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| the first battle was against_________ |
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| What does constitution mean |
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| A document that sets out the laws, principles, organization, and processes of a government |
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| What is the Bill of Rights? |
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| A list of freedoms that the government promises to protect |
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| The state of Virginia's constitution included a __________________ |
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| What was the document that the Continental Congress approved in 1777? |
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| Articles of Confederation |
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| How many votes did each state have in Congress under the Articles of Confederation? |
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| Name 3 things Congress could do under the Articles of Confederation? |
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1. Declare War
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3. Coin money |
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| What were the original 13 states? |
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| Georgia, N. Carolina, S. Carolina,Virginia,Pennsylvania, Delaware,Maryland,New Jersey,Rhode Island,Conneticut,Massachusetts,New Hampshire,New York |
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| True or False: Under the Articles of Confedertation, the states could be taxed. |
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| True or False: Under the Articles of Confederation, there wasn't a president. |
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| ________ refused to ratify the Articles of Confederation unless big states gave up their land west of the Appalachian Mountains. |
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| ___________ means to give up |
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| ___________ means to approve |
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| Which state was the last to ratify the Articles of Confederation? |
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| New York and New Hampshire claime _________ to be their land |
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| The Articles did not give central government the power to ___________ problems between states |
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| After the Revolution, the US owed ___________ to foreign nations |
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| Why did the Continental dollar have little value? |
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| Because it was not backed by gold or silver |
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| After the Treaty of Paris, Britain refused to withdraw its troops from _______________ |
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| Spain closed its port in ______________ to American shipping |
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| _______________ set up a system for settling the Northwest Territory |
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| ______________ set up a government for the Northwest Territory guaranteeing basic rights to settlers |
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| How many settlers did a territory have to have, before becomming a state? |
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| List the 5 Northwest States |
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| Illinois, Wisconson, Michigan, Ohio, Indiana |
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| A period when business activity slows, prices and wages fall, and unemployment rises. |
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| What was the farmers revolt in 1786? |
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| After the revolutionary war, farmers owed money to the banks and couldn't pay. When their farms were going to be taken away, they revolted. |
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| How many farmers revolted in the Shay's Rebellion? |
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| What state did Shay's Rebellion take place? |
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| Why did the leaders meet in Philadelphia in May 1787? |
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| To revise the Articles of Confederation |
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| At the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, why did they keep the windows closed and only let the delegates in the room? |
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| So that people couldn't overhear the debates |
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| Which state didn't send representatives to the Constitutional Convention? |
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| How many delegates were at the Constitutional Convention? |
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| Who served George Washington as a private secretary in the Revolutionary War? |
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| Who is called the "Father of the Constitution?" |
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| What were the two rival plans for the Constitution? |
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| The Virginia Plan and The New Jersey Plan |
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| What does the legislative branch do? |
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| What does the executive branch do? |
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| What is the judicial branch? |
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| it is the system of courts |
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| Who were the two people who proposed the Virginia plan? |
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| James Madison and Edmund Randolph |
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| What was the Virginia Plan? |
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| Each state would get a certain amount of votes based on its population (the bigger states would have more representatives than the smaller ones) |
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| Who proposed the New Jersey Plan? |
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| What did the New Jersey Plan say? |
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| It said that each state (no matter how big it was) only got 1 vote in the legislature |
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| It is a settlement in which each side gives up some of its demands in order to reach an agreement |
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| What was the Great Compromise? |
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| Each side gave up some demands to achieve unity. The House of Representatives got delegates depending on how big the state's population was. The Senate got two delegates for each state. |
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| Which part of the legislature is called the upper house? |
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| Which part of the legislature is called the lower house? |
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| The House of Representatives |
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| How did they count the slaves when deciding on how many delegates were sent for the House of Representatives? |
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| Each slave counted 3/5 of a person |
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| How many years, did they agree to wait before they decided about slavery? |
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| Why did 3 delegates refuse to sign the Constitution of the United States? |
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| They were afraid that the new Constitution gave too much power to the national government |
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| Who was the US ambassador to France? |
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| How many books about government did Thomas Jefferson send to James Madison? |
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| What were the leaders called who help lay the groundwork for the US government called? |
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| Who did the idea of a republic come from? |
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| a government in which citizens rule themselves through elected representatives |
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| What was the warning that the Founding Fathers learned from Rome? |
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| That for a republic to survive, the citizens had to remain independent and devoted to public service. |
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| a government in which one person or a small group holds complete authority |
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| What was the Magna Carta? |
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Contained 2 main ideas -
1.English kings had to obey the law
2.The people had certain rights |
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| What did John Locke declare in his book, "Two Treatises of Government"? |
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1. All people have natural rights to life, liberty and property
2.Government is an agreement between the ruler and the ruled |
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| What idea did the French Baron de Montesquieu say in "The Spirit of the Laws"? |
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| He suggested that there be three separate branches of the government.This idea was know as the separation of powers |
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| How many states had to ratify the Constitution before it could go into effect? |
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| What was the name of the group that supported the Constitution? |
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| What was the name of essays written by James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and John Jay that defended the Constitution? |
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| What was the name of the people who opposed the Constitution? |
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| Why did the Antifederalists oppose the Constitution? |
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| They thought the President had too much power and they thought the national government was too strong |
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| What was the key issue that needed to be addressed between the Federalists and the Antifederalists? |
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| The need for a Bill of Rights |
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| Which was the first state to ratify the Constitution? |
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| Which two patriots in New England recommended to add a Bill of Rights to the Constitution? |
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| Sam Adams and John Hancock |
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| Which was the 9th state to ratify the Constitution, at which time it became effective? |
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| New Hampshire in June of 1788 |
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| Who was the last state to ratify the Constitution? |
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| How many years did it take for all the states to ratify the Constitution? |
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| Who was the first President of the US? |
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| Who was the first VP of the US? |
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| When was the first election under the Constitution? |
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| What city was chosen as the nation's first capitval? |
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| How many amendments are in the Bill of Rights? |
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| Who is the best Social Studies Teacher? |
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