1. 2 pt 3 pt 4 pt 5pt 1 pt 2 pt 3 pt 4 pt 5 pt 1 pt 2pt 3 pt 4pt 5 pt 1pt 2pt 3 pt 4 pt 5 pt 1 pt 2 pt 3 pt 4pt 5 pt 1pt Vocabulary The Enlightenment Governments Constitution And Confederation Hodge Podge

2. People who felt that the colonies should become their own country

3. Patriots

4. Citizens who remained loyal to the British government which is why they were given the name

5. Loyalists

6. Rights which are guaranteed for all human beings

7. Natural Rights

8. A document that organizes a government.

9. Constitution

10. Where people agree to create and live under a gov’t, and give that gov’t the power to create and enforce laws. The people retain the ultimate power.

11. Social Contract

12. His ideas of Natural Law/Rights and Social Contract heavily influenced the Founding Fathers.

13. John Locke

14. His ideas of Separation of Powers had a strong influence on The United States’ Constitution.

15. Montesquieu

16. The idea that power in a government should be spread out, and not preserved for one person/branch.

17. Separation of Powers

18. This document established a limited monarchy and gave more power to Parliament

19. English Bill of Rights

20. According to an Enlightenment Philosopher, the purpose of government is to protect these…

21. Natural Rights of Individuals

22. This form of government believes in owning all means of production and eliminating private property.

23. Communism

24. A system where individuals have a voice in government through elected representatives.

25. Representative Democracy

26. A government where there is a king, queen, or emperor/empress; usually passed on through families.

27. Monarchy

28. A government ruled by a single leader who has unlimited power and denies peoples’ fundamental rights.

29. Autocracy

30. A government in which control is exercised by a small group of individuals whose authority generally is based on wealth or power

31. Oligarchy

32. Why was a national government necessary after the Declaration of Independence was written?

33. To fight and conduct the Revolutionary War

34. The phrase that summarized the colonist’s biggest grievance complaint against England.

35. Taxation without Representation.

36. The colonies met once a year, even before the revolution, to talk about important issues. This meeting was called the Committee of __________

37. Correspondence

38. This document was the first example to establish a limited government, specifically a limited monarchy.

39. Magna Carta

40. The idea in government that people are the highest authority in the country.

41. Popular Sovereignty

42. The three words in the Constitution which are an example of social contract.

43. We The People

44. The two Massachusetts towns where the first shots of The Revolutionary War were fired

45. Lexington and Concord

46. The city where the Constitution was written.

47. Philadelphia.

48. Congress selected George Washington to lead the army during this meeting.

49. Second Continental Congress

50. Farmers in Massachusetts began an uprising to protest economic problems. The militia seized the courts, which showed a weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation because the government could not handle the incident. What was the name of this act?

51. Shay’s Rebellion

52. Final Jeopardy

53. Articles of Confederation Category:

54. There are several documented weaknesses to the Articles of Confederation. Provide as many as you can; the student with the most correct wins their wager; the others will lose theirs.

55. - Congress had no power to enforce its own laws in the states - Congress could not make states follow trade agreements with other nations - Congress could not regulate trade between the states. - Citizens in states thought their property rights were being violated - There was no national court system - There was no executive branch for the central government - It required a unanimous vote to make changes to the Articles