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