Founding of the Nations

Question 1

Enligtentment

Answer 1

Age of reason

Time when people started using observation & science to determine how things work

Question 2

Declaration on Independence

Answer 2

America’s letter to England that we are 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, they 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

Syn: Democracy

Question 7

Grievance

Answer 7

A reason for 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

A piece of land controlled by the US but 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 amendment to the US 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 people officials make decisions on behalf of the people

Question 17

Republicanism

Answer 17

Representative democracy

Form of government the US 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 and state governments share power

Question 24

Federalist

Answer 24

Supporters of the US Constitution

Didn’t want a Bill of Rights

Question 25

Anti-Federalist

Answer 25

Opponents of the US Constitution

Wanted a Bill of Rights

Question 26

Magna Carta

Answer 26

Document from 1215

Established the precedent of trail 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 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 Soliders

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 firing or imprisoning somone

Question 34

Ratify

Answer 34

Accept of adopt