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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Magna carta | a documant that was a early form of protecting peoples rights |
| Influence of the Magna carta on the constitution | Giving rights to the people and protecting peoples rights |
| thomas jeffrson's Virgina statute for Religious Freedom | any one could fallow any religion they wanted |
| North West ordinance of 1787:slavery | slavery was baned from the north west teritories |
| North west ordinance of 1787 adding new states | 60,000 people must live in the state |
| how land was divided under the land ordinance | townshends |
| purpose of the land ordinance of 1787 and the Northwest ofrdinance of 1785 | to have a system of new states |
| how the articles of confederation reflected the ideas in the declaration of Independence | they wanted the gov to protect the right of life liberty and the prusite of happness |
| significance of the articles of confederation | the articles was the first outline of the new us government |
| Main cause of shay's rebellion | the farmer felt that he did not want o pay his taxes and debts, and rebelled against the government |
| u.s goverment's response to shays's rebellion | the us could do absolutely nothing about the rebellions, and the individual states had to try tio end them all by themselves |
| significance of shays's rebellion | shays rebellion showed jsut how inneffective that the articles really were, and showed that something had to be done to fix them |
| main features of the articles of confederation | no chief executive, new laws needed approval by nine states, cong could not tax the citizens, only ask for money and soldiers from the states |
| Problems withe dritain after the revolution | British parlement passed tarifis on amarican goods and closed ports to american ships |
| problems woth spain after the revolution | Spain closed the south part of Mississippi to american ships |
| purpose of the constitutional cnvention | to make changes to the articles so that they were actually effective. |
| virginia plan | a plan that called for bicameral legislature, with representation based on state population, edmond randolf and james madison |
| newjersey plan | a plan that had a unicameral legislature, where all states had the same representation, william patterson |
| North vs. south disagreement over slavery at the constitutional cnvention | he southern economy was dependent on slaves, and it was such an important force, that the south would completely seperate if the it was banned. finally it was to be banned in 20 years |
| 3/5 cmpromise | A compromise on how much a slave should count as a person |
| popular sovereignty | the idea that power ina government lies with the people and not the government in which they reside |
| Fedetalism | the division of power between a central government and the state governments |
| purpose of checks and balances in the government | so one branch could not be one dictatetor |
| How the constitution reflected the ideas in the declaration of Independence | he constitution stated that the power should lie with the people, not the government and that represantation should be fair, and citizens rights would be upheld |
| power of the national government | he declaring war, negotiating treaties, issue money, regulate trade, and most importantly, run the military |
| power of the state government | egulate education, grant licenses, police and fire fighting services, and obviously regulating the sale of property |
| shared powers between national and state gov. | levying taxes, the court system, and determining voting qualifications |
| Federalists and their arguments for the constitution | he federalists supported the constittution and argued that it was a well thought out division of power where checks and balances could not let any tyranny slip by |
| antifederalists and their arguments for the constitution | tyhe antifederalists argued that the constitution did not actually protect the citizens rights, and that if they were to agree that a bill of rights would have to be made |
| the federalist papers | a group of essays that were written by john jay, alexander hamilton, and james madison that tried to convince the people to not be afraid of a more powerful central government, because it was very well thought out this time |
| the bill of rights-whatis it and how it reflects the ideas in the declaration of indendence | the bill of rights is a list of the first ten amendments to the constitution, and it protected the individual rights of the people, like the declaration called for |
| Reasons the u.s constitution is still in use more than 200 years later | the constitution was made to be loose and sketchy so that it could be interpreted in different ways in the changing of time |
| Great compromise | the compromise that combined both the virginia plan and the new jersey plan, it had a bicameral leg, the senate was equal in rep, and tyhe house of rep was based on state population. both had to agree to pass laws |
| american citizens' response to shays's rebellion | the american citizens responded ina variety of ways, some were afraid and now wanted a more powerful central gov to protect them, and others seeing how weak the gov was, rebelled themselves the |
| Major influences on the us constitution | magna carta, bill of rights, the mayflower compact, the articles of confederation and the enlightenment |
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