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| Who is considered the father of the Constitution | James Madison |
| Who is considered the father of the Declaration of Independence | Thomas Jefferson |
| What is the only state that did not attend the Constitutional Convention | Rhode Island |
| Where was the Constitutional Convention held | Philadelphia |
| Who was not allowed to be at the Constitutional Convention | Press and public |
| What were the two plans that were brought to set up a governement | Virgina and New Jersey Plans |
| Which plan benefited the large states | Virgina |
| Which plan benefited the small states | New Jersey Plan |
| What was the agreement called that merged the two plans for a government | Connenticut Compromise, Great Compromise |
| Which plan wanted a bicameral legislature | Virgina Plan |
| What does bicameral mean | Two houses |
| What does unicameral mean | One house |
| Which plan wanted a national court system | Virgina Plan |
| Which plan wanted an executive picked by the legislature | Virgina Plan |
| Which plan wanted representation to be based on population | Virgina Plan |
| Which plan wanted a weak executive | New Jersey |
| Which plan wanted a unicameral legislature | New Jersey |
| Which plan wanted national courts to be elected by the executive | New Jersey |
| Which plan wanted Congress to be able to regulate trade and impose taxes | New Jersey |
| What part of our government protects the small states | Senate |
| What part of our government protects the larger states | House of Reps |
| What compromise was made between the North and South states | 3/5 Compromise |
| What was the issue in the 3/5 Compromise | Would slaves be counted for representation purposes |
| What group of people were in support of the Constitution | Federalist |
| Which group of people were against the Constitution | Ant-Federalist |
| What was the paper the supports of the Constitution wrote | Federalist papers |
| What major issue were the Anti-Federalist against | They wanted a Bill of Rights included |
| What was the name of the first attempt the United States had for a government | Articles of Confederation |
| What kind of a Congress did it have | Unicameral |
| It was missing what two brances | Executive and Judical |
| How many votes did each state have under the Articles | One |
| If a power was not listed in the Aricles for the federal government to have then who had the power | States |
| What were some of the powers of the Congress under the Articles | Make treaties, send and receive ambassadors, raise a navy, equip an army, establish a post office, created departments, policy for developing land west of the Appalachians |
| What were some of the weaknesses of the Articles | Couldn't regulate trade, couldn't tax, can't enforce laws, no executive or judical branch, needed the approval of all the states to pass an amendment |
| What event starts to show how ineffective the Articles are | Shays's Rebellion |
| What was Shays's Rebellion upset about | Banks foreclosing on their mortgages |
| What two meetings are called after Shays's Rebellion | Mount Vernon and Annapolis Convention |
| What is decided at the Annapolis Convention | Must get together a second meeting to write a better Constituion |
| Power of the government is limited not absolute | Limited Government |
| What English document said that the power of the monarch was limited | Magna Carta |
| What document lays out a list of rights people have that cannot be taken away | English Bill of Rights |
| People elect delegates to make laws and conduct government | Representative Government |
| Who influenced the American colonist | Locke, Voltaire, Rousseau |
| Agreement by our first settlers to chose their own leaders and write their own laws | Mayflower Compact |
