Documents
Who's got the power?
The Meeting
Compromises and Plans
The branches
100
The document that declared our separation from Great Britain 
What is the Declaration of Independence 
100
Did not allow the federal government to raise taxes 
What are the Articles of the Confederation 
100
Name of the meeting that lasted four months starting in May of 1787
What is the Constitutional Convention 
100
The compromise that 3 out of 5 slaves count as a free person 
What is the Three- Fifths Compromise 
100
The branch also called Congress 
What is the Legislative Branch 
200
The document that defines the government 
What is the Constitution 
200
Allowed  the central government  to create a post office ( hint: 2 answers) 
What are the Articles of Confederation and the Constitution 
200
The reason for the meeting
What is the central government needed more power 
200
The plan that wanted votes based on population 
What is the Virginia Plan 
200
Can veto a law or bill 
What is the Executive Branch 
300
The first version of the Constitution 
What are the Articles of the Confederation 
300
Enforces the laws 
What it the Executive Branch 
300
suggested a new constitution 
who is James Madison 
300
The plan that wanted every state to have just one vote 
What is the New Jersey Plan 
300
The two parts of the legislative branch 
What is the House of Representatives and Senate 
400
Guarantees the rights and liberties to all people
What is the Bill of Rights 
400
Makes the laws 
Who is Legislative Branch 
400
a system created at the meeting that holds each branch of government power over the other 
What are Checks and Balances 
400
The plan that the house of representatives had votes based on population and the senate had 2 votes per state 
What is the Connecticut Plan 
400
The number of judges in the supreme court 
What are nine justices 
500
Outlines the purpose of the Constitution 
What is the Preamble to the Constitution 
500
The power to dectermine if laws are constitutional 
What is the Judicial Branch
500
the number of states represented at the meeting 
What is 12 states ( only Rode Island) 
500
Compromise or solution to peoples fear of giving too much power to one person 
What are the three branches of government 
500
Has the power to decide to go to wa
What is the legislative branch 
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