Matching Pairs Origins of American GovernmentOnline version Match ideas and terms from your notes - Origins of American Government. by Tanya Rasmussen [Green Valley HS] 1 What is unicameral? 2 Currently how many Senators does each state get? 3 What is proportional representation? 4 What is bicameral? 5 How is the President of the United States elected? 6 How many votes are needed to pass a bill? 7 What are the Articles of Confederation? 8 Who wrote the Declaration of Independence? 9 What is the Continental Congress? 10 Currently how many representatives does Nevada Have? 11 What is equal representation? 12 Why did the articles of confederation not work? 13 What is a confederation? 14 What is the Great Compromise? 15 What is the Three-Fifths Compromise? 16 What is the Stamp Act and why did it happen? Through the Electoral College Every state had one vote (when making laws and passing bills) 1774 – 1789 served as the first government of the 13 colonies A group of individuals united together for a purpose (13 states) Thomas Jefferson Very weak government, could not impose national laws – tax system – weak military Large and small states each got a little of what they wanted. Congress would be bicameral. The House of Representatives would be elected by the people and follow the system of proportional representation, and the Senate would have equal representation of the states. Two chamber legislature with proportional representation. Congress would be made up of House of Representative and the Senate. Counting 3 out of 5 slaves for its population which counted for both representation and taxation. The first constitution of the United States The number of representative from each state would be determined based on the state’s population. The more people in a state, the more representatives they could have in both houses of congress. 218 out of 435 to pass a bill – the bill moves to senate. 51 out of 100 in the senate need to agree on the bill for it to pass. 2 4 It is a tax imposed on colonists to pay for the French Indian war. Just one form of our central government – Congress, there was no president, house of representative, or judicial system.
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