Founding of the Nation

Question 1

Enlightenment

Answer 1

• age of reason
• time when people started using
observation & science to determine how
things work

Question 2

Declaration of Independence

Answer 2

• America’s letter telling England that we

were going to start our own country

Question 3

Natural Rights

Answer 3

• life, liberty, property

* 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

Grievence

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 U.S. acquired after the revolution
• what is now Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, and Michigan.

Question 11

Bill of Rights

Answer 11

• list of protections from the government written into the US Constitution
• first 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