lawyers, merchants, college presidents, physicians, generals, governors, and planters that all had political experience
What is The Delegates
100
The opening section of the Constitution
What is The Preamble
100
Includes: popular sovereignty
limited government and the rule of law
separation of powers
checks and balances
federalism
What is The Major Principles
100
to vote approval of
What is to ratify
200
the first constitution of the United States
What is the Articles of Confederation
200
meeting of state delegates in 1787 leading to adoption of a new Constitution
What is Constitutional Convention
200
One of several main parts of the Constitution
What is An Article
200
The principal that a ruler or a government is not all-powerful; a government that can do only what the people allow it to do
What is Limited Government
200
An agreement providing that enslaved persons would count as three-fifths of other persons in determining representation in Congress
What is The Three Fifths Compromise
300
a law that set up a plan for surveying western lands; this method is still used today
What is Ordinance of 1785
300
Had a federal government much like ours. It had a president, courts, and a congress with two houses. State population would decide how many representatives were in each house. Larger states would have more votes than smaller states.
What is The Virginia Plan
300
Any change in the Constitution
What is An Amendment
300
the split of authority among the legislative, executive, and judicial branches
What is Separation of Powers
300
A group of people named by each state legislature to select the president and vice president
What is Electoral College
400
1787 law that set up a government for the Northwest Territory and served as a model for other new territories and as a plan for admitting new states to the Union
What is Northwest Ordinance
400
This kept the Confederation’s one-house congress. Each state would have one vote. But Congress could set taxes and regulate, or control, trade.
What is The New Jersey Plan
400
The lawmaking branch of government
What is The Legislative Branch
400
a system in which each branch of government is able to check, or restrain, the power of the others
What is Checks and Balances
400
Supporters of the Constitution
What is Federalists
500
an uprising of Massachusetts farmers who did not want to lose their farms because of debt caused by heavy state taxes after the American Revolution
What is Shay's Rebellion
500
An agreement providing a dual system of congressional representation
What is The Great Compromise
500
The branch of government that carries out laws
What is The Executive Branch
500
powers that the Constitution does not give to the national government that are kept by the states
What is Reserved Powers
500
a form of government in which power is divided between the federal, or national, government and the states