Civics Flashcards
Objections to ratification process, importance of states’ rights, concern for god
Anti federalist objections to the constitution
Connecticut compromise, New Jersey plan, virginia plan
State representative proposal
Called for representation in congress by population or by the amount of money given to the central government
Virginia plan
Organized action to chafe opponents’ behavior by refusing to buy or sell their goods
Boycott
Those for whom the constitution represented to a too-powerful government
Anti federalist
Idea that government should serve the will of the people
Representative government
Agreement that, in congress, states be represented equally in the senate and by population in the house
Connecticut compromise
First English charter of liberties which included such fundamental rights as trial by jury and do process of law
Manga carta
Organized by people to whom the kind has made a grant of land available and could be settled and governed in whatever matter they saw fit
Proprietary colonies
Statement that parliament cortex the king to sign, declaring that even a monarch must obey the law of the land
Petition of right
No one opposed. Of the constitution more vehemently than Patrick Henry
Ratification
Some of the 13 colonies were establish by. Under grant of authority from the English queen
Charter
The colonists organized a boycott of all trade with England hoping to force the. Of restrictive laws
Repeal
From it’s one chamber the. Legislature of the second continental congress exercised both legislative and executive powers
Unicameral
Both the Connecticut compromise and the three fifths compromise were crucial to the small states because
Without them, the small states would have carried little weight in the new government
In the charter colonies, most government al matters were handled by
The colonists
By the mid 1700s British rule in the colonies was makes by
Allowing a certain degree of self rule to the colonists
A major objective of both the Annapolis convention and the Philadelphia convention was to
Recommend a federal plan for regulation interstate trade
Which was an achievement of the the second content all congress
Raising and American army
Much of the declaration if independence consists of
Complaints of the wrongs do e to the colonists
Which idea is not included in the Declaration of Independence
God gives certain people the right to govern
Which if the following statements about the inauguration of George Washington as the first u s president is not true
It follows Washington’s appointment of James Madison as the first Vice President
Which if these state constitutions is the oldest and still in force today
Massachusettes
which colony was founded mainly as a place for personal and religious freedom
Massachusetts
All of the following influenced the Framers in developing the constitution except
Virginia’s royal charter
Benjamin Franklin’s attitude toward the new constitution may be summarized as a combination of
Astonishment and optimism
The success of which plan led to the constitutional convention of 1787
Interstate plan for regulating trade between Virginia and Maryland
Which feature did the state constitutions and the articles of confederation have in common
Principle do popular sovereignty
In Benjamin franklin’s opinion, the final constitution created by delegates can be best summarized as
As near perfect as possible
Which of the following directly influenced the framers in the development of the constitution
The articles of confederation
The second continental congress was similar to the first in the
Composition of its members
After the revolutionary war, the national government
Proved too weak to deal with growing economic and political problems
Parliament first limited the power of the crown under the
Petition of right
The government set up by the article of confederation had
Only a legislative branch, consisting of a unicameral congress
The first state constitutions, adopted after independence
Placed most authority with the state legislatures
Much of the work of the framers centered around the proposals that had been set out in
The virginia plan
Which best describes the even leading to the inauguration if the first president of the United States of America
Congress elected the president and Vice President
At the Philadelphia convention the delegates agreed to
Draft a new constitution
The idea that the people have the right to abolish an abusive and unresponsive government was first formal expresses by the Americans in the
Declaration of Independence
Delegates met at mount Vernon and Annapolis to
Recommend a federal plan for regulating commerce
The federalist was written to
Win supports for the constitution for the absence of any mention of god
The powers granted to the central government under the second continental congress compared with those granted under the articles of confederation were
Basically the same
The relationship among the states during the critical period can be best compared to
Children squabbling at a playground
The first state constitutions focused mainly on
Limiting governmental power
Why was it ironic that Virginia was one of the last states to ratify the constitution
Virginia’s leading voices supported a strong central government
From the formation if the New England confederation to that of the second continental congress the colonists became progressively
Both a and b
Which of the following best describes the changes in British colonial policies in the later 1700s
The policies became stricter
Which of the following basic concepts of government did the magma carta reflect
Limited government
During the critical period the states taxed one another’s goods and banned some trade later during the constitutional convention this economic chaos led to
The commerce and slave trade compromise
The federalist can be call a campaign document because it
Was written to convince votes to support the new constitution
Which if the following can be said to have contributed the most toward the realization that the nation needed a stronger central government
Economic issues
When crafting the new constitution the framers drew from their experiences with which of the following
The writings of Rousseau and Locke
The governments of Ancient Greece and Rome
Their own state government
The objections of the anti federal sit can be best summed up as:
A fear that the new government would have too much power and the people too little power
One major difference between the royal and proprietary colonies on the one hand and the charter colonies in the other was that
In the charter colonies the governor was elected not appointed
What characteristic of a state did the English colonies not possess
Sovereignty
Veto:
Reject of president by bill
Articles:
Numbered document the unarmed constitution is divided into 7 articles
The idea that governtn and it’s officers are always subject to never about the law is described as
Rule of law
