Chapter 2 Origins of Government Test

Secretary of Treasury, a federalist

Alexander Hamilton

It was too weak to deal with the economic and political problems of the new nation.

Describe the National government under the Articles of Confederation.

Self-government.

Describe the government in the colonies before independence.

Bicameral

Did the Connecticut Plan create a bicameral or unicameral legislature?

Unicameral

Did the New Jersey Plan create a bicameral or unicameral legislature?

Bicameral

Did the Virginia Plan create a bicameral or unicameral legislature?

Commander of the Continental Army

George Washington

Boston Tea Party, boycotts, mob violence

How did the colonies react to the Stamp Act of 1765?

The General Election (we vote for electors that decide the president)

How did the new Constitution suggest a President be chosen?

One

How many branches of government did the Articles of Confederation establish?

The principle of popular sovereignty

How was the Second Continental Congress similar to the first?

Father of the Constitution, the Constitution was based on his notes

James Madison

Thomas Jefferson, George Madison, Patrick Henry, James Monroe

List the anti-federalists.

James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, George Washington, John Marshall

List the federalists.

Natural rights, government exists with the permission of the people, people should get rid of bad government

List three ideas presented by the Declaration of Independence.

Authored the Connecticut Compromise

Roger Sherman

Authored the Declaration of Independence, third president

Thomas Jefferson

Complaints against the King, the intention to separate from England

What can be found in the Declaration of Independence?

Population

What determined the number of seats each State would be given in the House of Representatives according to the Connecticut Compromise?

Popular Sovereignty

What do the state constitutions and the Articles of Confederation have in common?

Declaration of Independence

What document stated that "People have the right to abolish abusive governments"?

How would the slaves' votes be counted?

What major question was addressed at the Constitutional Convention?

It limited the power of the king (rule of law).

What was the importance of the Petition of Right?

To regulate trade and commerce

What was the purpose of the Annapolis and Mt. Vernon Conventions?

To revise the Articles of Confederation

What was the purpose of the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia?

The Three-fifths Compromise

What was the solution to the question, "How would the slaves' votes be counted?"

Must be performed in secrecy, one vote per state, the majority of states must be present in order to conduct business, the majority rules any issue

What were the rules of procedure established at the Constitutional Convention?

Philedelphia

Where did the Constitutional Convention occur?

New York, New York

Where was the first capital of the United States?

Virginia Plan

Which of the plans did the farmers rely on more: The New Jersey Plan or the Virginia Plan?

Roger Sherman

Who proposed the Connecticut Compromise?

William Paterson

Who proposed the New Jersey Plan?

Edmund Randolph

Who proposed the Virginia Plan?

Religious freedom

Why was the colony of Massachusetts founded?

To convince the citizens of New York to ratify the Constitution

Why were the Federalist Papers written?

The secretary of the Constitutional Convention

William Jackson