Advanced Unit 5 Foundations of Government

America’s first written constitution. It Intentionally included limitations on government, but hindered the smooth functioning of the nation’s government

• Declaration of independence

• Constitution

• Articles of Confederation

​ (a)   was a compromise made between the large and small states during the Constitutional Convention. Allowed for a two house legislative branch with one house called the Senate that gave each state 2 representative members, and one house called the House of Representatives that gave states representative members based on population

• Great Compromise
• Proclamation of 1763

Match the following

• George Washington

• One of two Georgia signers of the US Constitution. He served as a US Congressman, US Senator, and the first president of the University of Georgia

• Abraham Baldwin

• First President of the United States

• William Few

• One of two Georgia signers of the US Constitution. He served as a judge and legislator for Georgia and New York

The principle (idea) that the United States government is organized into equal levels including a national government and separate state governments

• State rights

• Federalism

• Branches of government

• Separation of Powers

Reorder the following

• Declaration of Independence

• Articles of Confederation

• U.S. Constitution

A written document that outlines the functioning and role of the United States’ government. The framework in which all laws in the country must follow

• Articles of Confederation

• Declaration of independence

• U.S. Constitution

Meeting that took place in Philadelphia from May to September 1787 to revise the Articles of Confederation. Eventually became a meeting to write a new constitution

• Treaty of Paris

• Constitutional Convention

The constitutional principle (idea) that divides the powers of government between multiple branches for effectiveness and to prevent unrestricted actions

• Checks and Balances

• Separation of Powers

A political system that allows one branch of government to veto or amend the acts of another to prevent one branch from having too much power

• Separation of Powers

• Checks and Balances

A written document that outlines the functioning and role of the Georgia state government

• U.S. Constitution

• Georgia Constitution