Staar facts

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.

• Checks and balances

• Merchantilism

• First continental congress

The ———— settled the issue of how slaves would count for representation and taxation in Congress. Each slave would count as 3/5 of a person.

• 3/5 compromise

• North west ordinance

• Articles of confederation

The ———— created a bi-cameral (two-house) legislature we call Congress. Representation in the House of Representatives is based on population. In the Senate each state gets two senators.

• The great compromise

• The 3/5 compromise

• Magma carta

highlighted the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation and convinced many founders of the need for a stronger national government.

• Shays rebellion

• The great compromise

• English bill of rights

A ———— is a tax on imported goods (goods brought into a country) designed to protect home industries.

• Tariff

• Merchantilism

• Magna carta

The ————established the procedures for the expansion of the United States and explained that new states were admitted to the Union equal to existing states

• Northwest ordinance

• Articles of confederation

• English bill of rights

The ———— was our first national government with one branch (legislative). The states had most of the power. It was replaced by the U.S. Constitution in 1787.

• Articles of federation

• Magna Carta

• English bill of rights

Early government was influenced by the works of European philosophers such as:

• Charles de Montesquieu (French)

• John Locke (English)

• William Blackstone (English)

The ———— protected the rights of English citizens and became the basis for the U.S. Bill of Rights.

• English bill of rights

• Magna Carta

• Articles of confederation

31. The ———— signed in 1215 by King John, was the first document that limited power of the ruler. Its idea of trial by jury was used in Bill of Rights.

• Magna Carta

• English bill of rights

• Articles of confederation