Founding of the Nation

Question 1

Enlightenment

Answer 1

age of reason, time when people started using observation.

Question 2

Declaration of Independence

Answer 2

America’s letter telling England that were going to start our own country.

Question 3

Natural Rights

Answer 3

life,liberty,property and was a Enlightenment idea

Question 4

Social Contract

Answer 4

governments are created to protect natural
rights, if they don’t, people can start a new
government
enlightenment idea

Question 5

Sovereignty

Answer 5

the right to rule

Question 6

Popular Sovereignty

Answer 6

the right to rule comes from the people

synonym–democracy

Question 7

Grievance

Answer 7

a reason for a complaint

Question 8

Northwest Ordinance

Answer 8

document created to govern the
Northwest Territory
established several precedents for the US
Constitution

Question 9

Territory

Answer 9

an piece of land that is controlled by the

U.S., but that is not a state

Question 10

Northwest Territory

Answer 10

big piece of land that the US acquired after
the revolution
what is now Ohio, Indiana, Illinois,
Wisconsin, & Michigan

Question 11

Bill of Rights

Answer 11

List of protections from the government
written into the US Constitution
1st 10 amendments to the US Constitution

Question 12

Amendment

Answer 12

a change to a written document
there are 27 Amendments to the U.S.
Constitution

Question 13

13th Amendment

Answer 13

Ended Slavery

Question 14

Constitution

Answer 14

a list of what the government can and

cannot do

Question 15

Democracy

Answer 15

government run by the people

based on majority rule

Question 16

Republic

Answer 16

democracy where elected officials make

decisions on behalf of the people

Question 17

Republicanism

Answer 17

representative democracy

form of government the U.S. has

Question 18

Monarchy

Answer 18

government run by a king or queen

Question 19

Articles of

Confederation

Answer 19

America’s first constitution
Failed because federal government was too
weak

Question 20

Provision

Answer 20

a condition or requirement in a legal

document

Question 21

Legislate

Answer 21

To make laws

Question 22

Federal Government

Answer 22

national government (over entire country)

Question 23

Federalism

Answer 23

national & state governments share power

Question 24

Federalists

Answer 24

supporters of the U.S. Constitution

didn’t want a bill of rights

Question 25

Anti-federalists

Answer 25

opponents of the U.S. Constitution

wanted a bill of rights

Question 26

Magna Carta

Answer 26

Document from 1215

Established the precedent of trial by jury

Question 27

English Bill of Rights

Answer 27

One basis for American Bill of Rights
Established precedent against cruel and
unusual punishment

Question 28

Virginia Declaration of

Rights

Answer 28

protected rights

precedent for the US BILL OF RIGHTS

Question 29

Precedent

Answer 29

a way of doing things based on the way

people did them in the past

Question 30

Infringement

Answer 30

violation of a right or law

Question 31

Quartering Act of 1765

Answer 31

made colonists provide lodging for British

soldiers

Question 32

Massachusetts

Government Act

Answer 32

limited colonists right to assemble

Question 33

Due Process

Answer 33

the government taking all the right steps

before fining or imprisoning someone

Question 34

Ratify

Answer 34

accept or adopt