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A B C D E $100 $200 $300 $400 $500 $100 $200 $300 $400 $500 Final Jeopardy

Refusal to do business or buy products of a nation to pressure a change in policy

boycott

the granting of official formal approval to adopt a policy or document

ratification

A two house legislature

bicameral

The characteristic of the constitution that most angered the Anti-Federalists

lack of a bill of rights

These three men authored the 85 “Federalist Papers” to win support for the constitution

John Jay Alexander Hamilton James Madison

group who urged the ratification of the constitution after it was completed in 1787

federalists

The city in which the Constitutional Convention was held…..

Philadelphia

The very first attempt by the colonists to unify for any reason

New England Confederation

functioned as the first national government of the United States after declaring our independence from England

2 nd Continental Congress

The very 1 st state to ratify the Constitution

Delaware

The “Father of the Constitution”

James Madison

stated that each state should be represented equally in one house of Congress and on the basis of population in the other house

The Great Compromise

Day, month and year the Declaration of Independence was signed

July 4, 1776

This was the year in which the Articles of Confederation went into effect

1781

This meeting of colonial leaders wrote our first constitution as a free nation.

2 nd Continental Congress

Large state plan presented at the Constitutional Convention; wanted representation to congress based on state population

Virginia Plan

A written plan for government

constitution

passed to gain southern state support for the constitution; stated that 3/5 of slaves would be counted in their population to gain representative in congress

3/5 Compromise

Papers written to gain support for ratification of the Constitution in New York and Virginia.

The Federalist Papers

the last straw for the Articles of Confederation, this prompted the call for the Constitutional Convention

Shay’s Rebellion

Our nations first written plan of government

The Articles of Confederation

small state plan for government, called for equal representation in congress

New Jersey Plan

Selected to serve as president of the Constitutional Convention

George Washington

Selected as the first capital of the United States under the Constitution….

New York City

The first attempt of the colonists to unify in opposition to the policies of Great Britain (1765)

Stamp Act Congress

Identify 4 weaknesses in the Articles of Confederation as discussed in lecture

1.No national currency 2.Congress couldn’t tax (pay debt) 3.No executive branch 4.No federal courts 5.1 state 1 vote regardless of size 6. congress couldn’t regulate trade 7.Trouble raising militia 8.9/13 states required to pass laws