Unit 3 Review Constitution

If you were a Loyalist, what would you say?

• The colonies deserve to be independent

• The colonies are part of the British empire and should stay that way

• The King of England is trying to cheat the colonies of their hard earned money

• Don't tread on me!

Under the Articles of Confederation, the national government

• could not collect taxes to pay for an army

• allowed the big states to vote more times than the smaller states

• elected a President for the first time!

Which of these was NOT a feature of the Articles of Confederation?

• Each state could print its own money

• Every state got one vote, not matter how big it was

• There was an executive branch and a Supreme Court

• 9 out of the 13 states had to vote 'yes' to pass a law.

How is the US Constitution different from the Articles of Confederation?

• The Constitution provides one branch to do all the work of the government.

• The Constitution set up three branches to separate the work of the government.

• The Constitution set up a one state-one vote legislature.

What was the Great Compromise?

• An agreement to separate North Carolina from South Carolina

• An agreement between France and England to ignore the new United States

• An agreement to give every state two senators and larger states more Congressmen.

Who was Abraham Baldwin?

• The 14th president of the United States

• A representative from Georgia who signed the Constitution

What is an amendment?

• An repair to a torn piece of fabric

• A change added to the Constitution

The first ten amendments to the US Constitution are called

• The Bail Bonds

• The Barrel of Wrongs

• The Bill of Rights

At the time of the American Revolution, some people in Georgia said they were Patriots. What did they believe?

• The British government could not tax the colonies without their consent

• The British government could tax the colonies because it had the power.

• The British government was doing the best it could to keep things peaceful

The __________ with a _______ which states “When in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another ... they should declare the causes which impel [force] them to separation.”

• Declaration of Independence; preamble

• Declaration of Independence; grievance

• Constitution of the United States; preamble

• Declaration of Independence; grocery list