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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The Magna Carta | It made the leader subject to the laws. |
| Influence of the Magna Carta on the Constitution | It limited the power of the government. |
| Thomas Jefferson's Virginia Statue for Religious Freedom | Thomas Jefferson's religious ideas were put into this document that declared no person could be forced to attend a particular church or be required to pay for a church with taxes. |
| Northwest Ordinance of 1787:slavery | It protected civil liberties, required public education, and set the standard for future territories, but slavery would remain a contreversal issue. |
| Northwest Ordinance of 1787:adding new states | When the new states' population reached 60,000, the settlers could draft a constitution and ask to join the union. |
| Purpose of the Land Ordinance and the Northwest Ordinance of 1785 | It created a system for bringing new states into the Union. the new states were:Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Minnesota, Wisconsin. |
| How land was divided under the Land Ordinance of 1785 | It was split into lots. 1 lot for public schools, 4 lots for veterans, and the rest of the lots were sold to the public. |
| Major influences on the U.S. Constitution | Magna Carta, Enlightenment, and the English Bill of Rights. |
| How the Articles of Confederation reflected the ideas in the Declaration of Independence | It wantesd to protect the citizans' rights. |
| Significance of the Articles of Confederation | It revolved around protecting people's rights. |
| Main cause of Shays's Rebellion | There was taxes on land and it put the farmers in debt. |
| U.S. government's response to Shays's Rebellion | The courts forced the farmers to sell property. some farmers had to serve time in debtor's jail, and others sold their labor. |
| American citizens' response to Shays's Rebellion | They looked for any weknesses in the Articles, and realized that the Articles needed to be revised and fixed. |
| Significance of Shays's Rebellion | It showed the weakness of the Articles. |
| Main features of the Articles of Confederation | No leader, no army, no national court system, and Congress did not have the power to tax, collect state debts, or settle disputes between the states. |
| Problems with Britain after the Revolution | Britain closed all ports to American ships. |
| Problems with Spain after the Revolution | The Spanish closed the lower Mississipipi River. |
| Purpose of the Constitutional Convention | The Constitutional Convention was established in order to revise the Articles of Confederation. |
| Virginia Plan | It was written by James Madison, but brought by Edmund Randolf. It proposed three branches of government:executive,judicial, and legislative. It gave more power ro the government, was bicameral, and represenrtation would be based on population. |
| New Jersey Plan | Brought by William Patterson. Every state got one vote in legislature, regardless of population. Gave more power to state governments. Was unicameral. It was favored by the small states. |
| Great Conmpromise | Presented by Roger Sherman. Representation was based on population. Each state got the same number of senators.Was bicameral. The lower house was filled by population, and the upper house had equal representation from each state. |
| North vs. South disagreement over slavery at the Constitutional Convention | The south wanted slaves to be counted as people for representation, but not for taxing, and the north wanted slaves to be conted fro taxing, but not for representation. |
| Three-Fifths Compromise | Said slaves would be counted as 3/5ths of a person when determining a state's population. |
| 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 the government | They keep any branch of government from getting too powerful. |
| How the Constitution reflected the ideas in the Declaration of Independence | They both wanted to protect the citizens' rights, and let them have a say in the government. |
| Power of the national government | They were allowed to declare war, negotiate treaties, issue money, regulate trade, and run the military. |
| Power of the state governmants | They were allowed to regulate education, grant licenses, provide police and fire protection, and regulate sale of property in the state. |
| Shared powers between national and state governments | They were allowed to levy taxes, define crimes and punishments, determine voting qualifications, and borrow money. |
| Federalists and their arguments for the Constitution | They believed that the Constitution offered a good balance of power. Federalists were supporters of the Constitution. |
| Antifederalists and their arguments against the Constitution | Tehy were people who opposed the Constitution. They thought the Constitution gave too much power to the cantral government and that the Constitution did not have a section that guaranteed individual rights. |
| The Federalist Papers | They were essays supporting the Constitution. They tried to reassure Americans that the new federal government would not overpower the states. |
| The Bill of Rights | It was influenced by Enlightenment, and it kept the ruler from passing laws without consent. |
| Reasons the U.S. Constitution is still in use 200 years later | It is kept to protects the citizens' rights. |
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