Constitutional Convention and Early American History Test Review

Vocabulary flashcards reviewing key historical figures, documents, political concepts, and compromises from early American history based on lecture review notes.

Philidelphia

The city where the constitutional convention took place.

Boston

The city identified as the Power Keg.

John Adams

The founding father who served as ambassador to England.

Thomas Jefferson

The founding father who served as ambassador to France.

Rhode Island

The only state that had no delegate at the constitutional convention.

Articles of Confederation

The first constitution of the U.S., whose primary weakness was having no taxation authority and which was supported by Anti-federalists.

Anti-federalists

The political group supporting state rights and associated with the Articles of Confederation.

Federalists

The political group supporting federal power and associated with the Constitution.

Representative

A system of government in which people elect delegates to make decisions.

Charter

Authority granted by the King to colonists for a territory.

Royal Charter

A charter that the King micro-manages.

Proprietary Charter

A religious type of charter.

Corporate Charter

A charter under which the King sent businessmen.

Maryland

The only non-protestant charter colony, which was received by Seicel Calvert.

Seicel Calvert

The person who received the charter for Maryland.

Loyalist or Royalist

People who support the King.

Patriot

People who support the revolution.

Montesquieu

The French philosopher who proposed a 3 branch government.

Legislative, Executive, Judicial

The 3 branches of government dealt with in Articles 1, 2, and 3 of the Constitution.

John Locke

The English philosopher who stated the natural rights of men are Life, Liberty, and Property Rights.

Pursuit of happiness

The term Thomas Jefferson used to replace 'Property Rights' in the natural rights of men.

Patrick Henry

The founding father who said 'I smell a rat'.

Richard Henry Lee

The founding father who told colonists to fight back against the British.

Roger Sherman

The creator of the Connecticut / Great Compromise addressing the Big state vs small state debate.

Virginia Plan

The plan at the convention that favored Big states.

New Jersey Plan

The plan at the convention that favored Small states.

3/5 compromise

The compromise regarding how Southern slaves were counted as population for rates.

Preamble

The opening of the Declaration of Independence.

Common Sense

Pamphlets dispersed before the Revolutionary war, authored by Thomas Paine.

Thomas Paine

The author of the pamphlet Common Sense.

28

The total number of grievances listed in the Declaration of Independence.

Ben Franklin's warning

'Do not hang together, we shall hang' separately.

George Washington

The person elected president of the convention.