Powerpoint Jeopardy Laws, Petitions and Legislation People You Should Know Confederation & Constitution Miscellaneous

This was the greatest accomplishment of the Articles; it provided the procedure for territories to become states.

Passed in Virginia, this legislation abolished state religion and established the basis for toleration of beliefs within the country.

James Madison was the author of this petition on religious freedom.

According to the Articles, each state of the union had this number of votes in Congress.

This is contained in Article VI, Section 2 of the Constitution and established the national government’s power over the states.

He was named President of the Constitutional Convention and helped provide it legitimacy.

His “rebellion” sent alarms throughout the new nation and showed the weaknesses of the Articles.

He was the architect of the Great or Connecticut Compromise and a signer of the Declaration of Independence.

He led the anti-federalist opposition to the Constitution in Virginia.

He said “...a little rebellion now and then is a good thing” but this may be because he was in France.

Fraction by which slaves were to be counted according to the Constitution.

These amendments were added after the ratification of the Constitution; their adoption helped appease the opposition

This failed meeting led to the call for a convention to change/amend the Articles.

Under the Articles, this was the sole branch of the national government.

This plan proposed by Edmund Randolph focused the opening debates at the Constitutional Convention.

This treaty ended the American Revolution and secured American Independence.

Number of states necessary to ratify the Constitution.

Name the three authors of the Federalist Papers.

This small state refused to participate in the Constitutional Convention and was fiscally irresponsible.

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