Lesson 1
First government of the Unites States
What is Articles of Confederation
Leader of the convention
Who is George Washington
Three parts of the constitution
Popular soverignty
What is the peoples right to rule
Ratify
What is to vote approval of
a plan for surveying the land in the west
What was the Ordinance of 1785
Virginia Plan
what is states would be represented by population
purpose of the articles
Limited government and rule of law
What is the government can only of what the people allow it to do
Federalists
Who are people who support the new constitution
A plan for admitting new states into the Union
What is the Northwest Ordinance
New Jersey Plan
what is each state gets on representative
Fist 10 amendments
What is the Bill of Rights
Separation of powers
What is three branches of government, each having their own jobs
Assume
What is to take on or accept a role or responsibility
Weakness in the Articles of Confederation
What is the federal government did not have enough power
The three-fifths comprimise
what is a way to count slaves toward population
Two ways to make amendments
What is formal and informal
Checks and Balences
What is each branch is given a power to check or limit the other two branches
Concurrent powers
What is powers shared by the state and federal governments
Caused the delegates to want a new government
What is Shay's Rebellion
Anti federalists
Who is people who were against the new constitution
Strict interpretation of the constitution
What is to follow the constitution word for word
Federalism
What is power is shared by the national government and the states
Bicameral
What is a legislature consisting of two houses