The Americans

Question 1

What do the Americans focus on?

Answer 1

jefferson
hamilton
Madison

Question 2

When did Jefferson become member of the house of burgesses?

Answer 2

1767 (age 24)

Question 3

When was the “shot heard around the world” fired?

Answer 3

April 19 1775

Question 4

Who writes the Declaration of Independence?

Answer 4

Thomas jefferson

Question 5

Second continental congress

Answer 5

adopts declaration of independence
serves as conditional government through end of war

Question 6

articles of confederation

Answer 6

written same time as declaration
strongly emphasized limited government
no chief executive

Question 7

what did the articles of confederation - states rights need to be ratified?

Answer 7

consent

Question 8

what could states do because of the articles of confederation?

Answer 8

sign treaties and mint their own currency

Question 9

National congress elected by state legislature

Answer 9

could not enforce taxation
america owned foreign debt and couldn’t pay it because of this

Question 10

when did Virginia call for a state convention on commerce?

Answer 10

Sept. 1786

Question 11

What would produce the constitution?

Answer 11

a deal was struck to meet the next year with only 5 delegations showing up

Question 12

Shays rebellion

Answer 12

massachusetts farmers lost their land because they couldn’t pay taxes or debts so they attacked the state arsenal

Question 13

when was the constitutional convention?

Answer 13

May 1787

Question 14

who mostly wrote the constitution?

Answer 14

Madison

Question 15

Framer’s theory

Answer 15

did not want to abandon all of the principles of confederation
equality, self rule, natural rights

Question 16

Was abject of monarchy important in Framer’s theory?

Answer 16

yes

Question 17

what did framer’s theory advocate for?

Answer 17

republican democracy

Question 18

equality (framers theory)

Answer 18

unaddressed in constitution

Question 19

self rule (framers theory)

Answer 19

government derives its legitimacy from the consent of the governed

Question 20

natural rights (framers theory)

Answer 20

the ‘unalienable’ rights described in the declaration

Question 21

how long did the constitutional convention last?

Answer 21

may 25 - sept 17 1787

Question 22

when was the documented ratified?

Answer 22

June 21 1788

Question 23

three major fronts of the prominent debate

Answer 23

representation
powers of the national government
separation of powers
individual rights

Question 24

powers of national government

Answer 24

debates about power of congress

Question 25

separation of powers

Answer 25

anti federalists did not think that the constitution separated powers enough

Question 26

federalist debates

Answer 26

April 1787 and 1788
Hamilton, Madison and Jay wrote under Publius

Question 27

Federalist 10 (Madison)

Answer 27

warns against factions in American politics
establish a way to control negative effects of factionalism

Question 28

federalist 10 solutions

Answer 28

representative democracy
large republic gives people ability to choose ‘natural democracy’

Question 29

federalist 51 (Madison)

Answer 29

origin of checks and balances in the American system
if men were angels, no government would be necessary
ambition must be made to counteract ambition

Question 30

origin of checks and balances in the American system

Answer 30

if the president is trying to expand their power, they have to contend w/ a congress who is trying to expand their power

Question 31

if men were angels, no government would be necessary

Answer 31

if we were nice all the time we wouldn’t need gov.

Question 32

ambition must be made to counteract ambition

Answer 32

no one branch lets any other branch get too powerful

Question 33

federalist 23 (Hamilton)

Answer 33

argues for benefits of national UNION
articles insufficient for preserving the union of states
‘energetic’ national gov. is necessary

Question 34

federalist 67 (Hamilton)

Answer 34

rationale for why presidents of us should look the way they do have have the power the way they do

Question 35

what does federalist 67 provide reasons for?`

Answer 35

why the American presidency would not devolve into a monarchy

Question 36

what does federalist 67 circle back to?

Answer 36

promote utility of checks and balances

Question 37

what does Hamilton assert in federalist 67?

Answer 37

checks are enough to keep the presidency from becoming ‘most dangerous branch’

Question 38

what did anti federalists fear?

Answer 38

strong central government would become tyrannical

Question 39

what did anti federalists think?

Answer 39

constitution did not go far enough in guaranteeing negative freedom

Question 40

what is the biggest concession anti federalists get?

Answer 40

guarantee that the bill of rights would be proposed for ratification

Question 41

when are the first ten amendments in the constitution ratified?

Answer 41

December 1791