10/21 Tues. CONSTITUTION, DAY 11 - Warm-Up

All Year:

Law prohibited colonists from moving west of the Appalachian Mountains; colonists ignored.

• Proclamation of 1763

• Stamp Act

• Intolerable Acts

• Townshend Acts

All Year:

New England colony; Puritans and Pilgrims founded for religious freedom; Boston is a major port city.

• Massachusetts

• Virginia

• Georgia

• Pennsylvania

All Year:

Claimed land in the New World to profit from fur trading.

• France

• Spain

• England

• Portugal

All Year:

Last major battle; the British defeated and signed the Treaty of Paris, recognizing U.S. Independence.

• Yorktown

• Saratoga

• Bunker Hill

• Lexington

The ​ (a)   was added to the Constitution because the Founding Fathers predicted that as the country grew and changed, so would its needs and values.

• amendment process
• ratification process

• impeachment process

In the...republic of America, the power surrendered by the people is first divided between two distinct governments, and then the portion allotted to each subdivided among distinct and separate departments. Hence a double security arises to the rights of the people. The different governments will control each other, at the same time that each will be controlled by itself. —Federalists No. 51

What assurance did this argument give to those who opposed ratifying the Constitution?

• The amendment process would allow state governments to nullify federal law.

• Making the federal government superior to state governments would ensure greater stability.

• The rights of citizens would be better protected by having both federal and state levels of government.

• Giving greater power to the federal government would allow it to assist states in times of crisis.

In the U.S. Constitution there is a strong theme of _______________ government.

• authoritarian

• foreign

• unlimited

• limited

Which phrase best represents the U.S. principle of republicanism

• The creation of a Congress to carry out the will of the people

• The establishment of courts to interpret laws and government action

• The division of power between a federal government and state government

• The power of a court to declare a law unconstitutional

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8.15D

Which ideas in our constitition address the US mentioned in this excerpt from the Declaration of Independence?

• People choose government officials in elections

• There are three branches of government

• People have freedom of religion

• There are nine members of the Supreme Court

Match the following principles of government to their description

• Power is shared between the national government and the states

• Separation of Powers

• Each branch of government has different jobs to do

• Popular Sovereignty

• People elect leaders to represent their beliefs

• Federalism

• People vote on laws

• Representative Government

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8.15D