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OC Ch 4 Christina
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The Magna Carta | A document signed by King John in 1215, made the king subject to law |
| Influence of the Magna Carta on the Constitution | Limited power of Government |
| Thomas Jefferson's Virginia Statute for Religous Freedom | Declared no person had to attend a church or pay for a church with tax money |
| Northwest Ordinance of 1787: slavery | Education required; no slavery or forced labor; banned slavery for future territories; slavery still continued. |
| Northwest Ordinance of 1787: adding new states | est. Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Minnesota, and Wisconsin; when the populatinon is 60,000 settlers could draft their own constitution and ask to join the union. |
| Purpose of the Land Ordinance of 1785 and the Northwest Ordinance of 1785 | set up a system for surveying and dividing west lands; |
| How land was divided under the Land Ordinance of 1785 | land split into townships- 36 square miles divided ito 36 lots of 640 acres each |
| Major Influences of the US Constitution | The Magna Carta and English Bill of Rights limitied the King's power |
| How the Articles of Confederation reflected the ideas in the Declaration of Independence | The articles gave more rights to the citizens of the US like the Declaration of Independence did. They didn't want another chief executive like king george III |
| Significance of the Articles | It limited powers in order to protect the liberties of people |
| Main Cause of Shay's Rebellion | had to pay taxes; had trouble paying debts; courts began forcing them to sell property; some imprisoned; others had to sell labor |
| US Governments response to shays rebellion | They stopped the rebellion and sentenced 14 leaders to prison |
| American's response to Shays rebellion | There was a call for change in government and the Articles of Confederation |
| Significance of Shays rebellion | It made people realize that the government neded to be changed and the farmers were really angry with the economic problems |
| Main features of the Articles of Confederation | Congress would become the single branch of the national government |
| American's response to Shays rebellion | There was a call for change in government and the Articles of Confederation |
| Significance of Shays rebellion | It made people realize that the government neded to be changed and the farmers were really angry with the economic problems |
| Main features of the Articles of Confederation | Congress would become the single branch of the national government, but ut would have limited powers in order to protect the liberties of the people |
| Problems with Britain after the revolution | Britain closed many ports to American ships; travel and trade with britain stopped after 1783 |
| problems with spain after the revolution | the mississippi river was closedto us shipping:1784 by spanish officials |
| purpose of constitutional convention | to improve the articles of confederation |
| virginia plan | brought byEdmund randolph and James Madison; proposed 3 branches of government; the legislative, executive, and judicial; representation would be based on population |
| new jersey plan | brought by william patterson; Proposed every state recieve 1 vote in the legislature, regardless of population; more power to state governments; unicameral legislature |
| Great Compromise | Presented by Roger Sherman; representation in the house of representatiives would be based on population; each state would get the same number of senators; bicameral legislature; setteled small vs. large state debate |
| north vs. south disagreement over slavery at the constitutional convention | the south depended on the export of agricultural for south; north wanted to abolish slavery |
| three fifths compromise | Said slaves would be counted as three fifths of a person when determinig a a state's population for representation; |
| Popular Sovereignty | The that political authority belongs to the people |
| Fedaralism | ther sharing of power between a central government and the states that make up a country |
| Purpose of checks and balances in the government | the three branches of government share power through this system; keeps any branch of government from gaining too much power |
| How the constitution reflected the ideas in the declaration of independence | Protects peoples rights and prevents one person/branch from getting too much power |
| Power of the national government | declare war, negotiate trwaties, issue money, regulate trade, run the miliatry |
| power of the state government | regulate education, grant liscense, provide police and fire protection, regulate sale of property in the state |
| Shared powers between national and state governments | levy states, define crimes and punishments, court systems: federal and state courts, determine voting qualifications, borrow money |
| Federalists and their arguements for the constitution | supporters of the constitution; believed constitution offered a good balance of power, individual rights |
| antifederalists and their arguements against the constitution | opposed the constitution; thought that the constitutional convention should not have created a new government |
| the federalists papers | essays supporting the constitution and were written annonomously under the name publius; tried to reassure that the new federal government would not over power the states |
| the bill of rights | passed in 1689 and declared the supremacy of parliament; kept king or queen from passing new taxes or changing laws without parliament |
| Reasons the us constitution is still in use 200 years later | the constitution provides a good government and a good set of principles |
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