Magna Carta
A document that stated that the King had to obey the laws
Three Main Problems with the Articles of Confederation
1. No Money
2. No President
3. No Court System
Suffrage
The right to vote
John Locke
social contract, government is a contract between the people and
their government
Federalists
supported the constitution
Antifederalists
against the constitution
bicameral
two houses
First United States government
Articles of Confederation
Land Ordinance of 1785
townships of 36 square miles
1 for schools
4 for veterans
the rest for sale
What state opposed the Articles of Confederation at first because of
land claims?
Maryland
3/5ths Compromise dealt with what issue?
Slavery
The Constitution Convention began in what month and year and ended when?
May 1787-September 1787
popular sovereignty
the idea that people rule and can make the laws to govern themselves
How many states needed to ratify the Constitution for it to go into
effect? How many did they want?
9, 13
What rebellion showed the weakness of the Articles of Confederation?
Shay's
What was the initial goal of the Constitutional Convention?
To revise the Articles of Confederation
Who was the president of the Constitutional Convention?
George Washington
Who proposed the Virginia Plan?
Edmund Randolph
Who proposed the New Jersey Plan?
William Patterson
Who proposed the Great Compromise?
Roger Sherman
What states favored the New Jersey Plan?
Small states
Congress is made of what two houses?
Senate and the House of Representatives
What was a series of articles written in support of the Constitution?
Federalist Papers
How is representation determined in the Senate?
Equal representation; two per state
How is representation determined in the House of Representatives?
Determined by the population of the state
Why did Antifederalists oppose the constitution?
They worried it didn't protect individual rights and gave too much
power to the government.
What were the two reasons why they added a Bill of Rights to the Constitution?
To please the Antifederalists and protect individual rights
The first ten amendments to the Constitution are known as?
The Bill of Rights
Amendment
a change to the Constitution
ratification
to approve
Checks and balances
prevents any one branch of government from gaining too much power
What state did not not send a delegate to the Constitutional Convention?
Rhode Island