FOUNDING OF THE NATION VOCAB

Question 1

Enligtenment

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

Sovereignty

Answer 4

• the right to rule

Question 5

Popular Sovereignty

Answer 5

• the right to rule comes from the people

* synonym–democracy

Question 6

Grievance

Answer 6

• a reason for a complaint

Question 7

Northwest Ordinance

Answer 7

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

Question 8

Territory

Answer 8

• an piece of land that is controlled by the

U.S., but that is not a state

Question 9

Northwest Territory

Answer 9

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

Question 10

Bill of Rights

Answer 10

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

Question 11

Amendment

Answer 11

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

Question 12

13th Amendment

Answer 12

• Ended Slavery

Question 13

Constitution

Answer 13

• a list of what the government can and

cannot do

Question 14

Democracy

Answer 14

• government run by the people

* based on majority rule

Question 15

Republic

Answer 15

• democracy where elected officials make

decisions on behalf of the people

Question 16

Republicanism

Answer 16

• representative democracy

* form of government the U.S. has

Question 17

Monarchy

Answer 17

• government run by a king or queen

Question 18

Articles of

Confederation

Answer 18

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

Question 19

Provision

Answer 19

• a condition or requirement in a legal

document

Question 20

Legislate

Answer 20

• To make laws

Question 21

Federal Government

Answer 21

• national government (over entire country)

Question 22

Federalism

Answer 22

• national & state governments share power

Question 23

Federalists

Answer 23

• supporters of the U.S. Constitution

* didn’t want a bill of rights

Question 24

Anti-federalists

Answer 24

• opponents of the U.S. Constitution

* wanted a bill of rights

Question 25

Magna Carta

Answer 25

• Document from 1215

* Established the precedent of trial by jury

Question 26

English Bill of Rights

Answer 26

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

Question 27

Virginia Declaration of

Rights

Answer 27

• protected rights

* precedent for the US BILL OF RIGHTS

Question 28

Precedent

Answer 28

• a way of doing things based on the way

people did them in the past

Question 29

Infringement

Answer 29

• violation of a right or law

Question 30

Quartering Act of 1765

Answer 30

• made colonists provide lodging for British

soldiers

Question 31

Massachusetts

Government Act

Answer 31

• limited colonists right to assemble

Question 32

Due Process

Answer 32

• the government taking all the right steps

before fining or imprisoning someone

Question 33

Ratify

Answer 33

• accept or adopt