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
