Creation of a New Country

Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

• James Madison

• George Mason

• Samuel Adams

• Thomas Jefferson

What was the Declaration of Independence?

• The Laws of the Colonists

• The statement that made the colonists free from Great Britain

• The Bill of Rights

• A letter asking the King for help in the colonies

This opened up the west for expansion after the American Revolution and made a way for territories to apply to become a state.

• The wilderness road

• The Proclamation of 1763

• The Northwest Ordinance 1787

• The Declaration of Independence

The plan for government that asked for all representation to be by population.

• The Virginia Plan

• The New Jersey Plan

• The Albany Plan

• The Connecticut Compromise

The plan for government that favored the small states.

• The Virginia Plan

• The New Jersey Plan

• The Albany Plan

• The Connecticut Compromise

The Compromise that includes equal representation in the Senate and Representation based on population in the lower house.

• The Great Compromise

• The Compromise of 1820

• The Compromise of 1850

• The Articles of Confederation

Who opened up the wilderness road from the colonies to Kentucky?

• John Adams

• George Washington

• Daniel Boone

• Davie Crockett

The division of government between the states and the National governments.

• Republicanism

• Federalism

• Communism

Favored a strong Central Government

• Federalists

• Anti-Federalists

Favored more power to the states.

• Federalists

• Anti-Federalists