Government Chapter 2
The New Jersey Plan was designed to stay closer to which document?
Articles of Confederation
who was the oldest person at the Constitutional Convention
Benjamin Franklin
The first ten amendments to the constitution are traditional called the
Bill of Rights
The first state to ratify the Constitution
Delaware
Which of the following was a set of laws that limited the power of government and gave all free men the right to choose judges?
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
What did the Constitution do about the Atlantic slave trade?
It barred Congress from banning the slave trade for 20 years
The first state to write a consitution
New Hampshire
Why did large states favor the Virginia Plan?
Representation in the legislature would be based on population
What type of colony where most of the colonies
Royal
Which date is when the Consitution was signed by 39 delegates in Philly?
September 17, 1787
Montesquieu
The Framers took the idea of seperation of powers from with philosopher?
How did the Northwest Ordinance differ from the Constitution on the issue of slavery
The Northwest ordinance banned slavery in the territory, while the Constitution temporarily protected the slave trade
Why did the colonists resent the taxes imposed by Parliament begining in 1764
The colonists had no representation in Parliament
what important event occurred three weeks before the second continental congress met?
The shot heard around the world
Why did Alexander Hamilton, John Jay and James Mad write the Federalist Papers?
They wrote the articles in defense of the new Constitution
who wrote Common Sense
Thomas Paine
Republican ideas can be traced back to which of the following?
ancient Greece and rome
Thomas Jefferson argued in the Deceleration of Independence that, if a government disregards the will of the people, the people are free to do which of the following?
change their government
Which type of colony enjoyed the most independence from the Crown
charter
Anti federalists believed that representative government..
could only exist in a small territory
according to the 3/5 compromise, three fifths of a state's slave population would be
counted when determining representation in congress
one of the purposes of the New England Confederation was to
defend against threats posed by Native Americans
for which reason is James Madison hailed as the Father of the Constitution
he greatly influenced the outcome of the convention
Parliament imposed a series of taxes on the colonies beginning in 1764 in order to
help pay Britains debts resulting from the French and Indian War
What ideal did the antifederalists find the constitution lacked?
individual rights
For the Confederation Congress to pass any major legislation, how many states have to agree
nine
According to the Constitution, a state's electors would be equal to what?
number of representatives in both houses of Congess
which of the following was the Confederation Congress' greatest success
passage of the Northwest Ordinance
which was the most pressing challenge face the Confederation Congress
paying of the war debt
Delegates gathered in Philadelphia in May of 1787 to do what?
revise the Articles of Confederation
Under the Articles of Confederation, most government power was retained by which?
sates
Why was the great compromise acceptable to the smaller states?
states would be represented equally in the Senate
The Stamp Act marked Parliament's first attempt to
tax the colonists directly