Chapter 4 Exam (Improved)

A written legal agreement signed in 1215 that limited the English monarch's power

• Magna Carta

• Bill of Rights

• Northwest Ordinance

• Land Ordinance of 1785

• Articles of Confederation

A law that divided much of the US into townships to facilitate the sale of land to settlers and provided land for schools.

• Magna Carta

• Bill of Rights

• Northwest Ordinance

• Land Ordinance of 1785

• Articles of Confederation

A law that established a procedure for the admission of new states to the union and prohibited slavery.

• Magna Carta

• Bill of Rights

• Northwest Ordinance

• Land Ordinance of 1785

• Articles of Confederation

the first constitution of the United States. Its federal government was too weak.

• Magna Carta

• Bill of Rights

• Northwest Ordinance

• Land Ordinance of 1785

• Articles of Confederation

the first ten amendments to the US Constitution, ratified in 1791 and guaranteeing such rights as the freedoms of speech, assembly, and worship.

• Magna Carta

• Bill of Rights

• Northwest Ordinance

• Land Ordinance of 1785

• Articles of Confederation

This document declared that no person could be forced to attend a particular church or be required to pay for a church with tax money.

• Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom

• Great Compromise

• Three-fifths Compromise

• Federalist Papers

• The Divine Right of Kings

Doctrine that states that the right of ruling comes from God and not people's consent

• Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom

• Great Compromise

• Three-fifths Compromise

• Federalist Papers

• The Divine Right of Kings

1787; This compromise was between the large and small states of the colonies. The Great Compromise resolved that there would be representation by population in the House of Representatives, and equal representation would exist in the Senate. Each state, regardless of size, would have 2 senators. All tax bills and revenues would originate in the House.

• Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom

• Great Compromise

• Three-fifths Compromise

• Federalist Papers

• The Divine Right of Kings

Compromise between northern and southern states at the Constitutional Convention that sixty percent of the slave population would be counted for determining direct taxation and representation in the House of Representatives.

• Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom

• Great Compromise

• Three-fifths Compromise

• Federalist Papers

• The Divine Right of Kings

a series of 85 essays written by Hamilton, Madison, and Jay (using the name "Publius") published in NY newspapers and used to persuade readers to adopt the new constitution

• Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom

• Great Compromise

• Three-fifths Compromise

• Federalist Papers

• The Divine Right of Kings