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| 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 | It kept the king or queen from passing new taxes or changing laws without parliament's consent. |
| Thomas Jefferson's Virginia Statue for religious freedom | This document declared that no person could be forced to attend a particular church or be required to pay church with tax money. |
| NorthWest Ordinance of 1787:slavery | the ordinance established the northwest territory, which included areas that are now in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Minnesota, and Wisconsin. |
| Northwest Ordianance of 1787: adding new states | when the poulation of a territory reached 60,000 its settlers could drafttheir own constitution and ask to join the Union. |
| Purpose of the land ordinance of 1875 and the Northwest ordinance of 1785 | provided civil liberties. It said all people were law protected civil liberties and required that public education be provided. |
| How land was divided under the land Ordinance of 1785 | Land was divided into Townships which were 36 square miles divided 36 lots of 640 acres each. |
| Major Influences on the U.S. Constitution | Important events that influnced the constitutions were the Mayflower Compact,1620, colonial Assemblies, Virginia Statue for religious freedom, 1786, Magana carta, The English bill of rights, the enlightment. |
| How the Articles of Confederation reflected the ideas in the declaration of Independance | it rejected centrilized power. |
| Significance of the Articles of Confederation | The significance is that it provided enough of a structure for the nation to survive during those eight years, while the American philosphers. |
| Main Cause of Shay's Rebellion | farmers were unable to pay the debt's and taxes on their farms and they were being taken away by the courts. |
| U.S. government response to Shay's Rebellion | Declaration of Independance |
| American citizens response to Shay's Rebellion | Shay's Rebellion forced George Washington and American citizens to think also known as the Enlightment. |
| Significance of Shay's Rebellion | It helped pave the path to the Constitution because it showed how at first the people weren't being heard and then after Shay's Rebellion the government ended up giving tax relief. |
| Main features of the Articles of Confederation | Each state had one vote in the congress. Congress could settle conflicts among states, amke coins, borrow money, and make treaties with other country's and with native Americans. |
| Problems with Britain after the Revolution | how they blocked trade like the West Indies so they had to trade with states right next to them. |
| Problems with Spain after the Revolution | concerned about overightly anatagonizing the British before the Spanish were prepared fro war. |
| Purpose of the Constitutional Congress | The Constitutional convention was called because the federal government established by the Articles of Confederation was considered to be too weak to effectively deal with the young nation issues. |
| Virginia Plan | was a proposal by Virginia delegates, fro a bicarmeral legislative branch. The plan was drafted by James Madison while he waited for a quorum to assemble at the Constitutional Convention of 1787. |
| New Jersey Plan | was a proposal for the struture of the Federal Government of the United States proposed by William Patterson at the Constitutional Convention on June 15, 1787. |
| Great Compromsie | was an agreement that large and small states reached during the Constutional Convention of 1787, that in part defined the legislative struture and representation that each state would have under the United States Constitution. |
| North vs. South Disagreement | the Antebellum Period |
| Three-Fifth's Compromise | was a compromise between North and South states during the Philadelphia Convention of 1787. |
| Popular sovereignty | the doctrine that sovereign power is vested in the people and that those chosen to govern, as trustees of such power, must exercise it in conformity with the General. |
| Federalism | federal or centralized principle of government |
| Purpose of checks and balances in the government | the purpose from stopping one government from growing to powerful |
| How the Constitution reflected the ideas in the Declaration of Independence | forming a new country |
| The Federalists Papers | 85 essay's on the proposed Constitution of the United States |
| The Bill of Rights | first 10 amendments of the United States |
| Reason of the US Constitution | it gave us freedom and the pursuit of Happiness. |
| Power of the National Government | they can declare war, negotiate treaties issue money, regulate trade(interstate and foreign), and run the military. |
| Power of the state government("reserved Powers") | powers reserved for the states, regulate education, grant licenses, provide police and fire protection, and regulate sale of property in the state. |
| Shared powers between national and state governments("concurrent"powers) | both national and state governments share these powers. Levy taxes, define crimes and punishments. Determine voting qualifications. And Borrow money. |
| Federalists and their arguments for the constitution | supporters of the constitution, included James Madison, George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, and John Jay. Most federalists believed that the Constitution offered a good balance of power. They thought it was a careful compromise. |
| Antifederalists and their agruments against the Constitution | people who opposed the constitution- thought that the constitutional convention should not have created a new government. Others thought the Constitution gave too much power to the Central government. For some antifederalists: main problem Constitution. |
| The Federalists Papers | One of the most important defences of the Constitution appeared in a series of Essay's that became known as the Federalists Papers. These Essay's supporting the Constitution were written anonymously under the name Publius. |
| Reasons the U.S. Constitution is still in use more than 200 years later | The framers of the Constitution wanted to create a government powerful enough to protect the rights of citizens and defend the country against its enemies. |
| The Bill of Rights- What is it and how it reflects the ideas in the Deaclaration of Independance | James Madison wanted to make a Bill of Rights one of the new government's first priorities. In Congress's first session, Madison encouraged the legislators to put together a Bill Of Rights. The rights would then be added to the Constitution of Amendments |
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