A law that set up a plan for surveying western lands
What is the Ordinance of 1785
100
55, well educated, political experience, members of the continental congress
What is The Delegates
100
Describes the power of the legislative branch and how it works
What is Article 1
100
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
100
The idea that power lies with the people
What is Popular Sovereignty
200
1787 a 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 the Northwest Ordinace
200
President, Court and Congress with two houses, and Population will determine in each house
What is The Virginia Plan
200
Describes the power of the executive branch and how it works
What is Article 2
200
The split of authority among the legislative, executive, and judicial branches
What is Separation of Powers
200
The opening section of the Constitution
What is The Preamble
300
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
300
One house congress, and Each state gets one vote
What is The New Jersey Plan
300
States how the constitution can be ratified
What is Article 7
300
A system in which each branch of government is able to check, or restrain, the power of the others
What is Checks and Balances
300
An action or a series of actions directed toward a result
What is Process
400
The first constitution of the United States
What is The Articles of Confederation
400
A two house legislative branch, Senate- each state gets two, House of representatives- Representation based on population
What is The Great Compromise
400
Explains the relationships between the states and the national government
What is Article 4
400
Powers that the Constitution does not give to the national government that are kept by the states
What is Reserved Powers
400
A group of individuals or state governments
What is Confederation
500
Congress could not pass a law unless nine states voted for it
What is one weakness of the Articles
500
People who supported the new constitution
What is a Federalist
500
Describes the power of the judicial branch and how it works
What is Article 3
500
Powers granted directly to the national government by the Constitution; another name for expressed powers