Unit Terms List and Essential Questions
Directions: Use Chapter 2 (pp. 28-58) of your textbook (or other outside sources) to DEFINE & UNDERSTAND each term. Your terms & definitions WILL be collected as an assignment & there will be a terms quiz towards the beginning of each unit.
Anti-Federalists
Articles of Confederation
Bicameral Legislature
Commerce and Slave Trade
Compromise
Confederation
Connecticut Compromise
Federalists
Framers of the Constitution
Limited Government
New Jersey Plan
Popular Sovereignty
Presiding Officer
Ratification
Representative Government
Stamp Act of 1765
Three-Fifths Compromise
Unicameral Legislature
Virginia Plan
OPTIONAL ASSIGNMENT – Directions: Use Chapter 2 (pp. 28-58) of your textbook, your class notes & assignments to completely & thoroughly answer each essential question (in complete sentences – think ‘short answer’ or
‘essay’). Your essential questions & answers WILL NOT be collected as an assignment throughout each unit.
Answers MUST be in COMPLETE SENTENCES – think ‘short answer’ or ‘essay.’ Proper punctuation, grammar & spelling will be taken into account. Each question will be worth 3 POINTS.
1.) “Explain how British colonial policy in North America changed as a result of the French and Indian War.”
2.) “What important roles did the Second Continental Congress play in setting the foundation of American government?”
3.) “Explain the build-up to the Declaration of Independence and the significance that it had on the North
American colonies.”
4.) “Explain the system of government that the Articles of Confederation created and the failures that it endured.”
5.) “What was the significance of the Northwest Ordinance and what impact did it have on the United States?”
6.) “Explain three main differences between Federalists and Anti-Federalists. What role did they both play in the creation of the U.S. Constitution?”