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3. Jamestown, the first permanent English settlement, was founded in this year.

4. 1607

5. This document was signed on July 4, 1776.

6. The Declaration of Independence

7. wrong

8. The Constitution of the United States was written in this year.

9. 1787

10. Your kidding, right?

11. President Thomas Jefferson purchased the Louisiana Territory from France in this year.

12. 1803

13. I don’t think so.

14. The Civil War was fought from ?

16. The first American constitution
The first American constitution. It was a very weak document that limited the power of the Congress by giving states the final authority over all decisions.

17. The Articles of Confederation

18. The number of states that had to vote in favor of a law in order for it to be approved under the Articles government.

19. 9 out of 13

20. Provided a way for territories to apply to become states, set up a government for the territory and guaranteed basic rights for settlers there.

21. Northwest Ordinance

22. Revolt of Farmers who were up set that banks were foreclosing on them because government had not paid off bonds issued to the farmers during the Revolutionary War.

23. Shays Rebellion

24. This was the goal of the Constitutional Convention when they met in 1787.

25. To revise the Articles of Confederation

26. He was chosen as President of the Constitutional Convention

27. George Washington

28. He studied history and government on his own for months prior to the convention. He is known as the “Father of the Constitution”

29. James Madison

30. This solved the conflict between large states who supported the Virginia Plan, a two house legislature with both houses based on a states population, and small states that supported the New Jersey plan that called for a one house legislature that gave equal representation to all states.

31. The Great Compromise

32. This compromise settled the issue of how states could count their slaves towards their population for representation in Congress.

33. 3/5ths Compromise

34. This was the number of states that had to vote for the Constitution in order for it to be approved.

35. 9

36. The first 10 amendments to the constitution that protect fundamental rights of U.S. citizens?

37. The Bill of Rights

38. The people who supported ratification of the Constitution and a strong national government?

39. Federalists

40. Is a system set up by the Constitution in which each branch of the federal government has the power to check, or control, the actions of the other branches.

41. Checks and Ballances

42. To form a more prefect union, establish justice, ensure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare and secure the blessing of liberty.

43. The goals of the Preamble to the Constitution

44. Because of the abuses of power of King George III, the writers of the Constitution gave the government only those powers listed in the Constitution. Those powers were further restricted by separating them through the three branches of government. As a safe guard they gave each branch the power to limit the actions of the other two. What is that power called?

45. Checks and Balances

46. The sharing of power between the states and the national government.

47. Federalism

48. Rights that cannot be given up, taken away or transferred
Rights that cannot be given up, taken away or transferred. Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, are some of those rights.

49. Unalienable Rights

50. 2/3 of both houses of Congress must vote for it or 2/3 of the states’ legislatures. It must then be approved by legislatures in 3/4ths of the states or conventions in 3/4ths of the states.

51. The amendment process

52. How does the Constitution provide for the protection of your rights?

53. The Bill of Rights

54. The willingness to work for the good of the community or nation

55. Civic Virtue

56. “Congress shall make no law” restricting freedom of speech, religion, press, assembly, and petition.

57. The First Amendment

58. The Third Amendment forbids the government to order private citizens to allow soldiers to live in their homes. This was put in the Constitution to as a response to what British Act?

59. The Quartering Act

60. Protects an accused person from having to testify against him or herself (self-incrimination); bans double jeopardy, and guarantees that no person will suffer the loss of life, liberty, or property without due process of law.

61. Fifth Amendment

62. Guarantees the right to a speedy public trial by an impartial
jury; the right to a lawyer; the right to cross examine witnesses; and the right to force witnesses at a trial to testify.

63. 6th Amendment

64. Abolished slavery

65. The Thirteenth Amendment