Unit 2 Test

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  1. 9. An agreement among the 13 original states of the United States of America that served as its first constitution. It was approved, after much debate, by the Second Continental Congress on November 15, 1777, and sent to the states for ratification.
  2. 11. An American political leader, military general, statesman, and Founding Father who served as the first president of the United States from 1789 to 1797. Previously, he led Patriot forces to victory in the nation's War for Independence.
  3. 12. An American soldier, revolutionary and farmer famous for being one of the leaders and namesake of Shays' Rebellion, a populist uprising against controversial debt collection and tax policies in Massachusetts.
  4. 13. A proposal to the United States Constitutional Convention for the creation of a supreme national government with three branches and a bicameral legislature.
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  1. 1. A form of democracy in which people decide on policy initiatives directly.
  2. 2. Deemed "The Father of the Bill of Rights".
  3. 3. The supreme law of the United States of America; Originally comprising seven articles, delineates the national frame of government.
  4. 4. An agreement that large and small states reached during the Constitutional Convention of 1787 that in part defined the legislative structure and representation that each state would have under the United States Constitution.
  5. 5. Opposed the creation of a stronger U.S. federal government and which later opposed the ratification of the 1787 Constitution.
  6. 6. America's fourth President, made a major contribution to the ratification of the Constitution by writing The Federalist Papers. In later years, he was referred to as the “Father of the Constitution.”
  7. 7. The first ten amendments to the United States Constitution.
  8. 8. best known for his declaration to the Second Virginia Convention: "Give me liberty, or give me death!" A Founding Father, he served as the first and sixth post-colonial Governor of Virginia.
  9. 10. During his lifetime he was a Founding Father, Signer of the Treaty of Paris, Second Governor of New York, and First Chief Justice of the United States.