1. 7.3 – A New Plan of Government
What 2 documents influenced the framers of the Constitution?
What is the Enlightenment?
Who were the 2 Enlightenment philosophers and what did they believe?
What is Federalism?
Under the Constitution, the federal government gained what?
What powers did the states get to keep?
What are the three branches of government?
Congress is part of which branch and is made up of what?
At the head of the Executive Branch are the _________ and the ______________.
Explain the Electoral College.
The nation’s Judicial power resides where? (What is our highest court?)
What does it mean when we say the Constitution is a system of “checks and balances”?
Who were the Federalists and why did they call themselves that?
What did Anti-Federalists argue and what did they favor?
Who was the first to ratify the Constitution and who was the ninth?
Why didn’t Virginia want to ratify the Constitution and what made them agree to it?

2. The 27 Amendments Due at the end of class (CLASSWORK GRADE)
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Read the amendments
List them in order of importance to you and include a simplified version of each
Write 2 paragraphs about why you chose your top five (8-10 sentences)