowing money |
| ferderalists and their argument for the Constitution | Supportes of the Constitution. offereda good balance of power, it allowed the country to draft an army, they could tax, could get laws passed |
| Antifederalists and their arguments against the Constitution | People who opposed the Constution. gave the government too much power, did not guarantee individual rights |
| The Federalists Papers | Essays supporting the Constitution that were written anonymously under the name Publius |
| The Bill of Rights | Ten of the proposed amendments intended to protected citizens' rights, like in the Declaration of Independence |
| Reasons of the U.S. Constitution is still in use more than 200 years later | It set a clear example of how to amend the Constitution |
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