Documents that Influenced U.S. Government
Sectionalism
Magna Carta
English Bill of Rights
Mayflower Compact
Declaration of Independence
Federalist Paper and anti-federalist writings
states’ rights
tariff policies
Nullification Crisis
Civil War
Amendment Process
(How to change the U.S. Constitution)
Articles of Confederation
weaknesses and strengths
including the
Northwest Ordinance
Philadelphia Convention of 1787
13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments
Great Compromise
3/5ths Compromise
Federalists and Anti-Federalists
U.S. Constitution
Federalists
Alexander Hamilton
James Madison
Anti-Federalists
Patrick Henry
Marbury v. Madison
Judicial review
Dred Scott v. Sandford
Bill of Rights
(First Ten Amendments)
Grievances listed in the
Declaration of Independence
unalienable rights
citizenship
civic virtue
civil disobedience