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 Who wrote the Declaration of Independence? 3 What is the Great Compromise? 4 What is a confederation? 5 Currently how many Senators does each state get? 6 What is bicameral? 7 What is proportional representation? 8 What is the Three-Fifths Compromise? 9 What are the Articles of Confederation? 10 Why did the articles of confederation not work? 11 How is the President of the United States elected? 12 What is equal representation? 13 What is the Continental Congress? 14 What is the Stamp Act and why did it happen? 15 Currently how many representatives does Nevada Have? 16 How many votes are needed to pass a bill? 4 Very weak government, could not impose national laws – tax system – weak military Through the Electoral College 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. 2 It is a tax imposed on colonists to pay for the French Indian war. The first constitution of the United States 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. 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. Every state had one vote (when making laws and passing bills) 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. A group of individuals united together for a purpose (13 states) 1774 – 1789 served as the first government of the 13 colonies Just one form of our central government – Congress, there was no president, house of representative, or judicial system. Thomas Jefferson
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