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What is the Albany Plan of Union?

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Attempt to address colonial trade and unite during the French and Indian War

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What is Bicameral?

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Two house

Representation based on population in the lower house and equal representation in the upper house (compromise)

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What is a Charter?

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Direct control of the people

Or a written grant of authority from the king

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What is the constitution?

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Nations fundamental law
Rules book
Brief document
Greatest strength is it’s flexibility- able to adapt and change over time

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What is Limited Government?

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Government is not all powerful

People have rights that the government cannot take away

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What is the Petition of Right?

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(1628) Signed by Charles 1- established the principle that even the monarch must obey the laws

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What is a Proprietary colony?

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Direct control of the proprietor

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What is a representative government?

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Government should serve the will of the people

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What is the three fifths compromise?

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Should slaves be counted as 3/5ths of a person

South must pay 3/5 of a head tax

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Delaware?

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The first state to ratify

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North Carolina?

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One of the last two states to ratify 10th- 1789 with Rhode Island in 1790- 11th

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Who were the anti federalists?

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Those in favor of the new constitution

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What was the commerce and slave trade compromise?

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The south feared that congress would tax exports to help fund the government and feared they should stop the slave trade

Congress was forbidden from taxing exports
Congress could not regulate the slave trade for 20 yrs

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What is a Confederation?

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A joining of several groups for a common purpose

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Who were the Framers?

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(55) group of delegates sent to Philadelphia in 1787

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What is the Magna Carta?

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Signed by king John- established the principle that the monarchy/ government was not absolute

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What was the Philadelphia Convention?

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A meeting to revise the articles of confederation

Scraped the entire thing and wrote a new one

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What is a Quorum?

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A majority

19
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What was a royal colony?

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Direct control of the crown

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What is Unicameral?

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One house Legislature

Representation- equal one vote per state

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New York?

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One of the two states that did not ratify

Also first capital city

22
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What was Shays rebellion?

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Revolt against land/home foreclosures which led to violence

23
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What were this Articles of Confederation?

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First constitution of USA- drafted during the revolution in 1777
Benjamin Franklin wrote the first draft
John Dickinson wrote the final draft
Designed to have a weak central government and strong state government

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What is the Connecticut or Great Compromise?

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Bicameral legislatures- representation based on population in the lower house and equal representation in the upper house (compromise)
Executive- 1 person
National Judiciary- Supreme Court and state courts
Gave co equal powers to central and local government

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What was the New Jersey Plan?

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(William Patterson)
3 branches
Unicameral Legislature
Representation equal- one vote per state
Executive- 3 people
Judicial- Supreme Court and state courts
Limited Powers to the central government shared with the states-FEDERAL

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What is popular sovereignty?

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A government that exists only with the consent of the government

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What is ratification?

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Official approval of the States

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What is the Second Continental Congress?

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First time all colonies united (1775)

1st National Government during the war for independence

29
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What was the Virginia Plan?

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(James Madison)- father of our constitution
3 branches
Bicameral Legislature- representation based on population or the amount of money you gave the government
Executive- 1- president
Judicial- 1- Supreme Court
Greatly increased powers for the central government (tax, regulate trade, etc) UNITARY

30
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Virginia?

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One of the two largest states that did not ratify

Thomas Jefferson becomes key vote- they ratify

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Major Weakness’s of the Articles of Confederation?

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The central government had no…
No power to tax
No power to regulate trade
No power to enforce laws
No executive or judicial branches
Amendments (changes to the Articles) only with the consent of all 13 states
States bickered and argued refused to support central government

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What was the main argument in defense new constitution?

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The central government was too weak

33
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What were the main reasons why people opposed the new Constitution?

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Gave too much power to the federal government
No bill of rights (rights of the people) later added by James Madison
Led by Patrick Henry

34
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What are the major provisions of the Virginia and New Jersey Plans?

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VA
James Madison
3 branches
Bicameral Legislature- representation based on population or the amount of money you gave the government
Executive- 1- president
Judicial- 1- Supreme Court
Greatly increased powers for the central government (tax, regulate trade, etc) UNITARY

NJ
(William Patterson)
3 branches 
Unicameral Legislature
Representation equal- one vote per state
Executive- 3 people
Judicial- Supreme Court and state courts 
Limited Powers to the central government shared with the states-FEDERAL
35
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Major sources of the constitution?

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Greece 
Rome
Great Britain 
Judea 
Christian
36
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Major issues of contention over the VA and NJ plans?

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Representation in the Legislative Branch

37
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What was the name given to the group who favored the new constitution and the name of the group who opposed it?

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Federalist- favored

Anti federalists- opposed

38
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What were the federalist papers? Authors?

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NY
Series of 85 articles written- reasons why we need the constitution

Written by James Madison, Alexander Hamilton and John Jay Jones

It sways vote and N.C. and Rhode Island later ratify

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Who was not at the Constitutional convention, and why?

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Patrick Henry- “smelt a rat”

John Adams and Thomas Jefferson- diplomats in Europe

40
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What two important states did not ratify the new constitution?

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Virginia and North Carolina

41
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What were the last two states to ratify?

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N.C. in 1789-10th

Rhode Island in 1790-11th

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